Chapter 779 The imprisoned canary

On the way back, Jack was conscious enough to tell Arthur and Otis what had happened that night, and that Lucia and the baby had been taken.

"We understand. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are already negotiating with Spencer. Jack, Nick, Victor, Gene, thank you for your hard work," Arthur said sincerely. No one felt more guilty than he did when he saw the serious injuries they had sustained.

The four of them were humbled by Arthur's gratitude, especially Gene, who lowered his eyes and said,

"I'm sorry we didn't protect Lucia and the baby."

"I don't blame you," Arthur replied at once. "Spencer wouldn't have known if Esmae hadn't tipped him off."

"Esmae must be out of mind!" Victor scolded mercilessly. "She put her goddaughter's life in the hands of a bastard. I don't know what she was thinking!"

"She didn't expect Spencer to do this, either," Arthur said, blaming Esmae but she was not guilty.

"No, let's go find them right now," Nick said anxiously as he rolled out of bed. As soon as he moved, his wounds began to bleed again.

The family doctor cried out in excitement.

"Please don't move. I've just bandaged it!"

Otis, in between tears and laughter, reached out to push Nick back into bed and said,

"Let Mr. Brown handle this for now. Spencer just wants to make a deal. Let's wait and see."

"We can't wait. Spencer is a lunatic! No one knows what he'll do to Lucia..." The moment Victor shouted, Gene nudged him in the back. He was in so much pain that he gasped and scolded him unconsciously, "What are you doing!"

Gene glared at Victor, then gestured in Arthur's direction. Victor turned and looked Arthur in the eye, regretting what he had just said.

"Mr. Davies, I didn't mean..."

"I know," Arthur said in a low voice that sounded as if every word carried a heavy chain.

Otis's heart ached to see Arthur like this, but now they, too, had to wait.

The night slowly passed its own time, and the first light of the morning sent it back to another dimension.

Nia opened her eyes in the warmth of the bed. She stretched lazily and was about to turn around to wake Casper when she realized that he was no longer with her.

Rubbing his eyes suspiciously, Nia put on her nightgown and walked out of the room into the living room, only to see Casper sitting on the sofa with a frown on his face, as if he was thinking of something important.

"Casper, why are you up so early?" Nia asked in a sweet voice.

Casper looked up at Nia, thought for a moment, and then said, "Nothing, I'm just wondering why Spencer has been so quiet lately. I thought my father would come after us after his trip to Cloudwork." "Probably scared," Nia said with a sneer.

"Maybe." Raising his hand to hug Nia, who was leaning against him, Casper replied perfunctorily.

"Is that what you're thinking about so early in the morning?" Nia asked, stroking Casper's chest. He didn't seem like the type to ask for trouble.

"Yes," Casper said again, but the deep look in his eyes meant something else.

Nia was a little disappointed. She vaguely felt that there was something else going on with Casper that he just didn't want her to know about, but she couldn't do anything about it. He had his limits, and sometimes he wouldn't let her interfere at all.

"Okay," Nia said helplessly, "We have an important morning meeting at the office later, so let's go wash up."

"I'm going to skip this morning's meeting," Casper said. "I had a little trouble sleeping last night. I'm going to go back to sleep."

"Well, I'll go get ready." Nia hid the doubt in her heart and continued to follow Casper's lead.

An hour later, Nia went out to the office, and after Casper confirmed that she had left, he picked up his phone and called Leon.

"Did you find out?"

"It's clear," Leon said. "There are twenty guards in the villa, ten with guns. Lucia and the child are in the second room on the second floor. Spencer hasn't been back."

"Keep your eyes on them, and don't let them see you," Casper said.

"Yes," Leon said, and the two hung up.

It turned out that Casper knew what had happened that night, not only that, but he had already had Spencer and Lucia followed. After the accident, he had Leon follow Spencer all the way to the villa where he was holding Lucia. Spencer thought he was doing it perfectly, but Casper was in control of everything he did.

Right now, Casper was agonizing over whether or not he wanted to step in and save Lucia.

He kept it from Nia because he didn't want her to interfere with his decision.

Before he got Lucia, Casper would never have let her be destroyed by another man, but once he rescued her, how could he explain that he knew where she was? If the information was leaked to Arthur, the credit would be entirely his, and Casper wouldn't want it.

After days of thinking, Casper can't come up with a complete solution.

Lucia, who had been locked up for three days, had basically adapted to life in captivity. She knew when the guards would deliver food and change shifts, but she could not escape because she was not alone. Her daughter was still around, so Lucia was holding it in.All content © N/.ôvel/Dr/ama.Org.

To her great despair, she had once stood by the window and looked out at the mountains and forests, but she had never seen anyone enter or leave this place. That meant that this place was truly remote, so how did Arthur find out where she was?

Lucia's heart ached at the thought of Arthur. It was she who was imprisoned, but she knew it was Arthur who was suffering the most.

What was he doing now? Was he frantically searching for her and their daughter? Did he eat well and sleep well? Or had he been pining away?

All the time, these questions were swirling around in Lucia's mind, tormenting her heart again and again.

Lucia was even more distressed when she was forced to agree to Spencer's demands.

Will Esmae really come looking for her? Or did she just ignore it? Lucia can't be sure.

While her daughter slept, Lucia would sit by the window like a captive canary yearning for the free sky outside.

In the afternoon, there was a knock on the door, which startled Lucia.

It was the same sound of a key being turned, and then the door was opened, and a guard was standing outside.