Chapter 61: Voice of heart
Jazmine Harrison had walked for almost four hours when her vision started to go blurry. It was only worsening with time. Her face was flushed; she was having a slight fever. The wound on her leg was a big hindrance. She had torn off a piece of her shirt and tightly wrapped it around her leg to stop the bleeding. But when she exerted to move, the blood would seep out.
"Damn Hong Kong," she cursed the city a thousand times and struggled to move through the thick forest. It was already darkening. Jazmine had decided to enter the forest because she feared the people who tried to attack her would come after her. She was unlucky enough to get her foot entrapped in a root and fall down while getting a deep cut across her calf.
She took out her phone for the tenth time. Still, there were no signals. She put back her phone and rested her last hope on Emily Carrol. Emily had already left for Hong Kong a night before Jazmine to arrange for her. Jazmine had planned to meet up with her after the meeting with that 'Devil.' She prayed that Emily had discovered her absence by now and dispatched a team to search for her.
Jazmine felt something chilly and moist drip on her. She looked up. A loud thunder followed the silence. Jazmine wanted to cry but had no tears.
Why?
Soon a heavy shower followed and completely soaked Jazmine.
...
Sebastian Crowne stared at the ruthless shower outside. His heart was unsettled. He was quiet as an inanimate ice block. No one could tell what was going through his head. Elias Crownie would glance at him from time to time while quivering in fear.
He must find his brother's wife quickly. Or else, he feared... ah, he didn't want to think of the consequences.
"Stop the car!" Elias Crownie noticed a car parked outside. The driver pulled the brakes, and the car stopped with a squeak, splashing water everywhere. They rushed to the car and found a man knocked out. Elias confirmed from the number plate that it was the same car that had picked up Jazmine. "Get him in the van. Try to wake him up. He must know where Jazmine is."
A few bulky men pulled out the man and pushed him inside the van. They threw cold water at him, attempting to rouse him. Elias was anxious. He could feel involuntary chills up his spine. And they were not because of the cold weather. They were because of his brother!
Sebastian Crowne's quiet eyes silently observed everything around and landed on a spot at the boundary between the road and the forests. Without giving anyone any explanation, he entered the forest.