Chapter 935 - Is Sophia Involved? (2/2)

”Hmm... I don't think Sophia did this,” Lauriel said. ”She doesn't have the resources and money to mobilize this many people ...”

”And it is clear from this photo that they also took Alexei,” Nicolae added. ”Do you think Sophia would sacrifice her own brother?”

”I don't care whether Sophia has money or not, whether Alexei is a victim or not ... I will look for Sophia.” Alaric snorted.

”One moment ...” Suddenly Nicolae held his brother's hand and tapped the screen of his tablet. He just saw a new notification. ”Marie sent me this news ...”

He showed them the contents on his screen. His brother and father immediately held their breath. They saw the news on an internet portal. The body of a man in his 60's was found on a roadside in Switzerland. His corpse was thrown out of a fast-moving car. The perpetrator didn't leave any trace.

”This is Alexei!” Lauriel said as he managed to observe the photos of the victims that were spread in Darknet. ”They really killed him.”

”This incident happened only one hour ago. That means they are now in Switzerland ...” Nicolae said. ”That is very fast. I think they drove all night, and they are very well organized.”

”I will send my people to Switzerland,” Alaric said quickly. He turned to his father and nodded. ”Father, you are right. I don't think this is Sophia's doing. She couldn't have killed her own brother. Nevertheless, I will still look for her and interrogate her.”

”I will check Darknet and look for new information,” Nicolae said.

”I will go to Switzerland,” Lauriel decided. ”You should stay here with Aleksis and coordinate with Caspar and the others.”

Alaric nodded. For some reason, he felt the instructions left by the kidnappers were too excessive. Why did they dump Alexei's dead body in Switzerland? They might do it just to distract his attention. Therefore, he was glad his father wanted to investigate there while he continued to coordinate with everyone.

It's been 12 hours after Vega was gone. They were racing with time. Everyone felt tired and stressed. Lauriel immediately left for the airport to fly to Switzerland. Overland would take too long, he thought. He preferred to use small aircraft that would take him directly to Basel.

***

There a commotion at the Amarylis Hotel that morning. George Washington High School students surrounded Tatiana, who came to the breakfast room with a haggard face. They all wanted to hear directly from her about what had happened.

”Is Vega really missing? Weren't you still texting with her yesterday?” Sharon asked in confusion. ”What happened?”

”Are all the announcements on Splitz true? Vega is the daughter of the RMI owner?” Stu asked in an urgent tone.

Everyone was very surprised when they woke up in the morning and found social media and almost all parts of the internet were filled with news about the reward offered for finding find Vega Linden.

They immediately recognized the girl in the photo as their school friend. No one thought that the modest and beautiful girl was the daughter of the world's wealthiest family. It felt like it was all a dream.

They had heard that Tatiana had been asked to meet Vega's parents, and now all of them were swarming around the girl like flies swirling rotten fruit to find out what really happened.

Tatiana was actually exhausted and stressed, but she liked being the center of attention. So, she asked Sharon to hold her new cellphone and record while she made a statement. She would immediately post it on social media to her followers.

She was only doing what Alaric asked her to. He told her to ask all her followers to open their eyes and ears if they saw any clues about Vega's whereabout, anywhere in the world.

”I want to make a statement about the shocking incident that happened last night. So, please listen to me ...” Tatiana began her recording in a hoarse and sad voice.