Chapter 21

"Find out where Courtney went! Also, ensure you liaise with the police in advance. She cannot be allowed to report this, no matter what!" Spencer ordered Peter over the phone. He threw his phone against the wall after hanging up. He mentally berated himself for being so careless last night that he had allowed Courtney to escape. Spencer lit cigarette after cigarette in his study. The ashtray quickly overflowed with cigarette butts and ash. Just as he grew anxious from waiting, Peter called him back. "I have news, Mr. Cooper! The coastguards retrieved a bloodstained jacket from local waters drifting toward Vannam. It's the same one Courtney was wearing when she ran. She doesn't have any forms of identification, so it appears that she tried to stow away in an attempt to escape the country. But don't worry, Mr. Cooper. No one will look into an undocumented, illegal immigrant like her, even if she were to die," Peter said. After listening to Peter's report, Spencer stoically formatted