The Man in Power After Being Married into Her Family

"There is also the kind of person with great foresight. After his parents were killed, he knows that his situation is not safe, so he might choose to stay in this place by adhering to the logic that the most dangerous place is the safest."

Having said that, Merlin added, "Oh, by the way, there is another possibility, and that is there are other people making arrangements for him behind the scenes. Under this kind of circumstance, it's not up to him to make any decisions, then."

Lady Acker was silent for a moment, then asked, "You must have encountered similar cases, right? In the cases you handled, if the child's family was killed and the child's whereabouts are unknown, where would the child most likely be, in the end?"

Merlin thought for a moment and said truthfully, "Aunt Holly, to be honest, I've handed many such similar cases. Most of the surviving children would contact their other relatives, such as their grandparents, uncles, or aunts after hiding for a period of time. They usually will not disappear for a long period of time. When it comes to cases where children have gone missing for a long time, in most cases, the surviving child would become a homeless vagrant. They would sleep in ruins or under bridges every night with no fixed place to live. They would either commit petty theft or receive food rations from everywhere during the day. Some of these children might even join gangs or become addicted to drugs, and most of them would not live to be twenty years old. After they die, the police will act according to procedure and test the children's DNA and compare it in the DNA database to look for clues about their family. Only then will they discover that this person might be the only child who survived a murder case."

Lady Acker was in a daze. After a moment, she whispered, "Charlie did not contact anyone after Ashley and Curtis's accident. He did not contact the Ackers or the Wades at all, but Charlie has been very smart since he was a child. He was already eight years old at the time, so he must have remembered the contact information of the Ackers and the Wades. He must have many ways to contact us if he wanted to, but he did not do so..."

After saying that, Lady Acker sighed and said quietly, "I think he might have vented his anger on the Ackers and Wades because of his parents' death."

Merlin said noncommittally, "Well, I can't confirm this because I don't know the specific situation."

Lady Acker added, "Charlie is very smart and has been taught well since he was young. If he is still alive, he should not have gone astray like the children you mentioned. Therefore, I think there are only two possibilities. The first is that he has gone into hiding because he doesn't want to see us, and the second is that someone is keeping us hidden and does not want us to know. I am more inclined toward the second possibility because I don't think it's possible for an eight-year- old child to stay hidden when so many people were looking for him back then." Christian could not help but ask, "Mom, who would keep Charlie hidden?"

Lady Acker said with a serious expression, “I don't know who would do that, but there are just two possibilities. The good one is that the person might be Ashley and Curtis's subordinates, and the bad one would be their enemies or other people with ulterior motives."

Christian frowned and said, "Mom, we have searched for all my brother-in-law's subordinates in the country, and none of them know anything about Charlie's whereabouts. They are as anxious as we are."

Lady Acker nodded and said, "That's right. That was what I felt back then, but after so many years have passed and after thinking about it carefully now, we have no way to verify the truth even if any of them lied."

Christian asked, "Do you want to find them to ask them about the situation again?"

Lady Acker said with a determined expression, "We have to. I have to find Charlie's whereabouts this time. If I can't find him in Aurous Hill, I will continue searching for him all over the world!"noveldrama