Chapter 1017 Comprehensive Search
Carter was very perceptive and immediately sensed that something was off, and Charles's expression was also unusual.
In the past, no matter how angry Charles was, he would never ignore him.
This was clearly a sign that something had happened.
Carter asked, "Has something happened already?"
Afraid they might misunderstand, Lassie quickly explained, "Violet has been behaving very well during her time in the psychiatric hospital! Charles, you're getting engaged, right? She said she wanted to come and give you her blessings, to put a perfect end to your relationship. I couldn't bear to refuse her, so I brought her out."
"Her father and I planned to send her to study abroad in Country H after Charles's engagement party. But just now, she refused to come! Austin happened to have something to do in Country D, so I thought of letting Austin take her back. Unexpectedly, Austin couldn't find her at home, and that's when we realized she had run away again without us knowing!"
"I'm sorry! We really feel very sorry! We've caused you trouble again and again."
If Lisa had known that Violet was so stubborn and still hadn't given up, she would never have let Violet out.
Martin sighed inwardly.
He understood her.
No parent could really bear to see their child locked up in a psychiatric hospital forever.
If it were his daughter who had made a mistake, he would probably protect her even more fiercely than Carter; he would never let anyone harm his daughter in the slightest.
The one at fault was Violet.
She shouldn't have selfishly disregarded everyone else, stubbornly making mistakes, and then leaving her parents to clean up her mess.
Martin said, "Violet has hidden Hannah somewhere! The one who just held the engagement ceremony with Charles at the party was her, not Hannah."
"What?" Lassie's face instantly turned pale. Her legs went weak, and she staggered back a few steps.
Afraid she might fall, Carter wrapped his arm around her waist, supporting her shaky body.
Compared to Lassie, he was much calmer.
Carter asked, "Are you saying that the one who just got engaged to Charles was Violet?"
Martin nodded. "Yes! We don't know when they switched, and now Hannah has been hidden by her and is missing! Charles and I are looking for Hannah right now."
Carter's mind went blank.
He was completely stunned. "How could this happen?"
In an instant, his anger surged, and he gritted his teeth fiercely, "Where is Violet now? I told her so much, but she didn't listen to a single word. If I had known this, I would have let her stay in the psychiatric hospital for the rest of her life."
Martin said, "Calm down! If we expose this now, she might become desperate and do something to harm Hannah. She's too obsessed right now and won't listen to anyone. Charles gave her some sleeping pills, and she's sleeping now. Let's wait until we find Hannah to discuss everything. The most important thing now is Hannah's safety."
Carter's chest heaved violently with anger.
Lassie leaned against Carter, her shoulders shaking as she started crying again, "How did Violet become like this? She was so cute and lovable as a child! How did she become so terrifying now? How could she even think of doing this?"
Carter gritted his teeth and said, "From the beginning, she has been lying to us! Except for the amnesia, everything else was fake! She's a liar and doesn't deserve to be our daughter."
Lassie silently shed tears.
She didn't want to talk about Violet anymore.
Once this matter was resolved, she would immediately send Violet abroad and never let her come back.
If anything happened to Hannah, she would make Violet pay with her life.
At this moment, Charles suddenly shouted, "Stop. Rewind ten seconds."
His voice drew the attention of Martin, Carter, and Lassie.
The security guard followed his instructions and rewound the surveillance footage by ten seconds.
"Play it normally!" Charles ordered.
The security guard followed Charles's instructions and played the footage normally.
Charles watched as Hannah, who had been eating in the buffet area of the banquet hall, lifted her skirt and left. Feeling that the security guard was too slow, he operated the controls himself.
The footage switched to the corridor outside the banquet hall.
In the footage, Hannah walked for a while and then entered the women's restroom.
There were no cameras inside the restroom.
Charles sped up the footage to double speed.
After a while, Stella also appeared.
After some time, the restroom door was opened from the inside, and Hannah walked out.
The footage froze at this moment.
Charles squinted his eyes, staring intently at the image of Hannah for a long time.
Then, his eyes suddenly widened. "The switch happened in the restroom! Dad, check all the surveillance around the restroom during this time! Also, check the elevators and stairs to see if Hannah was moved!"
Saying this, he ran towards the door.
Martin shouted, "Where are you going?"
"I'm going to check the women's restroom myself!"
With that, Charles disappeared from their sight.
Carter, Lassie, and Martin stared at the video of Hannah for a long time, all looking puzzled.
"No difference at all! How did he tell they switched?"
Especially Carter and Lassie, they were full of disbelief.
Even as her biological parents, they couldn't tell the difference. How did Charles notice?
Following Charles's instructions before he left, Martin had the security guard continue checking the surveillance.
Meanwhile.
After leaving the surveillance room, Charles headed straight to the women's restroom next to the banquet hall.
There were ten stalls inside, five on each side, facing each other.
As Charles pushed open the door, the two women applying lipstick at the sink were startled. Seeing it was Charles, their eyes lit up, and they were about to approach him, but a look from Charles froze them in place.
Charles opened each stall door one by one.
Three of the doors were closed.
"Who's there? Can't you see it's occupied?"
Even though the people inside responded, Charles didn't believe them and kept knocking on the doors. "Come out quickly."
He was doing something so rude for the first time in his life.
Hearing a man's voice, the women inside were so scared they almost screamed, "This is the women's restroom! How did a man get in here? Get out, or I'll call the police."
Charles didn't care and kept knocking on the doors. "I need to check inside! Come out quickly!"
The women inside hurriedly finished their business and were about to open the door and curse, but when they saw it was Charles, their faces turned red.
"So it's you..."
Before the woman could finish her flirtatious words, Charles had already moved on to the next stall.
Seeing that none of the three closed stalls had Hannah, only the last stall remained closed, and there had been no sound from inside.
Charles stood at the door of the last stall, trembling as he reached out and knocked twice.
There was no sound from inside.
He clenched his fist nervously, trying to control himself and stay calm, and knocked twice more forcefully.
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