Filed to story: That Campus Prince Is a Girl
“Oh, so you confessed to Cameron and got rejected?” Bradley said.
‘No wonder Cameron was so smooth when she turned me down,’ Bradley thought. ‘Looks like she’s had plenty of practice saying no to confessions before.’
Elijah could only stare in silence. ‘Wait, did Cameron actually agree to be with Bradley?’ he wondered. ‘But Cameron had only told me today that it’s all just an act to trick Austin. Bradley’s lying.’
Elijah was immediately on guard. “Bradley, what did you do to Cam? Her phone’s out of service-is this your handiwork?” he demanded, his tone sharp.
Bradley snorted with a laugh. “No wonder you’re the genius everyone says you are. Sharp as ever.”
Elijah’s eyes went wide. “Bradley, what did you do to Cam?”
Bradley’s faint smile disappeared. “Do I need to report to you about what I do to her?”
Elijah shot back, “Bradley, don’t forget your goal is to become a lawyer. Do you really dare do anything to Cam?”
Bradley replied, “Elijah, why are you so worked up? What could I possibly do to Cam? I haven’t done anything, so don’t go accusing me.”
Elijah snapped, “I want to see Cam. I need to make sure she’s safe and sound.”
Bradley replied, “She’s already asleep.”
Elijah shot back, “Go wake her up for me.”
“Shh,” Bradley said, pressing a finger to his lips. “Don’t wake her, or Cam will be pissed.”
Elijah was speechless.
Bradley leaned back in his chair and said, “Elijah, I’m tired. I’m going to bed, too.” With that, Bradley abruptly hung up the video call.
Elijah was left staring at his phone, completely speechless.
Bradley went right back to the surveillance feed. Cameron was still lying obediently in bed, fast asleep. A smile curled at Bradley’s lips as he looked at the screen and said softly, “Goodnight, Cam.”
Elijah stared at his phone, his brows knitted tightly in worry. But he didn’t call back. It was pointless anyway.
Bradley was like a totally different person now, and there was no word from Cameron at all.
What if Bradley really has Cameron locked up?’ Elijah thought, anxiety twisting in his gu gut. Panic gnawed at him.
He immediately reached out to his roommate, Calder, asking if he could get his girlfriend, Lila, to help track down any contact info for Cameron’s family,
Even though it was nearly midnight, they got back to him pretty quickly.
Turned out, all they had was Cameron’s phone number-none of them knew her actual address.
Cameron had put down Noble Vista as her address with the school counselor. But she’d left the family contact section blank. There was no way to reach her. No one had any clue where she was.
That meant the only option left was to try getting in touch with Bradley’s family.
Everyone in Viremont knew the Saunders family, so getting their contact info was no big deal.
In the master bedroom on the second floor at the Saunders Manor’s main house in Viremont, phone in hand, the butler braced himself for a scolding and knocked on Nathan and Beth’s bedroom door.
It was already past midnight. Nathan and Beth were, of course, already asleep.
But the caller insisted it was urgent-something about Bradley-and that they absolutely had to take the call.
After thinking it over, the butler finally took the risk and knocked.
After a long moment, Nathan opened the door in his pajamas, his naturally imposing face now clouded with irritation. “What is it in the middle of the night?”
The butler gave Nathan a quick rundown, then handed him the phone.
Nathan frowned, but in the end, he still took the phone. “Hello?”
“Hello, is this Nathan Saunders, Bradley Saunders’ father?” Elijah finally got through to Nathan and asked politely, trying to keep his excitement in check.
“Yes, who’s this?” Nathan asked.
Elijah said, “Mr. Saunders, I’ll get straight to the point. My friend, Cameron Wallace, is likely being held captive by your son Bradley, I need your help.
“Held captive?” Nathan found it absurd.
Bradley had always been law-abiding and treated people kindly. How could he possibly do something like that?
Elijah said, “Yes, Mr. Saunders. I don’t need you to do anything else. Just help me by calling Bradley and asking him where he is.”
Nathan replied, “If what you say is true and Brad really has someone locked up, do you think he’d actually tell me?”
Elijah fell silent.
Nathan was right. Bradley would never admit it.
And now, Elijah felt he had wasted the whole night for nothing.
He got all flustered just because he cared too much.
Even someone as smart as him could make such a rookie mistake.
Elijah sighed and said, “I’m sorry to have bothered you, Mr. Saunders.”
With that, he hurriedly hung up.
Apparently, the Saunders family couldn’t provide any help.
For now, Elijah could only rely on himself.
He decided to check every property registered under Bradley’s name.
Because he remembered Bradley had said Cameron was at “his place,” so she had to be in one of his own houses.
“What’s wrong?” Beth, still half-asleep, sat up in bed and asked, he ce
Nathan said softly, “Nothing. Go back to sleep.” groggy.
Bradley was already nineteen. He was an adult now.
Therefore, Nathan trusted that he could take care of himself.
As for Bradley’s questionable sexual orientation, that was something he’d have to think about for the long haul.
Elijah stayed awake the entire night, unable to get a moment’s rest.
The black Rolls-Royce sat parked outside Silvermoss Castle as the sky began to pale with the first light of dawn.
In his hand was a thick stack of documents.
Bradley had over a dozen properties in Steerfall.
It was only last night that Elijah discovered the property at Noble Vista, the one that belonged to Cameron, had actually been transferred to her by Bradley.
Silvermoss Castle was the last property on his list to check.
If Cameron wasn’t here either, Elijah would be completely out of leads.
“Mr. Moore…” Jack was just about to speak.
Elijah held up a hand, stopping him.
“Jack, let’s park the car farther away so thou
Jack fell silent and nodded. won’t spot us.”
The Rolls-Royce stayed outside Silvermoss Castle for less than a minute before driving off.
At this hour, everyone in the castle was still fast asleep
The system detected something unusual and triggered an alert, but not a soul heard it.
Elijah instructed Jack to park the car outside the castle’s surveillance range.
Even so, he could still see what was going on inside.
Jack turned around. “Sir, why don’t you get some rest?”
Elijah shook his head. “I’m not tired.”
Jack fell silent again.
