We arrived at the warehouse and met Anya. She had become less reserved and could now say a few sentences in our language. This surprised me, but it just proved her intelligence and eagerness to learn. I was sure we would be able to speak without a translator soon if she kept progressing at this pace.

The person Atlas wanted to meet was from Bermuda, and unfortunately, there was still no good news from there. Meanwhile, Loak had been insisting that he wanted to go back.

His reasoning was simple. He was familiar with that place and might be able to find someone quickly.

However, Atlas had consistently refused his request.

On our way back, I asked Atlas why he didn't want to let Loak return. He said it wasn't the right time, and Loak had been away for too long. He needed an opportune moment to return; otherwise, those people could be ruthless, and he feared for Loak's safety.

We returned to Pleca Park at a very late hour, and I received some shocking news.

Melanie had escaped from prison!

I held the phone tightly for a while before running to the study. Atlas had said he needed to handle an urgent document and hadn't returned to our room.

As he saw me rushing in, he asked concernedly, "What's wrong?"

urgently,

was directly related to

frowned and said, "The fact that she escaped during this time will definitely have an impact on this case.

his arms, then picked up the phone as he comforted me, "Don't worry. I'll find out what

he thought for a moment and made a call to have someone investigate the

to get more information as well. He said he'd work on it and

trial approaching, her escape might mean Matthew had to

focused and listened intently

"The inmate suddenly complained

appendicitis. They couldn't perform the surgery on her

to the hospital. A dump truck had overturned and was blocking

guard got out to inspect the situation. At that moment, the inmate said she was in severe pain and needed to use the restroom, so another guard accompanied her there.

a blockbuster, but I

instructing him to swiftly investigate Melanie's escape route and to

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