Chapter 871 The Thing He Feared Most

• However, Lawson was unwilling to give up. He spent the entire day combing through every upscale neighborhood in the city, leading a team as they searched for any sign of her. By the afternoon, he received a call from Sarah—she had news about Serena. He rushed back immediately and found Sarah waiting for him, with a young boutique assistant standing beside her.
• "Around noon, a middle-aged woman came into the store," The assistant began. "She looked pretty ordinary, nothing fancy about her clothes, but she clearly had money. She had two bodyguards with her and bought a bunch of women's clothes—said they were for her daughter. She went into nearly every store in the mall. When she came into mine, I could tell she was tense and exhausted. She kept trying to signal me with her eyes, but I didn't know what she meant. And every time she tried to whisper something to me, one of the bodyguards would immediately step in.
• "I started to suspect something wasn't right. Maybe she needed help. So, I poured her a glass of water and intentionally spilled it on her. When she bent down, I whispered and asked if she needed help. That's when she slipped a note into my hand. But before I could even read it, the bodyguards snatched it away. I only managed to catch a glimpse—the word: Northbend.