GoodNovelChapter 821 Raymond Picks Up Max Raymond was out cold, but his phone buzzed and yanked him awake.
He squinted at the screen and saw a post blowing up on social media. "Max is missing?" Max's goofy face popped into his head immediately.
Yeah, Selena always took him for walks and kept him at Ashbourne Manor.
Raymond jumped out of bed and called John. "Get everyone on it. Selena's freaking out." No one in Silver Bay City would've guessed a dog could make Raymond this jittery.
Selena had been combing the park for over half an hour with no luck.
The later it got, the more she worried Max had been snatched by dog thieves.
Sof those creeps love to nab lost dogs.
Selena shivered, not just from the rain but from fear for Max.
Max was a special gift; losing him wasn't an option.
She wiped the rain off her face, hopped back in her car, and planned to keep searching along the road.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtJust as she was about to hit the gas, a surveillance video popped up on her phone.
She couldn't remember who sent it, probably sold business contact.
"Penny, check this footage. Is this your dog?" In the video, Max was trotting along the roadside when a rope suddenly looped around his neck, and he was dragged into a gray van. Selena's face went white.
That was Max! She quickly sent the video to the folks at Ashbourne Manor, telling them to track the van.
A minute later, her phone rang. She thought it was someone from Ashbourne Manor, but it was Raymond.
She was about to hang up when she saw he had sent an address and two words: "Cover." No need for more; Selena knew what he meant.
She floored it and sped to the location.
Raymond was already there, and his bodyguards had the place surrounded.
It was a two-story dump in the slums of Silver Bay City, a total mess, with bloodstains on the walls.
If you didn't know better, you'd think it was a crscene.
But this was where the dog thieves did their dirty work, and it wasn't their first rodeo.
The dogs they had just snatched were crammed in a big, filthy cage.
Sof it was blood, swere dried food scraps, and it was gross. Many of the dogs were purebreds, probably lost like Max.
There were a few strays too.
Dogs are smart, and they all looked pitifully outside, knowing their fate. Even the ones at the edge of the cage were shaking.
The dog thief was already caught. He was confused; he'd been busted by the cops before, but never by so many people, and they weren't even cops. Raymond's face darkened when he saw the bloodstains.
"Mr. Montague, the dogs are over here," John called out, and Raymond quickly walked to the big cage.
As soon as the cage was opened, the dogs bolted out.
But the yard was fenced, and without the gate open, they were still trapped.
So even though they were out of the cage, a few dogs were still cowering, trembling.
Raymond was allergic to dog fur and felt itchy all over, but scratching in a suit wasn't a good look, so he toughed it out.
Soon, red rashes started popping up all over his body, spreading to his neck.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmBut he didn't care and quickly looked for Max.
"Max!" Selena's voice cfrom outside. She showed up with red eyes.
She was sweating and soaked, showing how worried she was.
She didn't even glance at Raymond, just kept searching for Max among the dogs.
Finally, she saw Max lying in the corner.
Max's neck was strangled by a rope, and he had been drugged; he was in bad shape.
Selena's mind went blank. She wanted to pick him up but didn't have the strength, and Max kept slipping from her arms. Only pet owners get this feeling. Raymond stepped forward, picked up Max, and walked out. "Follow me." Selena snapped back to reality and almost mechanically followed him.
John drove in the front, while Selena and Raymond sat int sat in the back with e Max in his arms. His allergic reaction was getting worse, and he even started seeing double.
His dog fur allergy was bad enough to be life-threatening.
bes When Christopher brought a puppy home, it had to be sent awayo m because of Raymond's allergy.
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