79. Trusting is Hard

Xavier felt so tired dialing numbers so many times. Hours passed by, but there’s only the same result.

Either the call will end unattended, or a random person will pick up the call and ask him: ‘Why are you calling to a payphone number? Are you an idiot?’

Something like that,

Until he reached number 620.

‘My fingers are about to go numb,’ he complained inwardly. However, he can’t give up.

He continued dialing numbers until 705. Then, Gian brought up good news.

“We found the possible first digit in the number,” Gian said, while Kija was leaning his head on the desk.

“What number?” Xavier asked.

“8. The area where we last saw him on the CCTV have payphones that can end with 8XX. Which means, you went under a hundred. 800-899.”

As if he got his energy back, Xavier started the numbers from 800.

800

815

826

856

844

878

892

898

Kring kring~

Someone picked up the call.

“Hello?” Xavier enthusiastically greeted, waiting for the receiver’s response.

Gian signaled Kija t
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