Chapter 21

The more he thought about it, the more Frederick felt that something was off. After pondering for a while, he put down the perfume he was holding and turned to call Yuna.

At that moment, Yuna was busy sorting out packages with her mom. Seeing Frederick’s incoming call made her day. She answered jubilantly, “Freddie, you’re calling this late, missing me already?”

Ignoring her tease, Frederick cut directly to the chase, “Yuna, who have you been living with all these years? Where do you live?”

Caught off guard, Yuna replied, “I’ve been living at the casino with my parents!”

Frederick felt a shiver ran through his eyes upon hearing this.

Then, Zoe swiftly grabbed Yuna, hastily typing a reminder on her phone, “You’re supposed to be Marguerite, remember her place!”

Realizing her slip, Yuna nervously added, “But, I was living with my grandma in a rented place on Riverside Boulevard some years back.”

exactly on

feared he’d find the

That was a no–go.

think hard, but to no avail, “Freddie, I can’t remember. I had a high fever when I was little, messed up my memory a bit. But I remember living with my grandma before

I was

she went missing then. I have no idea where

her eyes and added, “Freddie… I have a terrible headache, I can

sounded so sincere, even a bit

Frederick hung up abruptly, then told his assistant

a well–known refugee reception area, at least ten blocks. How should

said, “Search block by block,

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