After a couple of seconds, Scarlett suddenly cto her senses.
'It might be a scam call!" ‘That's right! It must be a scam call!" Raymond had sent her a message last night when he returned to the hotel. How could he be at Lacott river? It was in the complete opposite direction of the hotel! Scarlett gradually calmed down. She turned on her phone again and clicked on WhatsApp.
The truth was that her chat with Raymond stopped last night when she sent him good night.
Raymond hadn't messaged her back since then.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtUsually, he would reply to her with a "Good night", not like this. After her good night, their conversation was over. He didn't reply to her after that.
Scarlett looked at the blank at the bottom of the chat screen. She felt weak.
After a long time, Scarlett regained her senses.
She didn't know what had happened exactly. But she knew that panicking wouldn't help.
She closed her eyes and forced herself to calm down.
After calming herself down, Scarlett got out of bed, washed up, and changed her clothes.
It was just getting light outside. Scarlett's grandfather was having his morning exercise in the garden.
Larry had also just got back from his morning jogging. He was not usually an early bird.
When he saw Scarlett, her grandpa was a little concerned, "Why don't you sleep a little later?" Scarlett shook her head and smiled," Grandpa, | have smatters to attend to. | can't go fishing with you today. Raymond had an accident." Larry, who was standing aside, looked at Scarlett, his brows slightly furrowed. "What happened?" Scarlett inclined her head to look at him, biting her lower lip. "I just got a call from the police. He said Raymond's car crashed into the Lacott River at 3 o'clock in the morning." Grandpa used not to be happy with Raymond. Hearing Scarlett's words, he stopped his exercise and asked, "What happened?" "I'm not sure right now, Grandpa." The old man looked at Scarlett and saw the calmness on her face. He patted Scarlett's head concernedly, "Don't be afraid. Let Larry go with you." Larry nodded her head, "Wait for a second." Scarlett agreed. Although she appeared calm, she was panicking inside. If she drove to the police station by herself. She wasn't sure whether she could make it.
"Don't worry. Though | don't like Raymond, that guy gets sgood luck. He will be fine. Have breakfast first. Go to the police station later." "Yes, grandpa," Scarlett responded. Her grandfather took her hand to reassure her. He noticed that her hands were freezing chill. The old man led Scarlett back into the house.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmWhen Viviana took Ben downstairs, she saw the three sitting at the dining room table. Viviana knew that the old man was going fishing with Scarlett today, but it was still too early.
Viviana walked to the table with a smile on her face. She was about to tease them, but then she saw Scarlett sitting there distractedly. Viviana turned to Larry," What's wrong?" "Raymond had an accident." Viviana’s face changed color. She didn’t ask any more questions.
Scarlett couldn't eat anything. She only had a little soup. Seeing that she really had no appetite, Larry didn't push her anymore. He took her to the garage. The two went to the police station.
Just as they entered the police station, a policeman saw Larry and smiled as he approached them. "Larry, long tno see!" Larry looked at the policeman and greeted him, "This is my sister, Scarlett. We're here to see Officer Wyatt." The policeman looked at Scarlett and he was stunned by her beauty. Before he expressed his amazement, Officer Wyatt walked over from behind Scarlett and Larry. "Ms. Reed?" Scarlett nodded her head."Officer Wyatt, let's be brief. | want to know what happened." It was the first tthe officer had encountered such a calm woman. The officer didn't talk nonsense. He recounted what had happened.
"We received a report last night. It was reported that a car crashed into the Lacott River at the Cross River Bridge. We immediately sent officers there after we received the report. Our officers searched for three miles along the river but didn't find the driver. We pulled the car out of the river at 6:00 am. Our officers found Mr.
Shaw's jacket inside, a wallet, and a cell phone in the pocket. We removed the phone card and found only your number in the card, so we called you."