The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 1130 Waiting For The Right Moment

Duncan especially didn't want to harm a child who was worth a lot of money.

"Do it quickly. I want the money!" Deliberately, Duncan yelled into the phone. Although he didn't have to give Clark and Shirley a hard time, he had made Sheryl extra nervous, so that she would fear him enough to follow his requests.

"I know, I know. I'll go to the drop-off location now. Please do not hurt my children." Even as Sheryl tried to speak in a hurry, Duncan hung up the phone immediately.

Having heard the conversation on the phone, Charles saw that Sheryl didn't look good and he tried comforting her. "Don't worry. Clark and Shirley are alright. That man wouldn't dare do anything to them." After reassuring her, he was relieved to see that she calmed down a little bit. Immediately after, he reached for his phone and called Isla. "How is everything going?"

"We've prepared everything well. Did the kidnapper give you the address?" she asked in return. At that time, she was standing beside the best SWAT team in Y City.

"Yes, he did. But this address is in the downtown, and might not be where the kids are. I think the kids were taken to some remote area," Charles replied. After considering what Clark told them, Charles was quite sure that the Children weren't in the downtown.

"Alright. We can work separately in two groups. One will go to the address you were given, and the other will go search for the children in remote areas," suggested Isla.

"Yes, we'll do that. Keep in contact."

After agreeing to Isla, Charles hung up.

Having confirmed the plan, Charles sighed in relief. Looking at the address on Sheryl's phone, he gathered the courage to face what they had to deal with later on. "Let's go, Sher. Our children will be fine. We're going to save them."

In spite of her worries, Sheryl gained some confidence from Charles' determined eyes. His firmness made her feel more reassured.

Thinking about her children, she knew that it wasn't the right time to waste on being afraid and worried.

What she had to do was replace her children immediately.

The address that Duncan gave them wasn't very far from Dream Garden. It was in crowded downtown. In other words, it wouldn't be easy for the police to replace Duncan and arrest him in this place. The money was to be brought to a large shopping mall. An event for the mall's anniversary was being held at that time, with loud noises and crowds of people inside. In the deafening music, the host lit up the atmosphere.

The different clients and customers were so excited that they reached out their hands to grab the gift cards from the host.

"Please don't push. Don't push! Calm down a little bit, everyone. Everyone can have one gift card as long as you have a receipt to show that you've purchased something in our shopping center. Everyone will get one gift card!" The host tried to speak to the crowd loud enough into the microphone.

However, the booming voice didn't please Sheryl or Charles in the least.

Bouncing her leg, Sheryl anxiously waited for another call or message. When Charles reminded her to check on her phone, she brought out her phone again.

A new message finally arrived saying that Sheryl should put the money in the warehouse at the north gate of the Men's Wear department on the third floor of the shopping center.

When she arrived at the third floor, Sheryl walked around several times, not replaceing the warehouse mentioned in the message. When she was sure that the position was nowhere to be found, she made a call. "I'm here. Where is the warehouse? I can't replace it."

"Now, go downstairs to the ground floor. You'll see a garbage bin beside the elevator at the gate of the central nave. You'll put your money there."

Apparently, Duncan changed his mind by giving Sheryl another position to put the money.

"But the garbage bin is too small to put the money in..." said Sheryl honestly. As much as possible, Sheryl wanted to avoid making any trouble. Fifty million dollars was way too much. There was definitely no way to stuff it into the bin.

"Sheryl, I'm warning you. Don't play your little tricks with me!"

Duncan said angrily.

"I'm not playing any tricks. The money is too much to be put into the bin. How about this? I can put the suitcase beside the garbage bin. The money will be there. I'm just afraid that someone might steal it..." she said. Sheryl's worries were valid.

Wanting to show Duncan that she was telling the truth, she spoke in a hurry. But she couldn't tell if he believed her or not.

"You used a suitcase to carry the money?" asked Duncan. It seemed that he came up with another place for Sheryl to place the money.

"Yes, I did," she answered quickly. Sheryl didn't dare waste another second.

"Alright. Go downstairs to the basement level, then. There are a lot of shops that sell suitcases there. Find one without a shopping guide around. Put the suitcase on the showcase platform and leave immediately," he instructed her. Vivi used to work there, so he was so familiar with the shopping mall.

In order to make Vivi his girlfriend, he visited the shopping mall frequently.

"Okay."

Not missing a beat, she ran down the stairs to the basement level. Meanwhile, the policemen were already waiting outside the mall.

"Sir, do we just stay and wait here? Shouldn't we head inside?"

asked Isla.

"The kidnapper had the money carried into the shopping mall. It means that he is very familiar with the shopping mall. It's apparent that there are surveillance cameras everywhere in the mall. We're not sure if he has any accomplices who have access to the security footage, and are watching everything going on right now," a policeman explained. His words were reasonable, but Isla still thought he was just being perfunctory.

"Then, what are you going to do now?" Isla asked.

"Waiting for the right moment." The police stopped talking after that. Ignoring Isla, he talked into the interphone, reaching the other members of the policemen. "Pay attention to every gate of the shopping mall. If anyone gets out of the mall with a suitcase, follow them."

"Yes, Sir," the others answered promptly.

At that time, Sheryl reached the basement level.

Since suitcases weren't things people needed to buy frequently, it was much quieter than the ground floor.

Therefore, the shopping guides didn't have so many guests to guide. Without much work to do, they mostly gathered together in groups to chat with each other.

Because of that, Sheryl knew it was time to replace the right place to put the suitcase. Giving Charles a single glance, she went towards the shop in the corner of the floor.

Luckily, the shop happened to be selling black suitcases, same as the one they had.

It wouldn't be easy to spot a new suitcase among similar ones.

Since Sheryl wasn't strong enough to lift the heavy suitcase onto the platform, Charles did it for her while she stood guard, making sure the shopping guides weren't paying attention. "Let's go."

Charles took her hand and led her out of the basement level immediately.

"Charles, what are we going to do now?"

When they got back upstairs, Sheryl asked him about the plan.

"Call the kidnapper again."

So long as they had put the money in the right place, Charles was certain that the kidnapper would ask someone to pick it up.

Meanwhile, the policemen were still waiting at the gates of the shopping mall. It didn't matter whether the person came from outside or inside the shopping mall because he would still need to leave the mall after he picked up the suitcase.