In a black Ford Explorer SUV.

Little Black sat in the passenger seat, occasionally glancing out the window, and sighed, "You know? In some cases, the most annoying isn't the suspect, it's those uncooperative victim's family members who always cause trouble for the police investigation.

They always have a variety of reasons, thinking they're acting in the best interest of the victim, but they're completely delaying the police investigation.

Like now."

Jackson said, "Maybe it's just that everyone has a different perspective. Long live understanding."

"You make it sound easy. Even if I understand them, can they understand me?" Little Black glanced at his watch, "I should be home eating a warm dinner with my wife at this time.

But now I can only sit in the car like an idiot, my butt's gone numb from sitting too long.

Men can't sit for too long."

Jackson said, "I can understand how you feel, but such complaints are pointless."

Little Black countered, "Do you have a girlfriend?"

"Uh... no."

"Really?"

"Yes."

"Why don't you find a girlfriend? You're at the age when you're full of vigor. Don't tell me you've always been settling things with your hand.

I'll look down on you for that."

Jackson rolled his eyes, "I'm too busy, I don't have time for dating. Besides, the captain and Jenny are also single, aren't they?"

Little Black laughed, "Whether Jenny is single, I don't know, but the captain is not the sort to sit still."

Jackson asked, "Does the captain have a girlfriend? I didn't know about that."

Little Black squinted his eyes, teasingly asking, "Are you curious?"

"Of course."

"Then you should go ask him."

Jackson "..."

He felt it was pointless to talk to Little Black.

A grey sedan drove up to Tayana Haney's garage, and a Caucasian man got out of the vehicle and entered the house.

Little Black said, "That man should be Tayana Haney's father.

It's already 8 o'clock in the evening, Tayana Haney's father has returned, but there is still no sign of Tayana Haney coming back from her friend's house.

She has a history of going missing; aren't her parents worried at all?"

Little Black dialed Luke's number, "Captain, Tayana Haney's father has already returned, but Tayana Haney is still nowhere to be seen."

A voice came from the phone, "I've met with Tayana Haney's teacher, and according to her, Tayana Haney took a sick leave today and didn't go to school."

"You guys keep watch there, I'm on my way with the team."

Luke hung up the phone, also deep in thought.

After leaving Tayana Haney's house, Luke contacted her teacher, who said that Tayana Haney indeed went missing once in June but then returned to school as usual, just occasionally taking sick leaves.

This wasn't the first time Tayana Haney had taken a sick leave.

Because of Tayana Haney's previous disappearance, the school thought she might be psychologically affected, so they weren't strict about her taking leaves.

This made Luke even more baffled.

Compared to Olive Browning's clear kidnapping, Tayana Haney's situation was more perplexing. What exactly happened to her?

And did her parents have any knowledge of it?

Suddenly, Luke had a daring guess: could Tayana Haney possibly have been kidnapped again?

That's why Luke had not seen any sign of Tayana Haney.

Maybe her mother was hiding something, fearing that the kidnapper might kill the hostage if the police got involved.

Luke considered carefully; this possibility was unlikely but not impossible.

If this were the case, approaching Tayana Haney's parents would need to be handled with even greater caution.

But not approaching them wasn't an option either, dragging things out could put Tayana Haney in danger.

More importantly, all of this was just Luke's speculation and still needed confirmation.

The primary mission now was to ensure the safety of the victim. Assuming the victim had been kidnapped again, the kidnappers might have someone watching the victim's home, so Luke had to approach the victim's parents in the safest way possible.

With a plan in place, Luke began to take action methodically.

First, he sneaked into the yard of Tayana Haney's house under cover of night.

Observing the house's interior through a window, he saw three people dining in the living room, Tayana Haney's parents, and a little girl about six or seven years old, probably Tayana Haney's sister.

The three were talking and laughing; the couple was even drinking red wine. Luke saw no signs of worry on their faces.

This further puzzled Luke. Tayana Haney was indeed not at home, which meant she really might be 'in trouble', yet oddly, her parents' demeanor did not seem concerned at all.

It was very contradictory.

Ever since he learned about Tayana Haney's situation that afternoon, he had been feeling quite conflicted.

If Tayana Haney's parents weren't worried, that more likely meant Tayana Haney wasn't in danger. Luke didn't want to speculate any further and decided to cut to the chase to see the couple's reaction.

Luke gathered his team, and then had Jenny knock on the door, "Knock, knock..."

A moment later, the door opened, and a Caucasian middle-aged man stood in the doorway.

The man looked over Luke and his team, "Who are you guys?"

Luke showed his badge, "LAPD, is this the Haney residence?"

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