She called Officer Miller and asked, “Dad, where are you?”
Officer Miller was in the lower reaches of the river, looking for Boyce’s whereabouts together with the police officers.
Knowing that his daughter was coming, he immediately sent her the location with his mobile phone. He felt that she should come. After all, she had established a relationship with Boyce. Now that Boyce’s life and death were unknown, she should care and come to look for him.
Armand who was standing on the boat was wet. It was dark at night and they could only rely on flashlights. The search was not delayed at all, but it was still worrying after so long. After about an hour, Wendy arrived and got on board with the help of Officer Miller.
“Still no clue?” She seemed a little apprehensive.
Although she only discovered the good part of Boyce after a while, she knew Boyce was really a good guy after getting along with him these few days.
Now that something like this had happened, she was also very worried.
Armand glanced at her and did not speak.
Wendy did not like Armand too and she did not say hello to him.
“Dad, can’t you send more people?” Wendy said.
“All the people who can be used in the Institute have been transferred here.” He was anxious too, but there was no better way.
It was out of the city and the river was so long. With a heavy heart, he thought that the possibility of him surviving was too small.0000
It will be two days and two nights soon, could he still be alive even if they did find him?
Officer Miller took off his hat and sighed deeply.
“Dad, don’t be like this.” She took Officer Miller’s arm and looked at the rising sun in the sky. She could not help sighing too.
There was a fork below the spot they searched. One side faced east and the other faced west. The river channel in the west was wider, which increased the difficulty of searching, and they needed to divide into two groups.
Armand said, “I’ll take some to the west.”
Officer Miller nodded and assigned more people to him. Armand had gone down several times. He was exhausted. He sat on the deck barefoot, and water was dripping from his body.
At dawn, Cormac came and asked him if he had any clues.
Armand shook his head and thought of the worst outcome. “Could he…”
“No.” Cormac said firmly, “if we didn’t find him, it’s not necessarily that he drowned in the water, maybe he was saved? When the car was salvaged, the glass was not broken and the door was closed. We all know that due to the water resistance, it’s impossible to open the door in the water. I think, maybe he’s come out of the car and didn’t fall into the water with the car.”
What he said was very reasonable, but Armand still did not understand one thing. “If he’s alive, and we’ve searched from the city to the suburbs, how come we still don’t find him after such a long way? Where has he gone?”
Cormac could not explain this too.
As Armand said, if he was still alive, how can they not find him?
At this time, the mobile phone in the pocket of the shirt Armand threw aside rang. He snatched it and took out his mobile phone. It was Theresa’s number.
He pressed the answer button. “Hey, Theresa.”
“Did you find him?” Theresa asked.
He was in a hurry when he came back and he did not see Theresa. He called her and told her Boyce’s situation. She must be worried that she called to ask about the situation.
Armand answered, “No.”
“What if I go…”
“No, you can’t do anything either. I’ll call you when there’s news. Don’t worry, we’ll try our best.” There would be more people worried about Boyce when she came, it was better for her to stay away to alleviate the anxiety.
“Alright, don’t forget to tell me any news,” Theresa said.
“I won’t.”
Armand lowered his head. “I’m afraid I can’t see you recently.”
“You don’t have to, it’s more important to find him.”
Armand agreed.
Theresa clenched her mobile phone and said, “If there’s nothing else, I’ll hang up.”
She then hung up.
Armand put his mobile phone back into his pocket, stood up, walked to Cormac and asked, “There’s no point searching this way.”
Cormac looked at the small wooden boat docked by the river and turned to ask, “What’s that boat for?”
Armand shook his head and said, “I don’t know.”
He did not say anything and asked people to pull the boat ashore. Armand ran over and asked, “What are you trying to do?”
Cormac still did not speak, because he was not sure whether his judgment was right.
Armand followed him off the boat and asked the rest to continue searching.
Along the shore was a reclaimed vegetable garden. An old man was picking vegetables. Cormac came over.
The old man put the picked lettuce into a basket. When he saw someone coming, he asked, “What can I help you?”
“I saw a boat docked by the river, what’s that boat for?” Cormac asked.
“Why are you asking?” The old man was unwilling to answer.
Armand said, “We come to clean up the river.”
The old man then only replied, “Mr. Parry used to raise geese in this water, but since he was not allowed to raise them later, the boat has gone useless.”
“It was used to raise geese before, right?” Armand asked.
The old man pointed at the blue nets discarded by the bank and said, “Yes, these nets were fixed in the middle of the river back then. He needs to go in when feeding the geese, so Mr. Parry made the wooden boat, but the village head said that it would pollute the environment, and he did not allow him to raise the geese, so the boat was abandoned.”
“So the boat was not used anymore?” Armand asked again, probably knowing what Cormac suspected.
Since no one was found in the river, could he possibly get ashore by any coincidence? Or was saved?
The old man said assertively, “No, you can see there’s moss under it. No one used it, and it’s not firm anymore after a long time, who would use it?”
Cormac looked up. There was a village not far away. Although it was a village, there were also small buildings with three floors and five floors.
New Book: Beginning with a Daring Encounter
Celsie was tired of being labeled as an introvert, workaholic, and dull virgin by her friends. Determined to prove them wrong, she made a bet that she would do something daring on her 25th birthday. Now that the day had arrived, it was time to fulfill her promise. On her daring to-do list, there was one task: a one-night stand with someone.