When Vivian still couldn't find Larry, she was utterly distraught. Hence, she and Finnick found Shane's address from the company's registry and headed over together.
Although there was still a lot of work outstanding at the company, he was more worried about Vivian.
"Let's go." Finnick started driving the moment Vivian got in.
As Shane's home was close to the office, they arrived there quickly.
When they were at the door, they found it to be locked.
Finnick began kicking the door with all his might.
After three forceful kicks, he busted the door
open.
Because Shane's apartment wasn't expensive, the door wasn't strong and was easily broken down. Looking inside, Vivian was devastated to find that the whole place had been cleared out. All that was left was an empty home.
They had wasted a lot of time with nothing to show for it.
Just when Vivian wanted to check the room, a middle-aged woman walked in.
"What are you doing? How can you charge into someone's home by destroying their door? What you're doing is illegal."
It appeared that the woman was the owner of the apartment. She started berating them when she saw them barging in.
Finnick was stunned as it was the first time he was being yelled at by a middle-aged woman.
As for Vivian, she approached the woman before stuffing some money into her hands, and gave her an apologetic look.
"Ma'am, I hope you won't mind about this. I'm just doing this because I've lost my son."
The moment the woman saw the money, she beamed with joy.
Sure, whatever you say. Please, go ahead."
Given the look on the woman's face, Vivian felt that there definitely wasn't anything fishy inside. Or else she wouldn't have let them in so easily.
It wasn't until they had left that whispers were heard from the room.
"Let me see if they have gone." Just when Shane was preparing to go out and check, Evelyn stopped him.
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