Chapter 956 - Parents are informed (1/2)
~ Los Angeles ~
Friday, October 25, 9:32 AM
Oscar was in the back of the car, reading the latest business news when he got a call from Jeff.
”What did you say?”, Oscar needed to hear again that Aiden and Sarah are missing. Jeff also said that they are last seen after the event previous night, when they stayed back to debug a production issue and that they found their GPS trackers in a park.
”Where are you?”, Oscar asked after Jeff finished his explanation.
”We are on our way to trace their steps.”, Jeff explained.
Oscar narrowed his eyes and started scolding Jeff: ”Don't be stupid. Get to the HQ building right away! You have men to do this legwork, and you need to be in the command center. Are you putting all your hope that this one search will bring you to your brother and Sarah? They could be anywhere! Who knows who did this and how many people are involved. But you will not find that out because you are out in the field instead of collecting all the information available and making logical decisions. Your rash actions are allowing the enemy to get ahead. Learn to act like a leader no matter how taxing the situation is.” Oscar took a deep breath before continuing. ”I know that you want to find them, but this is the time to use your head. Based on what you told me, this was not random and finding them will not be a simple task.”
Jeff sighed. Just like Sophia (and Felix and JoAnna), he has the need to go in person. Staying in one place and waiting for some news sounds torturous. But he can't deny that what his father said made sense.
”OK.”, he accepted that Oscar is right. ”I'm heading there.”
”Not just you…”, Oscar said in a stern tone. ”Other three boneheads also. I will call your mother, and I expect to see you in your office ASAP.” Oscar ended the call.
~ Seattle, Hill Family villa ~
9:39 AM
Edward and Stella are on the phone with Elanor.
Elanor told them how much she knows: ”Aiden and Sarah were last seen in the coliseum after the event. They stayed to debug some production issue. Both of their GPS trackers stopped sending signals at 6:56 AM. Kids found their phones, rings as well as wallets in a tin box and wrapped in aluminum foil in a park in Glendale. Our people are backtracking their movements based on the GPS logs from last night but considering how we found their devices we can assume that Sarah and Aiden will not be found in any of those places because whoever has our kids knows that they can be tracked. They even removed Aiden's belt. At most, we can hope that they left behind some evidence.”
Edward and Stella exchanged concerned glances.
”Can you close off Los Angeles area?”, Stella asked Elanor. ”Just in case they are still there.”
”We are working on it.” Elanor confirmed.
”We are on our way.” Edward said. ”I will check the surveillance from the coliseum and the surrounding area and let you know what I find. In the meantime, ask Oscar to give me full access to White corp. network. I want to see what is the issue that made Aiden and Sarah stay after the event.”
Edward can hack into White corp., but he knows that Sarah worked on security of their system, and he will probably need time to get around the firewall. And there will be a possibility for him to be blocked and sidetracked on the way. It's easier for Oscar to give him access. He can use that time to look into the footage from coliseum.