Love Unbreakable by Bank Brook
Chapter 1677

Chapter 1677:

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Jarrod looked at the boy, judging whether he was telling the truth. Feeling frightened, the boy pointed to his mother's pocket and said, "Sir, I'm not lying. The money is in my mother's pants pocket. Check it out if you don't believe me."

The mother's voice trembled. "He's just talking nonsense. He doesn't know what he's talking about. Please don't pay attention to him."

Jarrod stood his ground. “You might want to explain this to the police. You still have the five thousand, right?”

The mother blushed. She had not yet spent the five thousand dollars she had been given. She thought she could easily make a profit on the day, but now she was in serious trouble, on the way to the police station. What bad luck…

Jarrod's suspicions grew. Was this incident specifically aimed at Nicole's pregnancy? I suspected there was something more going on.

Unexpectedly, Nicole called out from behind, “Mom! Mom, where are you?”

Jarrod quickly approached and asked, “What happened?” Where is your mother?”

“My mother has disappeared,” Nicole replied, her voice shaking with emotion.

Shortly before, in the midst of the chaos, Dora had been at Nicole's side. Suddenly, she was gone. Given Dora's limited cognitive abilities, similar to those of a small child, she could not have gone very far on her own.

Nicole began to search frankly, but Jarrod calmed her down by saying, “Don't panic. We'll check the surveillance footage. I've sent the bodyguards to check it out. You can’t outrun them.”

Nicole accepted his logic and tried hard to maintain her composure.

At the security office, staff had already recovered the footage that initially showed Dora behind the bodyguards, alongside Nicole. In the midst of the altercation where a man was struggling with a bodyguard, the rest of the bodyguards repositioned themselves to protect Nicole and Jarrod, inadvertently leaving Dora unattended. For unclear reasons, Dora quickly made her way to a nearby corner, captivated by something unseen.

The bodyguards, focused on Nicole and Jarrod, failed to notice Dora sneaking away. Later footage showed Dora entering via the emergency exit staircase, which was unguarded, ruling out that exit as her route. The remaining exit through the underground car park became the primary target, but the camera was not working properly, complicating efforts to confirm Dora's direction.

Realizing the urgency, given the short time that had passed since Dora's disappearance, Jarrod ordered all bodyguards to search the garage and all possible exits. He also had the crisis management team examine all available surveillance video from the mall, thanks to his connections with the mall owner that granted him full access.

Uneasy, Nicole insists on searching the garage herself. Jarrod, unable to deny her request, agrees to accompany her. The police arrive quickly, and Ethel is among them. After being informed of the situation, Ethel comforts Nicole and helps with the search.

Police began their investigation in the stairwell where Dora was last seen and went down to the garage. Near the entrance to the underground car park, Nicole spotted a pearl hair clip on the ground. She picked it up and recognized it immediately. She said: “This is the hair clip I picked out for my mother, specifically selected for the roundness and shine of the pearls.”

This discovery confirmed that Dora had been in the garage, suggesting that she may have been taken from there. Ethel then checked the CCTV cameras monitoring the garage exits. She quickly identified three suspicious black vehicles, one in particular with forged number plates, which raised immediate concern.

Ethel led a detailed follow-up of this vehicle and, with the support of Jarrod's crisis team, they quickly mapped out the vehicle's route. Jarrod coordinated the vehicles to follow the suspect, opting to keep Nicole behind for safety, concerned that the real target might be Nicole herself due to her pregnancy – a high-speed chase posed too great a risk for her.

Understanding Jarrod's wariness, Nicole agreed to stay behind, waiting anxiously as Jarrod deployed a team to pursue the vehicle. The rest of the security team stayed with Nicole at the mall to protect her, and Jarrod joined the chase.

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