Love is the Sunshine novel Chapter 58

Terence strode toward Carla who looked so distraught and was helplessly sitting on the floor. Much too disoriented, she seemed to be totally out of it.

Then, he lifted her up and carried her in his arms, saying with his brows furrowed, "Carla, please try not to worry too much. I've already asked Nathan and Rainer to look for Sean.

I've specifically told them to check all of the surveillance videos around the school, and since the security cameras are basically everywhere, I believe that they'll be able to locate Sean much sooner!"

While comforting her, Terence walked inside the room holding her in his arms.

"Terence, I'm so worried and frightened. I don't know what to do. I feel so powerless.

Sean is the only family I have left in this world. I can't bear the thought of losing him!"

Upon realizing that Terence had come back just so he could accompany her, Carla could not contain her emotions any longer and immediately burst into tears, clinging tightly onto his clothes with both of her hands.

"No, you will not lose Sean. Please try to pull yourself together. He needs you to be strong, now more than ever. Trust me. I will do everything I can in my power just to help you find him and bring him back home to you safe and sound." Terence held her closely in his arms and patted her repeatedly on the back, trying to calm her down. And because he wasn't used to seeing her in a state like that, it was hard for him to watch the strong woman he loved so dearly acting so vulnerable.

Carla, upon reflecting on all of the things that happened, managed to calm herself down eventually. Then, she made a phone call to ask Sean's teacher for the phone numbers of his close friends who he would often be playing with, after which she anxiously called them one by one to check whether Sean had just been hanging out with them all along, hoping he was doing just fine.

However, the result just terribly disappointed her, because Sean didn't come over to any of his friends' houses.

One of his friends told Carla that he actually walked out of the school together with Sean at the same time and thought that Sean had just simply headed straight back home.

Carla, who had tried her best to remain calm up until that moment, started feeling distressed and worried again. In that brief moment of weakness, she suddenly couldn't hold back her sadness anymore and began tearing up again in front of Terence, disregarding their differences and the state their relationship was currently in. Besides, there was no else left for her to lean on to apart from him, so she felt so grateful for his presence.

"Carla, please don't cry. Just give me some more time and be patient. Panicking would only make things worse. I promise that I will not let anything happen to him!"

It was a bit hard to believe that just a few moments ago, Terence still hated how Carla had been so heartless toward him, but now, upon seeing his beloved girl crying, all of those feelings of hatred had instantly withered away, and instead, he simply felt sorry for her. Just as much as he wanted to make sure Sean was safe, he was also very eager to lift Carla's spirits up.

At this moment, Terence somehow came up with an idea, so he put his hands over Carla's shoulders and asked, "Carla, this might be a long shot, but it's well worth trying. Does Sean still wear the bracelet I had given him?"

Carla had already forgotten about that bracelet, the real-time location of which could be tracked by Terence from an app.

As Terence reminded her of that, she began feeling hopeful again, even if it was just a little bit, and immediately nodded. "Yes. That bracelet is so precious to Sean. He wears it every single day after you gave it to him," she answered.

Terence bobbed his head to acknowledge Carla's response and immediately took out his phone to check and sent Sean's bracelet's real-time location information to Nathan, with hopes that maybe they could find him sooner.

Carla was still extremely anxious and distressed, her frightened expression showing signs of weakness. Throughout the years, she had always thought herself to be an independent woman with a strong will, but now, she was starting to realize how wrong she had been. She was actually just a frail city girl, weak and incapable of keeping her only brother safe from harm.

Although it was true that Sean was wearing the bracelet and the authorities had already gotten a hold of his real-time location, there was still a possibility that Sean might be in danger if some bad guys had taken him and decided to harm him at this moment.

"I can't just sit around and let my brother walk into danger. Even if I'm the one who gets involved in a life-threatening situation, I simply can't let him get hurt by others."

With these words, Carla braced herself once more and headed toward the door, but Terence immediately grabbed her by the wrist.

"Carla, wandering around aimlessly and randomly looking for him on your own would be useless. I don't want you to risk getting yourself in trouble as well. I've already ordered a lot of people to look for him. Now, the policemen of BH City have been sent out to join the search. They will update me as soon as they get any information regarding Sean's whereabouts,"

Terence reassured Carla in a calm voice, wrapping his arms around her waist. Now that he had also sent the real-time location information to Nathan, he believed that it wouldn't be long before they could figure out where Sean was.

Carla abruptly stopped, turning around to shoot Terence a glance.

It just came to her that Terence was just as powerful in BH City as he was in JA City and that his family was also so wealthy and influential that she couldn't begin to imagine it.

With this in mind, she thought that she shouldn't be underestimating his power and ability. She had reservations, but the best course of action right then would be to take a leap of faith and put her trust in him.

As she waited, Carla had gotten more and more restless, pacing nervously back and forth inside that small room and watching as the time ticked away.

She was surprised when Terence lifted her up all of sudden and brought her over to the sofa.

Taking a bowl of warm congee, Terence put a spoonful of congee in front of her mouth. "Here. You should have something to eat. I can't begin to imagine how anxious you're feeling right now, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't be taking care of yourself," he reminded her.

"I have no appetite..."

"Okay. I can just feed you directly then."

Without any hint of annoyance and impatience on his face, Terence put a spoonful of congee into his own mouth, and then firmly grabbed Carla's chin, about to transfer the congee from his mouth to hers.

Just as his mouth was about to touch Carla's, she immediately tilted her head to dodge him reflexively, after which she lowered her head and took the spoon herself to eat in silence.

Terence simply swallowed the congee and smirked ever so lightly, knowing full well that she wouldn't be willing to eat at all unless he went to lengths just to force her.

After a couple of minutes had passed, Terence finally received a call from Nathan.

"Mr. Terence, we've discovered that Sean had been taken into a gray minivan when he was walking along the XM Road after school. It's clear that someone has planned this abduction in advance. The XM Road had never been such a busy road, and since the XM Road was not far away from Sean's new house, he had been taking this shortcut on his way back home on a daily basis.

We've already tracked down the license plate number of the minivan, and the traffic policemen are chasing after the minivan as we speak. I believe that they will be able to catch up to the minivan any minute now. Besides, I also found out upon further investigation that on the day Miss Carla's house caught on fire, this suspicious minivan had also appeared in the vicinity.

Because there had been so many cars present at that time, and this minivan appeared just once, it was difficult for us to investigate this matter sooner. But when the car showed up once again this time, it has quickly caught our attention since we've already had it tagged,"

Nathan spoke over the phone calmly as he gave Terence the latest updates regarding Sean's location.

After Terence shot a glance at Carla who had been nervously staring at him all the while, he turned around to head toward the kitchen and carefully responded, "Do you mean to say that our suspicion before has been confirmed? The previous fire disaster at Carla's house and Sean's abduction are related and there surely has to be someone behind all of this, right?"

"Yes. It appears so. But why would they get Miss Carla and Sean involved in this matter? For what reason? What could possibly be their goal? They're innocent and they've got nothing to do with anything. What do they want to tell us?" Nathan tried to analyze the current state of affairs.

If this really had something to do with Terence, why did they have to abduct Sean and let him find out about it so easily? What was their intention? What were they plotting?

Did they do this on purpose? Or could their movements possibly have been discovered by Terence entirely by chance?

A distant and gloomy expression was painted onto Terence's face and his eyes were burning with intense rage. He was in deep thought about the best possible way to get to the bottom of this.

"Nathan, go ahead and launch the investigation. Listen very carefully. First, check whether Johnny has shifted his target and taken action to harm Carla and Sean after getting a hold of some new clues. Then investigate Megan. Even though I doubt that she would actually be able do something so cruel, jealousy can make a woman do some unthinkable things. There's a possibility that perhaps due to her jealousy, she decided to set Carla's house on fire to send a warning and get her to stand back."

After all, the Luo family was also considerably rich and powerful, so Terence believed that Megan would surely have the means to do so if ever she wanted to take such brutal actions.

"Lastly, carefully carry out an investigation of my father. I refused the engagement to Megan just last month, so I think there's a high chance my father might still be very displeased with that. Now that he knows what's going on between me and Carla, I'm afraid that he might've misunderstood the reason why I didn't want to get engaged with Megan last time. It's possible that he suspects Carla of persuading me to refuse the engagement, so he could've taken action in order to let Carla know who she's dealing with," Terence added.

Nathan was painstakingly listening to Terence as he gave out his orders, but at the same time, he couldn't help but acquire a new sense of admiration for the young master.

He was truly amazed how quickly Terence was able to analyze the circumstances they've been caught in and deduce all of the potential culprits who could be behind all of this. With this, they could look into it and get more clues about the incident more easily according to Terence's conclusion and instruction. By then, they would be able to also quickly find out who the mastermind was.

"Yes, Mr. Terence. I'll make sure to work on that as soon as possible."

"Okay. But right now, finding out Sean's exact whereabouts should be given the highest priority. No matter what kind of method you use, you have to ensure Sean's safety and take him to me unscathed! Do I make myself clear?"

Terence ordered, with a gloomy look seizing his handsome face.

Upon hanging up the phone, Terence headed back into the living room. With tears still running down her cheeks, Carla walked up to him barefoot the moment she saw him.

"Terence, did you get any updates regarding Sean? Were they able to track him down through his bracelet?"

Without any intentions of telling her the whole thing in detail, including all his speculations, Terence just replied briefly and gently, "Yes. They discovered that Sean has actually been taken into a minivan near the school while he was walking on his way home. Now, the minivan has been located and is actually currently being chased by the police. Don't worry. Since we have discovered this matter just in time, your brother can definitely be brought back to you very soon."

"What? Do you mean my brother has been abducted by some human traffickers?"

Carla was so horrified that she clenched her teeth a bit too hard. "Those human traffickers are so terrible! Sean hasn't done anything to deserve this. When they get arrested, they should be given severe punishments!" she screamed, seething with so much anger.

Although they were living in a seemingly peaceful society, there were still many criminals lurking around.

To make matters worse, Sean usually went back home on his own, so those bad guys must have found out about that and tailed him in secret.

"That's right. They should receive serious punishments. Especially since they got an innocent child involved in this matter." Terence held her in his arms and caressed her tenderly. "Carla, the minivan is being chased by policemen as we speak, so I assure you that Sean is going to be fine."

Desperately trying to hide a guilty expression in his eyes, Terence sighed and thought to himself, 'I'm sorry, Carla. All of this could possibly be because of me.

I hope you can forgive me, but I really can't bring myself to tell you about it right now. I'm scared that if you find out the truth, you would keep distancing yourself from me even more than you already are.

Since we have appeared and are already so involved in each other's lives, I will never leave your side. I'll always be here for you.'

At about 9:00

in the evening, as Carla was worriedly waiting for more information about Sean, the gray minivan had finally been subdued by the police on the ring road of BH City. As expected, Sean was on the car, but he was asleep when they found him. And upon checking up on him to make sure he was alright, they found out that he had been injected with some unidentified drug.

There was a large number of police cars parked on the four-lane asphalt road at the moment.