"An attack?"
"Yes." Brandon nodded. "Lyra must have told you that she had an elder sister, right?"
Julien hummed in agreement.
An intense hatred immediately appeared in Brandon's eyes as his face distorted. "Her name was Clarice. She was our first daughter, but she was kidnapped when she was very young. Later, we called the police and angered the kidnapper, so he ended up drowning Clarice. That was when Mrs. Madden’s mental state began to drift off, until..."
Brandon's eyes flickered. "Until Lyra was born, which solaced her, and she got better. However, I can't believe that Lyra would get kidnapped and cause Mrs. Madden’s illness to relapse after more than 20 years!"
Julien lifted his chin slightly in understanding.
Mrs. Madden was worried that if they called the police this time and angered the kidnapper, they would also kill Lyra.
"In that case, I'll call a security company and hire a group of people to save Lyra."
Julien was just about to call when a phone rang. This time, it was Brandon’s.
Brandon let Mrs. Madden go and took out his phone.
The caller ID was an unfamiliar number, and he could not even tell which city it was from.
He hesitated for a few seconds but answered it. "This is Brandon Madden."
"I heard you’re looking for me?" The tone of the man’s voice on the phone was light but cold.
Brandon frowned. "Who are you?"
"Have you forgotten me so soon? I told you last time that I had a second gift for you." The man cackled, but it only gave Brandon goosebumps.
Brandon suddenly recalled the man, and the expression on his face shifted. He gritted out two words between his teeth. "It's you!"
The fox man from the last time was still fresh in his memory!
Julien looked at Brandon suspiciously. "What's wrong?”
Brandon's hand that was squeezing the phone trembled, but he did not respond.
On the phone, the fox man laughed cheerfully. "It's me. I heard you were looking for me, so I took the initiative to show up. Are you touched?"
"Who said we were looking for you?" Brandon was so angry that even his neck was flushed.
He would be insane to look for this madman.
"You're looking for the person who took Lyra Madden, right? Isn't that the same as looking for me?” the fox man said sinisterly.
Brandon suddenly stood up. "You're the one who took Lyra?”
Julien’s eyes widened, his gaze fixed on the phone in Brandon's hand.
As the most anxious one out of the three, Mrs. Madden grabbed the phone. "Who are you? Why did you kidnap my daughter? Please let her go. I'll give you whatever you want."
"You'll give me whatever I want? Really?” The fox man's tone sounded playful.
Mrs. Madden nodded repeatedly. "Yes. You can have as much money as you want!”
"I don't want money. How about this? As long as you give me Trison Corporation, I'll let your daughter go immediately.” The fox man laughed wickedly.
At that, Mrs. Madden's expression froze.
Brandon snatched the phone back. "In your dreams!"
There was no way the fox man was getting Trison Corporation.
The fox man did not get angry either. "I'm just joking. Don't worry. I never planned on exchanging Lyra Madden for Trison Corporation anyway. After all, I know very well that Lyra Madden isn't worth it." "Then why did you kidnap Lyra?” Julien clenched his fists in his trouser pocket and spoke in a cold voice.
The fox man was a little surprised. "So President Flint is there too."
Julien was not surprised that the person knew him. After all, if the person had a grudge against the Madden family, he had to know all of the Madden family's network of people. As such, it was not surprising that he knew Julien.
"Answer me! What do you want?" Julien asked again.
The fox man stopped laughing, and his voice turned grim. "What I want is simple. She harmed the person I care most about, so I'll make her pay a painful price."
Harmed?
Julien lowered his eyes and thought about it.
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