All Her Secrets

“Great job, boss!”

“Boss, you’re the best in the world!”

Ronin, Catherine’s biggest fan, sat in front of the computer, cheering and watching the surveillance footage of Catherine defeating the gang of thugs. He was completely absorbed in

Suddenly, the feed stopped!

Immediately realizing something was wrong, Ronin tried adjusting the settings, but the screen remained black.

This was a new experience for him. No one had ever found out about his hacking skills before, especially not a basic surveillance system in an entertainment venue.

Ronin’s first thought was that Joseph had discovered their tracking and shut down the surveillance.

Without wasting a moment, he notified Catherine.

Ronin: [Boss, the situation’s changed. The surveillance feed went down. Joseph might be onto us. Need backup?]

After Catherine read the message, she replied briefly with one word: [No.]

Capturing Joseph didn’t push her abilities to the limit. She didn’t think she needed backup or extra help.

Joseph had to be in one of these private rooms, with

cameras at all the exits. Even if Joseph could disable the bar’s internal surveillance,

another, intentionally slowing down to use her exceptional hearing and locate Joseph based on

had amazing hearing skills, trained since she was young. Even if the private rooms were soundproofed, she could still hear any faint sounds from

heard Joseph’s voice, she could

the second-to-last private room, where she caught a familiar voice. Halting in her

crease formed on Catherine’s forehead. Abruptly, she halted her steps and

no one behind her,

quiet corridor, a small

smile disappeared quickly, almost like it was

of the corridor,

stood in the corner, wearing a

engaging with others, he had never experienced being apprehended. This was the first instance of such

the situation and concealed himself

was

the unfolding situation, he eagerly

at him before refocusing on the private room she

the person following