A black Maybach was parked at the back entrance of the orphanage, its lights off and engine idling.

Soon, a figure emerged from the back door, hurriedly approaching and entering the car.

"Sorry for keeping you waiting, Ms. Gillis," the woman apologized respectfully.

Sheryl sat in the car with an air of arrogance, and her legs crossed in a relaxed manner.

She handed a brown envelope to the woman.

"Good work this morning," Sheryl remarked.

The woman took the envelope from Sheryl and had a feel of its thickness.

She smiled from ear to ear.

"All that needed to be done was to cut a brake cable.

It was no trouble at all." Sheryl couldn't be bothered to even glance at the woman she deemed inferior.

Her expression remained cold as she spoke.

"By the way, have you looked into all the volunteers and the teachers at the orphanage like I asked?" "To have," the woman replied confidently.

"I've been here for about a decade.

It was a breeze." She pulled out a stack of documents from her bag and handed them over to Sheryl with both hands.

Taking the papers, Sheryl began to peruse them, her eyes narrowing as she scanned the details.

Suddenly, her eyes widened.

She pulled out a document with a photograph of a striking woman—Amber Altman, the woman Jameson had groomed as Alyssa's substitute.

"This woman...

is a volunteer at the orphanage?" "Yes, Ms. Gillis.

Ms. Altman has been volunteering at our orphanage for over two years.

She also donates to the orphanage annually, so she's well-regarded here." The woman noticed that Sheryl had become quite agitated.

Puzzled, she asked, "Ms. Gillis, are there...

any issues with her?"

still volunteer here now?" "She hasn't been

But that's not unusual.

for their work, so they can leave whenever they

can't force them to help out

someone like Ms. Altman volunteer as long as

given how exhausting it is." Sheryl knitted her

a woman named Clara Whitaker who visited the orphanage

know who she is?"

heard

her first time here." Sheryl

more she pondered, the

been a

Jasper had approached Clara, asking

he seemed to sense

Sheryl,

the underground parking lot of the

car and

stillness of the late night, the echo of his hurried footsteps

near accident, saved only by Justin's

tightly to the woman he

he felt like his heart was being crushed mercilessly by an invisible and

swung open as he arrived, and Justin emerged in

in his tracks,

bleak and empty corridor, the Beckett brothers confronted each other in a tense,

sterile white light, Jasper stood out like

in shadow, his sickly pallor the only hint of

secret —Justin was a monster or perhaps a

the end, it was

firm, deliberate steps, he made his way toward

desire

to

room, Justin

at this hour?" Justin asked with

hard,

Alyssa had

she's only aggravated the old injury on

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