Beyond the Divorce

Atlas nodded at me. He was very alert. As he glanced at the rearview mirror, I followed suit and checked; everything seemed normal.

He continued, "On the surface, I seemed to have grown distant from these two families over the years since I went to Torado and settled in Foswood. But in reality, the more distant on the surface, the closer internally! Many things they've been looking out for me behind the scenes! Of course, we also have a business alliance!"

"So, from the current situation, the possibility of things falling into Celine's hands isn't too high!" Atlas affirmed, "That's my secret. I didn't want you to worry! And there wasn't a suitable opportunity to talk to you about these matters."

"I understand." I placed my hand on his large hand, and he clasped it in return.

"Celine might have caught a whiff of some information, knowing our fathers had secrets, but she may not even know about the existence of this map!" Atlas said confidently.

"Why do you say that?" I asked Atlas.

it, if she already had this map in her hands, she would've been eager to get hold of Rory to uncover this mystery. After all, she had already sensed that the

seemed indifferent. What does that imply?"

afraid of getting involved with my

of this point! Doesn't she always want

eager to take

our fathers both thought of separating the distribution maps for safekeeping, just

must have been placed unexpectedly! He squeezed my hand, "Such an important item, he couldn't have casually locked it in his home or office. Those safes are only for preventing petty thieves, not gentlemen. If something

After all, it's the

what our fathers would do.