Chapter 8

After Holden and Talia helped Kaylee into the house, Talia looked at Howard. 

“You should leave Nimbulus immediately. Timothy will definitely not let you go when he wakes up!” 

Howard ignored her. “Talia, we’re not done with Riley’s matter. Try giving it another thought. Did anything special happen recently?” 

“The Aellus family is the second most prominent family in Nimbulus. You’re no match. Hurry and leave…” Talia started to sob. 

“Talia, don’t worry about that. I promise you it’ll be alright. Riley…” Howard continued. 

“Do you understand what I’m saying! Leave! Otherwise, you’ll die…” Talia shouted. 

“Talia, calm down. Let’s put the Aellus family aside!” Howard raised his voice. “We don’t have much time to waste for Riley’s sake! Think carefully. Have you been to any special place recently?!” 

“No. We didn’t go anywhere…” Talia stopped crying. She realized that she could not persuade Howard, so she gave up. However, she suddenly recalled something, and her eyes flashed. “Something special…well, there was a weird incident.” 

“What was it?!” Howard immediately asked. 

“Riley accidentally fell a few days ago, so I took her to a private hospital to treat her wound. We found that the doctor also checked her blood type by chance.” 

Talia thought for a while. “Normally, a simple bandage of a wound won’t need to check the blood type. Besides, I also saw the blood type reports of several children in the doctor’s drawer!” 

“What?!” After hearing that, Howard and Yoel frowned. They both had a bad feeling about this. 

Howard paused. “Which hospital? What was the doctor’s name? Bring me there now!” 

“Okay!” Talia nodded after giving it a thought. Two minutes later, Yoel stepped on the accelerator pad and drove away. 

The hospital Talia mentioned was located in the second central business district east of the city. The place was half an hour away from Talia’s home, but Yoel only used less than fifteen minutes to reach the hospital and park at the entrance. The three got out of the car and sprinted to the stairs. 

“His office is at 406!” Talia informed as she ran, her face turning pale and her whole body trembling. At this time, she also vaguely guessed a possibility that Riley was likely to be kidnapped for an organ transplant! 

The three came to the door of room 406, and Yoel slammed the door open. A man in a white coat sitting on the office chair was startled. He raised his finger, pointed at Howard. “What the hell? Who are you?!” 

“Is it him?” Howard turned to look at Talia. 

“Yes!” Talia nodded. 

“Who the hell are you! What are you trying to do? If you don’t tell me anything, I’ll call security!” The doctor shouted. Before he finished speaking, Yoel had already come to him, grabbed his wrist, and twisted it hard. The doctor’s arm was instantly bent at a weird angle. 

“Ahh!” The doctor let out a miserable scream. 

“I’ll only ask once, and if I don’t tell the truth, I’ll send you to the underworld to meet Hades!” Howard came to him and said in a deep voice. At the same time, he was releasing a cold aura, which quickly shrouded the doctor. 

Under this level of coercion, the doctor felt like he was in hell and surrounded by demons. Finally, his legs went limp, and he fell. 

“W-What do you want to know…” The doctor murmured. 

Yoel walked to the doctor’s desk and pulled a drawer, tossing the dozens of documents on the ground, all of which were blood reports of the children. When Talia noticed one of them was Riley’s report, she burst into tears again. 

On the other hand, the doctor trembled harder when he saw the reports on the floor. It was apparent that he knew why Howard and the others came here. 

“Who are you working for? Who took the kid that matched the profile?” Howard asked coldly. 

“L-Lupin’s subordinates forced me to do this…” The doctor admitted. 

“Who?” Howard asked again. 

“H-He’s one of Master Hurley’s four major henchmen. M-Master Hurley probably asked them to do this…” The doctor stuttered. 

“Which Master Hurley?” A cold light flashed in Howard’s eyes. 

“H-Hurley Duncast…” The doctor answered with great difficulty, “H-He’s a gangster…” 

Before he could finish his sentence, Howard slashed at his neck with a scalpel. The doctor rolled his eyes and fainted on the ground. 

“Take him away!” Howard ordered and looked at Talia. 

“Talia, go home and wait for me. I’ll save Riley!” 

“I’ll go with you!” Talia wiped away her tears and shouted. 

“We don’t know what’s the situation now. It’ll be dangerous if you join me,” Howard replied, “Trust me. I’ll bring Riley back!” 

“No! I have to follow you!” Talia appeared determined. Just as she finished speaking, Talia’s phone rang. It was her sister. 

“Yuffie, what’s the matter?” Talia asked. 

“Talia, tell Howard to leave Nimbulus immediately! The Aellus family is sending people to search for you everywhere…” Yuffie yelled. Before Yuffie could complete her sentence, Talia heard her phone drop, coupled with Yuffie’s scream. 

“Ahh!” 

“Yuffie. Yuffie!” Talia started to scream. 

“If you don’t want your family to get hurt, bring that Howard guy back. I’ll wait for you at your home!” A middle-aged man’s voice sounded from the phone. “If you and the Howard guy don’t show up an hour later, just get ready for your family’s funeral!” 

As soon as he said that, the man hung up. 

“Talia, what happened?” Howard asked. 

Talia let out a piercing scream. She grabbed her hair and started pulling frantically, and her face was filled with pain. Talia was on the verge of losing her mind. 

“Talia, stop!” Howard hugged her tightly. “Tell me what happened. I’ll help you…” 

“I don’t want your help!” Talia pushed Howard away. “Leave! Get out of Nimbulus now, and don’t you ever appear in front of me again…” 

“It’s all your fault. You caused this mess. My mom’s right. God sent you to punish our family…” 

After saying that, Talia rushed out of the room. 

“Follow her and see what’s going on!” Howard took a deep breath and looked at Yoel. “Also, have someone find out Hurley’s location and send it to my phone!” 

“Yes, sir!” Yoel nodded and chased after Talia.