Chapter 486
The police officer in charge of recording the interview could not help looking up
at Renee. He frowned and reproached, “Your son has been missing for so long,
and you still wouldn’t report it to the police? Don’t you think you’re being too
reckless as the parents? Thank god the child was clever enough to report it to
the police himself! Although we still haven’t figured out where he is, we’ve
caught the suspected kidnapper, so the situation might not end up so serious
after all.”
Renee nodded repeatedly, “You’re right, Officer. We, as adults, have certainly
been too neglectful.”
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But in her head, she silently thought, ‘I wonder which unlucky guys had to deal
with Adie this time. They should count their blessings if they didn’t end up
getting sold into a human trafficking ring by him!’
Adie had run away on his own many times before, so it was inevitable that he
would encounter bad guys with sinister motives against him, but each time it
always ended with the kidnappers calling the police for help themselves after
realizing that they could not deal with the true menace that was Aiden
Everheart!
“The suspect has confessed to the crime,” said the officer in charge, “but she
refused to reveal the child’s whereabouts. Instead, she asserted that she
intended to harm your child because she has a personal grudge against you.
She has made a request to talk to you alone.”
“Personal grudge?” Renee suddenly tensed up and seemed slightly more
concerned now.
She had indeed made quite a few enemies by that point, and she knew that
those who would hold grudges against her were certainly no saints. If it was true
that Adie had fallen into their hands, then perhaps her son was in much more of
a bind than she thought.
Renee clenched her hands and promptly asked, “Where is she? Let her come
and talk to me!’
“Okay,” replied the police officer. He then spoke into the intercom, “Bring her in.”
Soon, the door to the interrogation room opened, and in came a woman whose
hands were bound by handcuffs that glinted under the light. It was Briar
Desrosiers. Her face was stony and lifeless, but as soon as she saw Renee, it
was as if she was splashed with a bucket of ice-cold water. She seemed to be
reanimated in an instant. With a cruel smirk on her face, she said, “Why did you
have to hurry over here so quickly, Renee Everheart? You should’ve just wait a
little longer. Someone would’ve gone to you and told you what became of your
poor Adie!”
Renee tried her best to restrain herself from killing Briar right then and there.
She coldly said, “You should’ve come straight to me if you hold any grudges
against me. Why did you have to lay your filthy hands on an innocent child?
Aren’t you afraid of divine retribution?”
“So now you’re talking about going straight to you instead of an innocent child,
huh? Why didn’t you think of that when you killed my baby and caused me to
lose the chance to ever be a mother again?!”
Briar was now so agitated that she acted like a rabid dog, lunging toward Renee
and screeched, “You’re the reason why my baby died! Because of that, I’ll never
give your son a chance to live a good life. God is so kind to you, isn’t he? He’s
given you such an adorable son! I do like the boy myself, but it’s too bad that he
has your dirty blood in his veins. For that, I’ll do anything to make sure he
suffers a fate worse than death!”
“Soon enough, you’ll find out what happened to your poor child. By then, I wish
that you’ll live the rest of your life plagued by guilt and shame, because you’re
the reason he had to suffer!”
The police officer quickly subdued her and sternly warned her, “That’s enough!
Don’t force our hands or we’ll have to use a tougher measure to contain you!”
“Go ahead!” Briar sneered sinisterly even as her head was pinned onto the
table till her face was smooshed out of shape, putting her in a humiliating
position. “I’m not scared! Just do whatever tough measure you want on me! I
don’t care anymore because I’ve got what I wanted. That boy is ruined now! You
will suffer for the rest of your life, Renee Everheart! Even if I die now, I’ll die
happy and in peace!”
Carmine Pawnshop was an infamous place in the underground market where
anyone who stepped through its doors would have no chance of turning back.
Their boss, Mr. Q, was known to be Stefan Hunt’s deadliest enemy. It was not
hard to guess at all what kind of painful fate would befall Adie, with him being
Stefan’s son.
After all, if Briar was going to attack Renee, she had better attack her where it
would hurt the most, and what would hurt a mother more than seeing her own
child suffer?
Renee was so enraged that she trembled, but she still managed to keep herself
under control. With a perfectly calm demeanor, she asked the police officer,
“Could you please leave this room for a while? I’d like to talk to her alone.
