My Great Escape Led Me to You (Emily Blair) novel Chapter 1271

Tristan wiped the tears from his eyes with the back of his hand. His eyes were red, his voice rough. “Keep searching. We need to find him as soon as possible.”

The men nodded right away and turned back to their keyboards, fingers flying.

Elizabeth took a tissue from the man in front of her and dabbed at her own eyes. She was just about to remind Tristan that Andrew needed an update when she saw Tristan dialing his phone. He was already calling Andrew Lane.

Tristan’s voice was steady as he explained the situation to Andrew. He told him not to chase after anything else and to stay where he was.

Andrew agreed without hesitation.

Tristan paused, then asked, “Any progress?”

“Still looking,” Andrew said.

There was a brief silence. Tristan finally said, “I’m hanging up.”

“Wait,” Andrew cut in. “Can I see the video you got?”

“I’ll send it to you,” Tristan replied.

He didn’t hesitate. As soon as he hung up, he forwarded the video. Even if he hated working with Andrew, Tristan couldn’t deny the man had skills. Right now, he honestly hoped Andrew could find something, any clue at all. Maybe the video would get him to take this even more seriously.

Just as Tristan expected, Andrew nearly threw his phone after seeing the video.

He squeezed his eyes shut, but the image of blood running down Emily’s arm wouldn’t leave him. It burned through his mind, leaving him furious, barely able to keep it together.

The scarred man spoke up. “According to your timeline, the kidnapper took Ms. Blair around ten thirty. He didn’t reach his destination until three hours later. Footage shows he got to the last known spot at midnight. That puts him somewhere within about sixty miles of there.”

He pulled out a map, tracing a section with his finger. “He’s probably somewhere in this area.”

A tall, skinny guy on Andrew’s other side nodded. “Right now, if we look at the surroundings in the video, the search area is huge. Pretty much all the outskirts of the capital look like that. We haven’t spotted anything unique yet. We’ll keep digging.”

“Good. Make it fast,” Andrew said.

The two men nodded and got back to work, eyes locked on their screens.

Andrew stood behind them, watching as lines of data scrolled by. He’d already driven out to the edge of the city. It was dark and quiet. Aside from the glow of the streetlights, there was nothing else out here. The only sounds were the low clicks of keyboards and the quiet voices of his team as they worked.