Never Late, Never Away Chapter 2007
“Joan!” Dustin faced the sea and hollered.
The people around him instantly turned to look at him as if he was crazy.
“Is that man crazy? Why is he shouting in public?”
“Must have gone mad. He was looking for someone just now…”
In distress, Dustin held his head with both of his hands. His eyes were reddened with tears as he cried in agony.
“Hey, Mister.” Suddenly, a little girl walked over to him.
Dustin was not in the right mind to entertain the child. At that moment, all he could think of was Joan.
“Mister.” The little girl tugged the edge of his shirt.
“Go and play over there, little girl. I’m not in the mood to play with you,” Dustin said as he tried hard to rein in his emotions.
If the little girl were an adult, he would have barked at her.
“Are you looking for someone, mister?” the little girl asked softly.
Instantly, Dustin’s eyes lit up.
“Do you know where the woman has gone, little girl?” Dustin knelt to face the girl as he waited earnestly for her answer.
“She was taken by a man in a hat and a mask. They went that way,” the little girl pointed to a lighthouse that was not far away.
“That man was rough to her,” the little girl said angrily.
Instantly, Dustin stood up and ran like a madman towards the lighthouse.
I hope nothing has happened to you, Joan. Dustin clenched his fist anxiously.
Elsewhere, a hard slap landed on Joan’s cheek.
Joan was woken up from the pain. She slowly opened her eyes and tried to find her bearings. When her vision cleared, she saw a terrifying stranger standing right in front of her. She felt weak and helpless.
“Who are you?” she asked feebly as she squinted her eyes at the man.
“Stop pretending to be so pathetic. I haven’t done anything to you yet.” The man gave her a hard kick.
I’m not pretending. I really feel sick. She was in a foul mood last night and went for a walk alone on the beach to get some fresh air. She must have caught a cold from the cold wind.
Come to think of it, seems like the whole world is against me.
I must have done something bad in my past life to deserve to live such a difficult life. Joan sighed with a pained expression.
“Hey, wake up!” The man splashed a bucket of water onto her.
In that instant, Joan was jolted awake, and she shuddered from being splashed with water.
“Tell me, where did you keep your money?” The man demanded as he hooked a finger under her chin.
Although Ms. Ward will pay me for getting rid of this woman, why not extort more money from this woman? The man scoffed to himself.
Money will never be enough. And just like anyone else who is in a business, the objective is to achieve a twofold business profit. Of course, the man standing in front of Joan was no exception.
“I don’t have any money,” Joan replied.
Slap! The man’s palm landed squarely on Joan’s face.
Damn b*tch! Just give me the money! The man lifted Joan and started to search her pockets.
She doesn’t have any money!
In his anger, the man threw Joan against the wall, and blood trickled down the end of her lips.
“Let me go and I’ll give you the money.” Joan gasped as she struggled to get up to her feet.
She staggered for a while and fell back to the ground.
“That won’t do. I’ll give you a few hours to think about where you put your money.” Having said that, the man slammed the door shut and locked the door.
In that instant, her surroundings became pitch black.
“Where are you, Larry?” Joan murmured.
Meanwhile, Larry was in his office flipping through some documents solemnly, but all he could think at that moment was Joan.
Bam! He threw the documents onto the floor in exasperation.
