Averi borrowed Dallas' phone, her fingers moving with a subtle urgency as she searched for news. The car accident had already made headlines, accompanied by stark photos of the scene that told a story of chaos and sudden loss. Because no body has been found, the current focus of the police is on search and rescue. Several tabloids analyzed it with great accuracy: the accident site was remote, with few vehicles coming and going, and there were no surveillance cameras or witnesses at the scene. Therefore, it is speculated that she may have lost her judgment after the accident, wandered around recklessly, and got lost, leading to dehydration and coma.
The car accident incident did not attract much attention, but it had a significant impact on the Forbes family. There were suspicions of forced liquidation before, and later a person in charge died in a car accident, causing the stock to hit the limit down for two consecutive days.
On the third day, Jordan finally called and said, "Averi can't get up. I wanted to call you earlier, but I've been staying at the family home for the past couple of days, and it hasn't been easy to talk."
Averi: "Can you talk now? What's going on?"
"Yeah. Averi, I think the chairman might be suspicious. For the past couple of days, he's insisted that everyone stay at the family estate and forbade anyone from leaving unless it's absolutely necessary for work. On the first night of your accident, the chairman asked the young master to have a private conversation in the study. At that time, everyone was in the living room with too many eyes, and I didn't dare to get close and eavesdrop
Averi: "You did the right thing, be careful."
Jordan continued, "After the young master came out of the study, he was a bit emotional and took the initiative to ask everyone present to take out their phones, computers, and bank accounts to investigate. He also said he wanted the police to come in and investigate. He set an example and absolutely cooperated."
Averi remained silent, is Santino trying to prove his innocence? Cristopher indeed suspected him.
Averi asked, "Have the police arrived?"
"No, no, "Jordan denied." The proposal was rejected by Miss and... and the Young Master. The Young Master said it was an invasion of their privacy, and Miss directly questioned the Eldest Young Master's intentions, asking if he was treating them like criminals."
Jordan paused when he mentioned Eli. My elder sister's life and death are uncertain, but her younger brother is more concerned about personal privacy leakage, which is really suspicious.
Averi declined to comment on this and guessed that Eli had done something outside that he didn't want Cristopher to know, which is why he was so excited.
As for killing her, she would rather he had the courage than be an unsupported playboy.
Averi asked, "Have you found anything in the past two days."
Speaking of that, Jordan sighed in defeat, "No."Speaking of which, Jordan said dejectedly, "No. Averi, the young master hasn't even gone to the office these past few days and has been staying at the old house. He uses the public mailbox to answer calls. I checked and there hasn't been any movement from the small companies under his name. Averi, what should we do next?"
Averi was lost in thought, still unable to figure out the situation. It felt like she was shrouded in a mist, and no matter how she looked, she couldn't see clearly.
Feeling frustrated, she decided to start with stocks and said, "Jordan, do you remember Frank from CT Capital
J Corporation is listed on H City, with CT Capital being one of the institutions with the largest holdings. Not long after Averi took office, he found a way to establish a relationship with Frank Porter, the vice president of CT Capital.
Frank is fond of gambling and always in debt, while Averi's request is also very simple, as long as there is news, he does not need to take any action. Frank finally agreed to a "cooperative" relationship between the two.
"Yes, I know him, Averi. Do you need me to find him?"
"Yes, you can ask him if there have been any abnormalities in the recent transactions targeting the Forbes family."
After questioning, Averi has no hope for this. Compared to other methods, stock trading has too much transparency and cannot hide large volumes, while small volumes are of little use.
"A power play like this can only succeed once; otherwise, you're risking everything and sealing your own fate.
Jordan hesitated and said, "Frank's too greedy, Averi. Why not reach out to Mr. Hebert? We could get that information through the SEC as well." She recalled that last time, just for making the connection, they had paid off over three million of Frank's gambling debts. This time, if they asked for his help, he'd probably demand even more.
Averi refused decisively, "This small matter is not worth bothering him."
Having too many relationships can be annoying, and there are limits to pretending to be powerful.
Milo is her last resort card.
Jordan, what are you talking about? Is it still a matter of life and death?
"Averi, when are you planning to come back?"
Averi said, "These two days."
Delaying further would be detrimental to the company. If there are still no leads, we can only give up.
Jordan put down the phone and contacted Frank, but unexpectedly asked something. Of course, Frank took the opportunity to speak up.
Upon receiving the news, Jordan immediately notified Averi.
According to Frank, two months ago, a small institution called Boundless Ventures suddenly began shorting J Corporation on a large scale. This move attracted some attention within the industry at the time, but because Boundless Ventures was so small, they didn't take it seriously.
Frank discovered through personal connections that most of the funds for Boundless Ventures came from a person named Tobias Steele, due to his collaboration with Averi. It wasn't until the recent sharp drop in Forbes family's stock price and the substantial profits made by Boundless Ventures that he dared to confirm there was a problem.
When he wanted to contact Averi, he saw the news of her car accident and disappearance.
Although we don't know who Tobias is at the moment, we have finally made a breakthrough.
Hanging up the phone, Averi borrowed a pen and paper from Denise to draw a character relationship diagram of Johnathan with his wife Kayla and mother Yoselin, and carefully reviewed it. There are many relatives of the banker, and she cannot remember all of them. Thanks to Kayla being an actor before marriage, the gossip account thoroughly examined Yoselin from head to toe during her wedding, providing Averi with many clues.
No matter how she searched, she couldn't find Tobias. Not to mention Tobias, there isn't even a person surnamed Lin.
Is he really a simple lucky person?
Impossible, Averi doesn't believe in luck.
Something is stirring in her mind, it's just that she can't break through.
She kept drawing circles around Santino's name with a pen, and the ink almost seeped through the paper.
Who exactly was missed? Who else is Santino related to?
Averi sighed, rubbing her forehead, and wrote down "Laila" as a last-ditch effort. In that split second, it hit her—she had overlooked the obvious, making a classic mistake of missing what was right under her nose.
She instinctively believed that Santino would not use the Forbes family relatives to do such a thing, but instead focused all his attention on investigating the relationship between Kayla and Yoselin, and thus missed Laila.
