Chapter 979 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

Once Jade got into her car, Harry went to get into his car and drove behind her.

As Harry drove his thoughts returned to the events at the restaurant and seeing Sara there.

Suddenly he wanted to take care of her urgently and get her out of his life for good. He wasn’t sure he could patiently wait for her to bite the bait anymore. He had to make her bite it.

He dialed Barry’s line as he drove, and it didn’t take long before Barry received his call, “Hey, man! Any update?”

“Things have been silent on the end of the Millers. The only important call Rebekah Miller received today was from Emilia Peterson, her cousin. It seems like she was the brain behind them dumping the girl at the orphanage and taking over all that belonged to her,” Barry reported, and Harry raised a brow.

Now wasn’t that an interesting point of intersection for both Sara and Rebekah? Both ladies had played a role in all that happened to Candace. Good thing they were facing judgement soon.

“And Sara? Anything on her?” Harry asked as he kept his gaze on Jade’a car which was ahead of him.

“Between Sara and Mr Wilson, the lawyer is in a hot mess right now. Mr Wilson is threatening to take the lawyer down with him if he doesn’t help him find the girl and find a way out of the mess…”

“Is Sara aware of this?” Harry asked curiously.

“She is. He reported it to her and she doesn’t care. They are both planning to find someone to pretend to be the niece. And she is suggesting that the lawyer advise Mr Wilson to do damage control by claiming his niece was not abandoned as the media claimed but was rather happily reunited with her biological family thanks to him,” Barry reported.

“Is there a way we can move things forward? I want things to go faster and for Sara to slip so she can be arrested,” Harry said and Barry thought about it for a while.

“What if rumor gets out that the missing girl in question is Sara Walker’s daughter who she sold for money, she might want to hurry things up, right?” Barry asked, and Harry considered the idea for a moment.

He had to put a lot of things into consideration before making any move. He didn’t want to make things too complicated, especially for Candace’s sake.

“I don’t think so. That might make her want to put a hold on things because too many eyes will be on her. For the time being keep observing them. Let me know when they find someone to act as Wilson Peterson’s niece,” Harry said before hanging up.

Away from there, as Sara and Crystal got into the car after their dinner date, she received a call from her lawyer and rejected it.

“Any problem? I’m with someone important right now,” Sara said, subtly letting him know she was with Crystal and there was a limit to what she could discuss.

“I think we might have a problem,” Amos said anxiously, and Sara’s brows pulled together as she glanced at Crystal who was pretending to be busy with her phone.

“Go on. I’m listening,” Sara said as she was beginning to feel anxious herself.

Her brief exchange with Harry and Jade had left her nervous already.

“I just got off the phone with Wilson. I tried suggesting that even if we can’t find the real girl we can pay anyone to act as her since no one would know about it, but he said even if that was already his plan, he still needs to find her and get rid of her. He thinks Benedict Delgado might be searching for her as well as doesn’t want him to get to her first,” Amos said, and it took a moment for it to register in Sara’s head.

“What? Why? Do you think they made the connection already? I mean, his sister worked with you and she is dating Ha…” she stopped when she realized she was saying a lot in Crystal’s presence.

“I’m not sure. I believe they are two unrelated cases. I can understand that Harry might be searching for his sister since Jade must have confirmed it to them that you are searching for your missing daughter. But the relationship between Benedict Delgado and Wilson is different. It has more to do with Wilson’s daughter and Benedict’s girlfriend’s family. He is after Wilson Peterson in this case, not you,” Amos explained.

“That doesn’t make it any better. If they are working on it from both sides they will make the connection sooner than later and realize it’s the same girl,” Sara said as she began to tap her feet anxiously.

“I was thinking, since Wilson plans on getting rid of the girl as well, can I just tell him about you…”

“Are you out of your mind?” Sara snapped at him before he could complete his statement.

“Sara, this is not the time for any of this. The enemy of your enemy is your friend, and right now that friend is Wilson. Besides, this will take a lot of pressure off me if Wilson knows you are with the girl and plan to get rid of her as well,” Amos pleaded.

“Why should I care about taking pressure off you when you are the reason I’m under a lot of pressure myself? If you had not been so stupid to involve Benedict’s sister knowing fully well their family relationship I wouldn’t be in so much mess,” Sara yelled at him not minding her driver or Crystal.

Although Amos wanted to remind her that she had also slipped and told Celsie some stuff, but he decided not to do so. He needed to butter her up if he wanted to get what he wanted.

“You do realize that if Wilson goes down he is going to want to take me down as well, right? I don’t know what I might be forced to reveal about everyone involved…”

“Does he have any means to prove the identity even if you present just anyone to him?” Sara asked, knowing without doubt that Amos had just subtly threatened him.

“I don’t think so…”

“Good. Then it doesn’t make any difference who you present to him,” Sara said reasonably.

“He is going to kill an innocent girl if I present her to him as his niece. That will be two murders on me, Sara. Two. Let’s minimize this by…”

“Don’t you dare tell him anything, you hear me? I don’t care what he does to whoever you get. Get someone to do the job and make sure they are paid more than enough to make it worth it. Don’t call me over this again,” Sara warned before hanging up.

Now more than ever before she needed to hurry.

“Is everything alright? You sounded quite upset,” Crystal asked with a concerned smile and Sara flashed her a smile.

“Sure. It’s just my agent. He gets on my nerves all the time. He can’t get his job done. What’s so hard about finding new models?” Sara asked with a shake of her head.

“I see. You should take it easy then,” Crystal said with a small smile as she returned her attention to her phone.

Sara glanced outside the window as she thought about her conversation with Amos. As long as Crystal was with her, then she was safe.

They would keep searching but would never find Crystal because she was going to take her far away from their reach.

She was already several steps ahead of them, Sara thought with a satisfied smile.

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