Chapter 87
Chapter 87
Urban was standing by the door. When he saw Maxine rush out, clearly flustered, he asked, “What’s wrong?”
Maxine didn’t even look at him. She turned on her phone’s flashlight and hurried toward the elevator. The place was packed, people coming and going everywhere. She couldn’t spot that familiar flash of yellow, and the crowd nearly knocked her
over.
Urban frowned and walked over, grabbing her arm. “What are you looking for?”
Maxine took a deep breath. “It’s fine, I’ll look for it myself. If you’re in a hurry, Mr. Soto, you can go up first.”
Her attitude made Urban frown even more. “I know the staff here. If you lost something, I can have them help you look.”
It was something her dad had left her, and Maxine didn’t want to lose it for no reason. She paused, then said, “It’s a small yellow lucky charm with a red string on it.”
Urban nodded and turned to have his bodyguard call the staff over.
The guests here were all wealthy or important, so the staff didn’t dare clear the area. They just called a few more people to help search with flashlights.
After searching back and forth a few times with no luck, Maxine saw everyone still looking and said, “It’s okay, it’s not anything valuable. Maybe you can keep an eye out for it after your shift. Let’s go upstairs and finish our business first.”
“Were you planning to wait until I left and then come back to look for it yourself?” Urban stared at her for a while before speaking.
Maxine, caught red–handed, just raised an eyebrow. “It’s pretty much impossible to find it right now. Might as well wait until the crowd thins out.”
But Urban wasn’t having it. “The elevator lobby isn’t that big. There’s no way it just vanished.” With that, he turned to a nearby staff member. “Get Rolf Fowler over here. We need to check the security footage.”
Rolf, the manager of Horizon Oasis, was known for being sharp. After all, he didn’t get to run a place like Horizon Oasis by being average.
The moment he heard Urban wanted to check the cameras, Rolf’s first move was to lead them to a quieter spot.
Looking troubled, Rolf said, “Mr. Soto, it’s not that I don’t want to help, but you know how it is. Horizon Oasis doesn’t have cameras, for the sake of our guests‘ privacy.”
Horizon Oasis was basically a playground for rich kids. No one was going to install cameras that could get people in trouble.
But Urban wasn’t buying his excuses. He lifted his chin and said, “There’s a camera at the end of the hallway.”
That one was put in by the owner, and everyone knew exactly why.
Rolf’s face turned awkward in an instant. “Right, I know about that one, but it hasn’t been serviced in ages. It might not even work anymore.”
Urban didn’t budge. “Let’s go check it out first. If it’s broken, we’ll figure something else out.”
Seeing he couldn’t dodge it any longer, Rolf had no choice but to lead them through the winding corridors to the operations room in the back.
Rolf typed in his password and, under Urban’s watchful gaze, pulled up the security footage. He gave an embarrassed smile. “Sorry about this, let me get it for you.”
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Chapter 87
He scrolled back through the video until Maxine showed up on the screen.
“Is that thing really important to you?” Urban suddenly asked, eyes still fixed on the monitor.
Maxine shot him a confused look, but with someone else there, she didn’t want to make her boss look bad. So she said, “Yeah, it’s from someone who means a lot to me.”
Urban stepped over to her, gave her shoulder a gentle pat, and said, “Don’t worry. I’ll help you find it.”
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