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.

a dead end. Joseph had to be in one of these private rooms, with

Joseph could disable the bar’s internal surveillance, it would be very unlikely for him to destroy

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

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

heard Joseph’s voice, she could remember it

caught a familiar voice. Halting in her tracks, she subtly moved closer to the private

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

was no one behind her, as though nothing had

fixed her eyes on the quiet corridor, a small smile appearing in her sharp

quickly, almost like it was never

end of the corridor, around the

man stood in the corner, wearing a mischievous

never experienced being apprehended. This was the first instance of such

situation and concealed himself

daughter was undeniably extraordinary in every

he

him before refocusing on

disregarded the person