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Wesley noticed Chad’s broken glasses, then shot a glare at Mike.
“Avery’s phone’s turned off. We don’t know if something’s happened to her,” he said. “I’m going to look for her now. You can either go back to the hall and entertain the guests, or you can come with me to search for her.”
Mike suppressed his rage and said, “I‘m coming with you!”
Elliot strode over to them and blocked their way.
“What happened to Avery?!”
“Mr. Foster, we don‘t know what‘s happening right now either. When I called her this morning, she said she would be here by six. However, it’s almost seven and she’s not here yet.”
“It‘s the weekend. Isn‘t she at home?” Elliot said as his eyes filled with worry.
“She isn‘t. We‘re going to search for her now, Mr. Foster. If there’s more you’d like to know, we can talk about it once we find her,” Wesley said, then rushed off with Mike.
Elliot watched the two men leave, then walked over to another elevator.
Chad followed him and explained, “Sir, Mike was the one that organized Miss Tate’s party. He was also the one who set the guest list. It wasn’t Miss Tate’s intention to exclude you.”
Elliot frowned, then asked, “Didn’t she go through the guest list herself?” “I heard she’s been busy with something,” Chad responded.
Elliot glanced at him, then said, “Don’t follow me. Go and get yourself a new pair of glasses.”
“Yes, sir.”
“You should use your head and not your fists when faced with someone who’s obviously stronger than you are. You’re usually a rational person, so what happened tonight?” Elliot asked as he looked at Chad’s flustered face.
Chad lowered his gaze and answered, “I‘m sure he didn‘t invite you because of our previous run–in.”
“You‘re overthinking it. Even without your history, he still wouldn‘t have invited me,” Elliot said calmly. “Don’t be so rash next time.”
“Yes, Sir.”
Elliot exited the building and got into his car.
“Where to, Sir?” asked the bodyguard.
“I need to make a phone call first.”
Elliot called up the telecommunications company and inquired about the last location of Avery‘ s phone before it had been turned off.
He received the approximate location soon after.
“Take me to the Starry River neighborhood.”
The last location her phone had recorded was near that neighborhood.
When they were nearing their destination, Elliot asked the bodyguard to slow the car down.
Among the busy street, he vaguely noticed a white Rower stopped by the road.
It looked like Avery‘s car!
“Stop the car!” Elliot shouted, causing the bodyguard to bring the car to a halt.
Elliot jumped out of the car and rushed over to the white Rower.
The winds of early fall carried a slight chill. When he arrived at Avery‘s car, he saw her slumped against the steering wheel. She looked lifeless.
Elliot‘s heart tightened.
“Avery!
Through bloodshot eyes, he called out her name and violently yanked at the door handle.
Avery’s car doors were locked!
There was only a piece of glass between them, and Elliot had no way of getting to her.
The bodyguard rushed over with an emergency hammer, smashed the windshield open, and jumped into the car.
Once he was in the bodyguard unlocked the doors.
Elliot opened the door to the driver’s seat and took Avery in his arms.
She had no visible injuries, but her breathing was shallow!
She looked as if she was in a coma.
Otherwise, she would have been startled awake when the bodyguard broke the windshield.
At the hospital, after giving Avery a thorough examination, the doctor said, “She fainted from lack of oxygen. You sent her here just in time, so she‘s not in any danger. All she needs is some rest. She‘ll be fine when she wakes up.”
“How did she end up with a lack of oxygen? Did her test results show that something was wrong?” Elliot asked.
“Her blood tests showed that all of her vitals are fine… Apart from some low blood sugar, there weren‘t any issues,” answered the doctor as he took a look at the report, then handed it over to Elliot.
“Why is she still unconscious? When will she wake up? Does she really not need to be hospitalized?”
Seeing Avery‘s haggard face, Elliot could not help but feel that things were not as simple as they seemed.
There were no external injuries, but she had ended up unconscious in a locked car.
This meant that she had most likely suffered some kind of internal injury.
“She‘s probably tired, Mr. Foster. That‘s why she‘s sleeping deeply and hasn’t woken up,” the doctor explained, then added in case Elliot did not believe him, “Look at the dark circles under her eyes and her bloodshot eyes.”
The doctor gently lifted Avery‘s eyelid for Elliot to see.
Elliot finally felt a sense of relief after seeing the redness in Avery’s eyes.
He thought of how she must have nodded off while she was driving and finally fell asleep on
the steering wheel
What exactly had she been so busy with? Was she not getting any sleep at all?
Otherwise, how did she get so tired to the point of locking herself in her car?
If he had not found her, or if he was a little late, she would have been in grave danger.
An hour later, Elliot took Avery back to the Foster mansion, then called Laura to explain things to her.
“Why did you take my daughter to your house?!” Laura demanded as a chill went down her spine.
“The doctor said she didn’t need to be hospitalized, so I brought her here to rest,” Elliot answered.
“You know where we live, so why didn‘t you send her back here?!”
Laura wanted to go pick Avery up, but she had to look after Hayden and Layla.
She could not very well bring the children along to the Foster mansion.
It was too big a risk.
“You wouldn‘t be so quick to blame me if you knew what happened.”
Elliot had intentionally brought Avery back to his house.
He wanted to know the reason why she was so tired.
His voice made Laura‘s heart skip a few beats.
“What does that mean? What‘s wrong with Avery? What happened?!”
“She‘s fine for now. She‘s sleeping right now, but she‘ll go home once she wakes up,” said Elliot. “If you‘re worried, you can come over with the children. I won‘t mind.”
“… I‘ll get Wesley to go check on her,” said Laura.
An hour later, Wesley arrived at the Foster mansion.
“Did you say she fell asleep at the wheel?” Wesley asked in disbelief. “She locked herself in her car?!”
Elliot looked at him with cold eyes as he asked, “What‘s your relationship with Avery, Mr. Brook?”
“We’re friends,” Wesley answered.
“Professor Hough had plenty of female students. You’re not this close to Zoe Sanford, are you? “Elliot said mockingly. “Do you have feelings for Avery?”
Wesley felt a strong sense of hostility from him.
“Isn’t Avery allowed to start a brand new relationship?” Wesley asked with a gentle smile.” Mr. Foster, has Avery ever said anything about your relationship with Miss Sanford?”
Elliot’s eyes filled with a frosty chill as he said, “That‘s one thing I find strange. When I asked you to help me find the student that the professor mentioned before he died, you gave me a list of names. Why didn‘t you just tell me that it was Zoe? She said she knew you. You probably know her, too, right?”
Wesley was surprised to find that Elliot was not as clueless as he had thought.
“Of course, I know her. However, it’s been many years since she graduated, so I can’t comment on her skills now. Which is why I gave you the list for you to find out for yourself.”
Elliot was not fooled by his answer.
“Didn‘t the professor ever mention her to you? Professor Hough did not dare operate on Shea, but he said he had a student who could. That means that the professor greatly respected that student… It‘s impossible that he never mentioned someone that incredible to you.”