“And he hasn’t gotten up once in the last three hours? Not even to go to the bathroom?”
Arron had never been one to take a long nap during the day.
At most, he would only be out for an hour and a half.
And the minute he woke up, he would immediately ask for snacks.
Yet now, I was being told that my son had been sleeping for three hours without asking for anything. I was no longer in the mood for cake. I handed the plate to my subordinate.
“Stay here. I’ll go and have a look.”
“Okay.”
“Okay.”
I took the stairs two at a time, and quietly approached the room. I twisted the knob and slowly pushed inside.
The room was eerily silent.
The curtains were drawn so that no light came into the tiny space. I flicked the switch on and strode straight to the bed. I pulled the blanket off, only to find that no one was there.
Crystal’s POV
I was furious and summoned my confidant inside.
When he saw the empty bed, he was also baffled.
“Where is Arron?”
“I should be asking you that question. Where is my son?” I glowered at him.
My blood boiled with rage.
“How can this be possible? I witnessed Arron falling asleep with my own eyes, and no one else has come here in the intervening period.”
The man couldn’t believe it, and then he panicked.
“This room only has one entrance. Our people have been continuously guarding it. No one can walk in or out without us noticing. The window of the room has a grille, so no one can come through it. How could Arron disappear?”
I inhaled deeply and tried to calm down.
“Go and get the surveillance footage of this palace and the surrounding areas.”
“Yes, Ma’am!”
My confidant immediately left.
Then I instructed the rest of my people to form a perimeter around the palace. I was locking it down! I inspected the window first but didn’t notice anything amiss.
As my confidant had pointed out, it had a grille. It would not be easy for anyone to enter through it.
Not only would they be easily discovered, but they would also create a ruckus while trying to get in.
I turned around and knocked on the door again. It was solid, and it didn’t seem to have any hidden mechanism in it.
I also investigated the entire corridor, but didn’t find anything suspicious.
Arron couldn’t just vanish into thin air.
Either he was hiding somewhere or this palace had a secret passage.
But Rufus had specially arranged this residence.
There was no way he would provide me a palace with a secret passage. He wouldn’t want to give me any chance to escape.
Since my confidant claimed that Arron hadn’t left the room, something must be hidden within the room itself.
I felt the walls with my hands again, but still didn’t come upon anything unusual.
So I began moving everything on the shelf to check if something would be triggered. But I still came up empty-handed. This was very strange.
No abnormal scent lingered in the room. I didn’t believe a kidnapper could completely eliminate their scent.
There had to be some clue that I’d missed. I swept my eyes around the room twice before finally fixing my gaze on the bed.
“I don’t think anything is wrong with the bed. He sleeps on it every day after all. Is it possible that something is wrong with the floor? Tap it and see if it is hollow,” Yana advised.
“That’s impossible. The kitchen is located below this room. If there really is a secret passage, it should have led us to the first floor.”
“But nothing should be wrong with the bed either in that case. Didn’t you say that the kitchen is exactly below? The floor is under the bed, and the kitchen is under the floor.” Yana’s explanation left me speechless.
I walked to the bed and noticed that the blanket was still a little warm. My son disappeared only a short while ago.
After pondering for a while, I abruptly lifted the entire mattress.
Crouching down, I knocked on the wooden board.
It was hollow! Without thinking too much, I slammed my fist into the edge of the bed.
Sure enough, a secret passage was under it, and Arron’s belongings were at its entrance.
“Damn it! How did anyone dig this secret passage? I can’t believe my eyes,” Yana exclaimed.
“The person who knows this room so well must have lived here before,” I said softly while surveying the secret passage.
“Simple! To get to the bottom of this mystery, let’s just ask Rufus!” Yana said.
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