Heeding to Anya's instructions, the patrol cars positioned themselves without following the van. They just knew a baby Matthews was kidnapped. They had no idea if it was Liam's daughter or Anya and Alvin's son.
Judging the voice of the woman who was cold, precise, and sharp with her every command, they had assumed baby Matthews to be Zane Owen Matthews whose pictures weren't leaked to the media.
Hence the cops dropped all other work and focused on the kidnap. [Positioned.] One by one, four cars reported to the captain who was leading the rescue operation.
Parking the police cars aside, standing in the uniform, a man on the empty road spoke to the walkie-talkie, [I spotted the car. Wait for my instructions.] He looked at the cop standing on the other side and signaled to him.
The black van abruptly slowed down, spotting the cops on the road. As if they made up their mind to speed away and escape them, they immediately increased their speed.
Anya's intention wasn't to alert them. The baby's safety was the priority. The captain asked over his walkie-talkie, "Where is the bike?"
A roar of the sports bike distracted the attention. A person clad head to toe appeared on a bike speeding next to the van. It also grabbed the black car's passengers' attention.
The black car passengers noticed the cops waving their hands at them to speed away. They assumed the cops were there to catch the speeding bike, after all, when have cops acted on time?
They increased the speed to pass through but the bike sped away in a blink of an eye.
The cops threw spike strips right after the bike passed. They pretended to be missing the bike that disappeared from their sight when they heard the tiers blow off.
The four tires of the black car went flat and abruptly came to a halt with a screech. "It's just a coincidence," The driver of the black car tried to relax their nerves when a police car sped behind the bike causing them to drop their guards down.
The four cops rushed to the black van and the captain sent the signal on the walkie Talkie, [Get the ambulance.] They were shifting the baby in an ambulance which had a doctor in case of emergency. Then he lied, [Civilians are caught.]
'Knock… knock… knock…' The cops knocked on the windows.
The captain spoke, "Excuse me, we apologize for the inconvenience. Please open the door. We need to confirm no one is hurt."
Before the door could open, they could hear the small baby crying its lungs out. A cop called out to others, "The passengers seemed to be unconscious. A baby is crying inside."
The captain was about to break the car window with a glass breaker, the shotgun seat window rolled down.
The captain noted there were four men and a baby on the lap. They were covered in cold sweat and desperately hiding their panic. He couldn't spot any firearm or weapon.
His eyes fell on the baby crying non-stop in the backseat, startled by the glass shatter. He didn't let the men inside the car speak and said loudly, "Passengers are in shock."
The captain manually unlocked the door wasting no time while he signaled others to be prepared. He pulled the man out, "Get him the first aid." Well, instead of first aid, the handcuffs were waiting for the man.
The captain unlocked the back door. A lady cop almost snatched the baby whose face had turned red in the cold and tears. She quickly ran across the road and got in the ambulance that arrived.
The men who were trying to behave snapped out when they lost the baby. "Hey… hey…"
'Pow,' The cops immediately used brute force to stop them from chasing the lady cop and baby.
They had thought the men in the car would get off the car and run in all directions. Or use some kind of weapon. Looks like Anya's plan was the smoothest. They wasted some resources, but glad everything was quick and smooth.
The police cars that were parked away, arrived at the spot. A car followed the ambulance towards the police station while other cars were stuffed with kidnappers.
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At the police agency,
With a white gauge around the head, Lilian rushed to the ambulance and scooped the sleeping baby into her arms. The tears rolled down her eyes uncontrollably. The fear was slowly fading from her eyes and filled with relief, holding the unharmed baby in her arms.
Liam had white patches on his hands and cheek but he was never so relieved than that day. He looked at Alvin, who was physically there but his attention was elsewhere. And Alvin barely spared any words to him.
The Chief of police already told him that he should be thanking Anya. "Where is Anya?" Liam asked.
The air around Alvin suddenly turned bitterly cold. His lips curled into a vile smirk. Liam was thinking the kidnap was solved seeing his daughter safe, Liam has to know, "To bury the man who is behind the kidnap."
Liam: ??
Wasn't it a kidnap for ransom amount?
'Rooorrr…' Everyone's attention shifted to the bike and biker who was arranged by Anya.
The rider got off the bike and removed her helmet. She tossed her hair and climbed the steps without caring about the eyes. But she didn't get the attention of the man she was there for.
The cops gasped in amazement that it was a lady rider. Rob identified her and followed her line of sight. He whispered to Alvin, "Madam's friend."
Alvin looked at Luna who stood in front of him and met his eyes as if she had no life. His eyes shifted when Luna dropped something into his long jacket's pocket and left without a word.
The bike left. Alvin was itching to check it but was careful to avoid eyes. Glancing at the mother and little daughter, he instructed Mark, "Mark, take them to the Oasis mansion." He meant Liam, Lilian, and their daughter. This time he wasn't asking their permission but compelling them.
Alvin was leaving without a word to Liam but paused in front of Mark, "Nothing before the safety of two kids." The two kids were Zane and Jia.
He didn't know if Anya started to trust Liam and Lilian, but he didn't want to take the chance of Casper manipulating Liam or Lilian.
Mark understood what Alvin meant. He bluntly responded, "I will arrange their stay in the outhouse." The kids will be in the main mansion and Liam and Lilian won't be allowed there until further instruction by Alvin or Anya.
Alvin grunted in acceptance and walked away to his car. He pulled the dainty keypad mobile in stupefaction.
Does the Secret Service lack money?
Shrugging off, he clicked on a button and read a message from a string of numbers. [Change in plan. I'm not using the chartered flight.]
Alvin didn't panic as he had the live location of Anya. She had told him she will be using her alias to leave the country, so she won't be carrying anything that connects to her identity.
Alvin knew the dark reason behind it. If the special service officer dies in a different country, her real identity shouldn't be leaked.
Nevertheless, the chartered flight came in handy for him. He will leave the country without alerting Liam. He struggled to type a message on the small keypad of the phone, [Which country?]
Rob sat in the shotgun seat and dropped a message to Miles's secretary. [Anya Owen and Alvin Matthews are leaving the police station.]
"Drive to the Airport," Alvin instructed the chauffeur.
Rob: ??
He shouldn't be surprised that Alvin prioritizes Anya over everything. Was his boss really going to follow Anya?
Wouldn't that cause trouble for Anya? There were already rumors of Alvin buying an award for Anya. Alvin's interference will make it worse.
He tried to speak for Anya, "Boss, young Madam will be worried about you if she gets to know you are following her." He said each word carefully.
Alvin glanced at Rob. Even if Anya lies, he will get to know her location later. So he hoped she wasn't lying to him when he read the message, [1st stop, Country F.]
He was smart to deduce country F could be just a layover. He lazily responded to Rob, "I'm just going to pick my wife."
Rob: "..."
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