Sally fidgeted with the telescope in her hand before deciding to focus on it again.
Not long after, she observed that a particular car came out shortly right after it rushed in.
Her heart skipped a beat the moment she recognized that it was none other than her Uncle Sean's car. But what made her feel odd about this was when the road lights illuminated the driver's seat, she came to notice that the driver was not Sean, but it was Carl.
Her body froze as her mind suddenly fell into a daze. She was confused.
She couldn't help wondering why they came back in such a hurry in the middle of the night and only to leave that quickly.
Sally scratched her head, seemingly fighting the impatience and slight frustration lurking inside her mind. Lowering her body a little, she decided to continue looking through the binoculars for a few more minutes. But nothing else happened.
Putting the binoculars away, she rested her chin in her palm. She was contemplating and trying to figure out some answers for all the 'whys' running in her head now. Tired of thinking that much, she casually took her cell phone and dialed Sean's number directly.
However, his phone was switched off.
'Maybe, Uncle Sean hasn't come back, and Carl was here to deal with something, ' she thought, consoling herself.
Sally stood motionless, gazing outside the windows with unease, making her stomach churn.
Her instincts kept telling her that something was wrong.
Sally briefly closed her eyes, still pondering that Carl was Sean's full-time driver. And coming back in the middle of the night in such haste was not considered necessary unless there were some pressing matters.
After racking her brains, Sally found it hard to fall asleep. She then decided to go and find Carl. But her hope suddenly went into a nosedive the moment she realized that she didn't know where to search for him.
At the crack of dawn, Sally was already up.
She reached for her phone and promptly gave her mother a call.
"Hello, Mom, is Uncle Sean back?"
Sally asked as she stared hard at her free hand. She sounded hopeful and expectant at the same time. She knew her Uncle Sean very well. He never failed to contact her mother as soon as he got back from his missions.
"Where did you go last night? Can't you stop going out at night?" Carla scolded her daughter. She had been so worried about her since she discovered that she did not come in the previous night.
"I'll explain it to you later! Has Uncle Sean returned?"
Sally inquired anxious
f the hallway, he recognized the two superiors walking over to visit Sean. Clearing his throat, he quickly excused himself from their conversation and proceeded to receive them.
Sean had managed to capture all the drug dealers but had to risk his life. Among them, three were dead, and one was caught alive. He had completed the mission very successfully.
If Sean survived this critical condition, he would surely get a promotion.
Meanwhile, Sally still couldn't accept the fact that she had lost sight of Jay that easily.
And now, she was sulking as she ran out of patience. Unable to think clearly, she swiftly pulled over.
And to unleash her anger, she furiously slammed her hands on the steering wheel. She presumed that Jay must have noticed her and deliberately tried to lose her.
For a moment, she tightly shut her eyes as her mind started racing. Then suddenly, she realized something out of her reflective and logical deductions, 'I am smart enough to have figured out that Sean had come back.
But I have no idea why he didn't attempt to contact us, which he usually did.
One plausible reason is that he is injured...'
Sally stopped her musing when the word 'injured' popped up in her mind. In panic, her eyes grew wide, and her face turned pale.
Thinking further that her mother always got worried that he would get hurt, so he purposely didn't tell them about it.
"It must be so!
If that is the case, I know where to find him!" she blurted out.
Sandra hurriedly restarted the engine. There were only a few military hospitals in JA City, and she would search them one by one, even if she had to turn them upside down just to find her Uncle Sean.