Naturally, Alan didn't dare to say that out loud.
Instead, he replied politely, "That's not it. She was helping the turtles move their nests. She even saved an injured squirrel when she was in the mountains gathering herbs.
"She also practices shooting at the gun range in the evening. I heard that she would knit a sweater before she went to bed, too."
Wayne slammed the classified document down angrily.
"Does she really think she's on vacation? Did she not try to escape?"
"I don't think she did. She walked around the beach several times a few days ago. She picked up some crabs and fished for a bit. She rarely went to the beach after that.
"Her days are pretty routine. She wakes up at 6:00 am, goes for a morning jog, works out, and then a series of tasks she sets for herself.
"She goes to bed at 10:00 pm sharp. She has a stricter routine than my grandma."
"What about her food?"
"She eats healthy. She doesn't overeat, yet she also doesn't skip her meals. Her meals are balanced. You, on the other hand…"
Alan looked at the bags under Wayne's eyes. "You've never had a good night's sleep since you got back from the island, right?"
Wayne was acting like someone who had just acquired a precious treasure.
He was very afraid of breaking the treasure himself, but he also didn't want others to take it from him.
He could only keep Olivia stowed away for the time being. But he couldn't see her either.
It made him miss her even more. He thought about her all the time.
Olivia slept well and ate well.
He had it worse than her. It seemed like she wasn't the prisoner in this scenario.
Olivia was physically imprisoned, but Wayne's heart was held captive.
Both of them were suffering.
"Any updates about Aldenvine?"
"Ethan's still at Reich Island. It's the place where Dr. Ophelia momentarily stopped. He sent out a lot of men to look for her out at sea.
It wasn't going to be so easy to make her submit.
Wayne could only leave her alone and isolate her. It was a competition to see who had more determination.
It was nighttime at Reich Island.
Ethan and Willow had been on the island for seven days. Honestly, they didn't find any useful information.
Olivia was in a rush when she boarded the helicopter. She didn't stop at the island for too long.
Then, he received some bad news.
After seven days of searching in the area with the help of the best divers in the world, some of the helicopter's wreckage was salvaged, along with some severed limbs and body parts.
The bad news was that the helicopter crash had been proven to be real.
The good news was that nothing belonging to Olivia had been found.
Not her human tissue. Not even a shred of her clothing.
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