Chapter 248

"Mr. Joplin, I heard that your son is a computer prodigy. We're just borrowing him for a bit," the voice on the other end said. I replied, "This is the first time I've heard of someone 'borrowing' someone else's child." Murphy immediately called the police, but there was no one at the scene by the time they arrived. The hotel room was a complete mess. It was as though a fight had broken out there. "Where are they?" I asked. Both Lorraine and Xavier were missing. If this was a kidnapping, they would have at least left one of them behind. "We're still investigating it," the officers said. But there was no way they would be as fast as Yvonne could be. I ignored them and immediately called Fabian. I told him, "If you can find them, I'll sign the contract right away." There was a brief pause on Fabian's end before I heard him stifling his laughter. "Do you love your wife more or your son?" His words seemed to carry an underlying meaning to them. I started to feel something was susp