Chapter 3: Runaway bride

‘Kate Delaney runs away on the wedding day’

‘Kate Delaney turns down Bryan West at the altar in a bid to protect him and their family’

‘Watch here: Mrs. Alia Delaney release statement about her daughter’s disappearance on her wedding day’

“They’re already bringing up false narratives” Kate said looking up to Avan’s emotionless face

‘My precious daughter was threatened before the wedding but she kept it all to herself, she’s always trying to be soo brave,” Mrs. Delaney let out a chuckle. “And despite the fact that she kept to her end of the bargain to not follow through with the marriage with Bryan, they still kidnapped her, oh my poor child.” She added as she wiped the stream of tears flowing down her cheeks

“We are working really hard and have involved the police to find the perpetrators of this evil. And please if you happen to see her anywhere, any clue you might have, please do well to call this number. We would not stop my daughter is found safe and sound. Thank you all”

“How in the world did she come up with that. Mom would go to any length to uphold a good public image”

Avan took a step back

‘It’d be best if you return back”

“Mr. Avan, I can still fix this, uhmm the evidence, it’s in my gallery..uhmm just a second” Kate said scrolling through her phone

“Here, it’s here, thank goodness” Kate said handing the phone to him

He swiped through the pictures and smirked

“I’d draft the contract”

***

“Has there been any call come through that line?” Kate’s mom asked

“Not at all Ma” Fiona said

“I’d see what I can do from my end” Bryan said as he gestured to leave

“Oh dear, I’m soo sorry for such a time like this, I hope we find her soon, I’m worried sick.”

“Mrs. Delaney, are you certain this was a kidnap or Kate willingly ran away?” Fiona asked learning forward on her seat. “She told me she doesn’t want to carry on with the wedding so maybe..”

“Shut up…I know my daughter. I mean, didn’t you see her before then she was happy this was a dream come true for her, for us. I’m pretty sure she was threatened and while trying to run away, they still caught her. Oh my poor child.” She cried even louder

“Then maybe they told her to not even show her face at the wedding but she wanted to say goodbye properly. What if she was trying to warn us, what if she was trying to tell me something and I didn’t comprehend” Bryan said

“Yes, yes that could be a possibility. Oh my child, I really hope they’re feeding her.”

“We can check her phone for any evidence that could help the police” Fiona added

“Of course, thank you my child you’re soo smart”

“It was in her wedding purse”

“The purse, I remember returning it to her room. I’d go look for it”

After fifteen minutes, Fiona came back.

“It’s not there anymore”

“Are you sure there’s no other place it can be?” Mrs. Alia inquired

“No, I ransacked her room, it’s nowhere to be found”

“It could possibly be with her, I’d alert the police to track it” Bryan mused

At the West Mansion

“I heard about your runaway bride?. I put stakes on your wedding and you screw this one up too?” Avan retorted

“Yeah, right. Rub it on my face. Besides she didn’t runaway, she was kidnapped. You should have stayed out of the wager and everything about the wedding. Can’t you see you’re bad luck”

“Bryan, look how stressed you look like and you’re not even married yet, what would happen when you are? Mrs. Glyde West commented pulling her son for a hug. “Let’s just forget about everything and you could settle down with someone else. This girl is bad luck, I could sense it from the moment I set my eyes in that girl”

“Mum, it’s alright. I believe this is a test to our love. We’d find her sooner the police have began tracking her phone”

“You don’t advise someone in love, do you?. She said pulling his cheek. “Come I asked the chefs to prepare your favorite”

Avan immediately dashed out of the mansion.