Shirley Thorne didn't need to sneak to the scene in black clothes. Instead, she swaggered over in her car.
Her excuse was ready-made: she had discovered her mother-in-law was missing.
"Everyone, search carefully! We have to find her!"
Shirley Thorne ordered the crowd, her clueless act not arousing the slightest suspicion.
Ethan Grant stood beside her, a frosty air about him.
The crowd guessed that the billionaire must be worried sick about his mother—after all, she had only recently turned over a new leaf.
The commotion grew, waking quite a few neighbors. Once awake, they couldn't get back to sleep. The news spread like wildfire, and soon, everyone knew Susan Langley was missing.
"Then hurry up and find her!"
"If I find her first, the billionaire will surely owe me one!"
"The ferries aren't running this late. She has to be on the island!"
"Let's go! Search together!"
