“Really? They still dare to make demands? How shameless!" Sonia muttered. Then, she said through the megaphone, “What condition? If it means you'll let the children go, we're Listening."

The robotic voice from the loudspeaker laughed and said, “As long as Holden dies, we will let the children go."

When Sonia heard this, she was taken aback. She turned off the megaphone, hid behind the car, and said to Adrian, "This is bad. These people are clearly after Holden."

Adrian looked at Sonia resignedly. "Did you just figure that out? From the car accident and the kidnapping, they are apparently targeting Holden. Ariana doesn't have such vicious enemies."

After saying this, Adrian seemed to have thought of something. He touched his chin and said, “But if that's the case, it's a good thing that we haven't found Ariana. Maybe we can't find her now because they have taken her away, which means Ariana is alive. But who on earth has such a big grudge against Holden?"

Upon hearing Adrian's words, Sonia began to piece things together.

Judging from her contacts and the information network she had, although the Fredrick family had faced their fair share of business rivals, the most stubborn enemies had already been dealt with. And the remaining wouldn't go to such extremes despite the potential conflicts of interest with the Fredrick family's business ventures.

The person behind this was not only after Holden but also had connections with Sadie.

"It's Zayden!" Sonia and Adrian exclaimed in unison. They finally realized who was behind all this.

Sonia and Adrian exchanged glances and nodded, both fairly certain that Zayden was behind it all.

Sonia, previously disheartened, perked up at the news that Ariana might still be alive. As suspicion turned toward Zayden, she quickly asked, "If Zayden's behind this and Ariana is on his hands, what do you think the odds are that she's still alive?"

Hope flickered in Sonia's eyes, but Adrian sighed deeply before responding. "I'm just speculating. I'm not sure what his plan is. The only thing we can be sure of is that we haven't found Ariana because he probably took her away. But alive or dead? I really can't say."

After a pause, he continued, "Knowing Zayden, he's not one to let things slide."

Sonia's spirits dropped again at his words, and she began to cry, her voice breaking as she said, "No matter what, we need to protect the children, especially Melon.”

Sonia had been there since Melon's birth and was Melon's godmother.

She thought that even if something bad had happened to Ariana, she needed to protect her child.

Sonia gripped the small megaphone tightly, her prayers for Ariana's safety silent but fervent.

Suddenly, the sound of a car drew their attention.

Sonia turned to see Holden and Mitchel rushing out of the vehicle.

As they approached, applause echoed from the loudspeaker above, and a robotic voice announced, “You've finally arrived."