Chapter 180: Through Thick and Thin
"Mia is missing?" Yusuf Zuck was greatly startled. Mia hadn’t contacted him recently, not even responding to the several text messages he had sent.
"What happened?" Yusuf Zuck said in a deep voice.
"The last time Mia contacted me was three days ago. She claimed she was in Jakarta, Indonesia, about to fly to Australia. When I knew of her itinerary, I didn’t pay much attention. Her father was also aware of her travel plans, but the next day, her father called me because after he sent someone to pick her up at the airport, Mia wasn’t on the flight they had arranged. Her father made some inquiries through his connections and found out that Mia and two bodyguards had purchased tickets, but they didn’t board the plane. After that, when her father tried to contact her, including the bodyguards’ mobile phones, all were switched off. Until this morning, her father located the body of one of the female bodyguards through the local police. She had been shot dead, while Mia and the other female bodyguard are missing!"
"A bodyguard was shot dead?" Yusuf Zuck’s hair stood on end with horror. Was it Ross’s mother who had been killed, or was it Lin Lin? Yusuf Zuck felt a chill down his spine, sure that something had happened to Mia.
"Yusuf, I’m so scared..." Over the phone, Ruth Wilcox’s voice broke into sobs. Mia was her best friend, and she was terrified that something had happened to her, afraid that Mia might be gone forever.
"Don’t panic, don’t panic, she’ll be fine," Yusuf Zuck reassured her, knowing that Ruth Wilcox had called him more for comfort than for help, knowing that Mia was abroad, not in Mainland, which meant Yusuf Zuck couldn’t be much help anyway.
"Yeah, she’ll be fine, definitely, Yusuf... I... Mia..." Ruth Wilcox continued to weep over the phone.
"Yes, she’ll be alright, I’ll think of something," Yusuf Zuck said urgently, "Do this, give me Mia’s father’s phone number."
"What can you possibly do? She’s in Indonesia, not Mainland..." Ruth Wilcox replied with frustration.
"Just give me her father’s number, I’ll contact him first," Yusuf Zuck persisted.