After seeing the photo, the extra praised sincerely, “This little girl looks great!”
Kenneth narrowed his eyes, and the extra immediately felt threatened. He then put his smile away and shook his head solemnly. “N-No. I haven't seen her before.”
“Look closer,” Kenneth ordered.
“This little girl is so pretty. I think I would remember if—” The extra froze momentarily, and he frowned. He looked as if he had just remembered something.
The extra then glanced at the photo once more and asked, “Boss, do you have other photos of her?”
Kenneth suddenly felt hopeful when he heard that. Without another word, he went to Denise's Instagram account and showed the extra some recent photos.
The extra looked at the photos and murmured, “I think... I might have seen her.”
“When? Where?” Kenneth asked anxiously.
“Um... Let me think.” The extra furrowed his brows and pondered over it seriously. Suddenly, he clapped his hands and said, “I remember it now! I saw her the other night at the intersection that we walked past just now! She looked so pretty!”
Kenneth widened his eyes and asked, “What happened after that? What was she doing when you saw her?” “Um... She was talking to a man, but I don't know what they were talking about. At that time, I was in a rush to shoot, so I merely swept a glance at them. When I saw her, I thought she would definitely become a hot superstar in the future. That's why I can remember her,” the extra answered.
Kenneth's expression turned grim when he heard that.
Although he knew Denise's disappearance wasn't just an accident, he was still rather shaken when he heard those words. That man must have something to do with Denise's disappearance.
“Do you remember what the man looks like?” Kenneth asked.
The extra shook his head. “I have no idea. His back was facing me, so I didn't get to look at his face. I guess he's in his forties.”
“What time was it when you saw her?”
After thinking it through, the extra answered, “My filming started at eight-thirty, so it should be around eight-fifteen.”
Kenneth analyzed the situation calmly. I've already watched the surveillance footage around that time. We didn't see anyone suspicious showing up at the spot Denise got lost. Besides, Natasha would remember if she saw anyone leaving with baggage. Hence, there is only one possibility. The perpetrator must've brought Denise to the back of the mountain and left empty-handed. That way, no one would suspect a thing!
Kenneth looked ahead, convinced by his guess.
Right then, the extra asked, “Boss, may I know why you asked those questions?” After a slight pause, he asked when he thought of something,
“Did something bad happen?”
Instead of answering him, Kenneth queried, “Are you familiar with the area?”
The extra nodded instinctively. “Yes. I think I am...”
“My daughter got lost in this area.
Help me find her, will you? If we can find her, I'll reward you handsomely!” Kenneth uttered.
“What? What do you mean? She got lost?” the extra asked cautiously. F*ck! The things I said were so inappropriate.
Kenneth kept mum and looked at him with his darkened gaze.
“Boss, do you think someone has kidnapped your daughter and brought her here?” the extra asked cautiously again.
Kenneth chose to remain silent because he knew that was a possibility.
The extra was horrified. “I have nothing to do with this! It wasn't me! I-I'm familiar with the area, but I would never do such a thing! I saw her, and that's all. I didn't even know if that was your daughter!” the extra was explaining himself anxiously because he didn't want to get in trouble.
Upon seeing how nervous he was, Kenneth uttered, “Calm down. I don't suspect you, and I know it wasn't you!”
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