Dear Sweetheart

Chapter 477

After scrolling for over a minute, she finally found the voice message sent by Ringo.

However, the email was too large to be previewed online.

It took Rayna several minutes to download the audio clip. After reducing the volume, she held the device beside her ear.

The audio clip began with only the sound of footsteps before various other noises joined the cacophony as if somebody was watching television.

Rayna sped the clip up.

After listening for a while, she put the playback speed back to normal when she detected the sound of somebody opening the door to enter the room.

“I bought you some strawberries and cherries, Kristie.” A low male voice sounded from the audio clip, followed by the sound of footsteps. “I’ll rinse them in the kitchen, then watch television with you. How does that sound?”

Kristie hummed her assent.

Having listened to the dialogue, Rayna assumed from Kristie’s state that it was during the interval when Curtis brought her back from Yartran.

Why did Ringo’s people plant a bug in Kristie’s place at that time?

She did not delve into it but instead pressed the phone against her ear and listened intently.

Curtis’ tone was gentle when he spoke to Kristie, but she merely responded with noncommittal grunts no matter what he said.

Rayna could sense how awful Curtis must have felt.

Feeling awful herself, she once again sped up the clip.

After a while, Rayna heard the sound of the doorbell, followed by Jeremy’s and Wyatt’s voices.

The group chatted a little while until Jeremy suddenly said, “Have James come over, Curtis. You saw how much Kristie wanted to see him when I showed her his photograph.”

“That’s unnecessary. I don’t need outsiders to be concerned about my sister.”

Silence befell the group.

“Ms. Garland called me, Curtis. She wants to help Jefferson, but she requires the signatures of the politicians who attended the party. It just so happens I’m on that list too.”

ties,” Curtis said blandly. “There’s no need to consider my feelings.” A while later,

“Two months from now.”

of the time and place,”

If you send James, we may not be able to rescue him if

there’s nothing else

point. Rayna’s eyes were wide with

gotten such an accurate inkling of Arnaud’s movements and how he

who told him

vibrated

and felt her head splitting open

of an emerald

temple for James. She would recognize

believe

photograph of the emerald pendant,

for what happened to Kristie. How could Curtis drag my brother into this

broke when he

against the wall and

he leaped

had fainted over, he calmly ordered Kristie, who was passing by, “Aunt Kristie, hurry up and

shining outside the window. It looked as if it

remembered fainting the

despite her prolonged search. When she pulled open the door to exit the room, she ran into Jessica, who was coming in and nearly knocking the latter

grabbed her arm with a look of panic. “Where’s my

it for repairs.” Jessica helped her back to the

many

James can’t be dead!

grab her. “Calm down, Nana. This

Baby?

belly, and a horrible feeling rose from her chest. She

wrong, Nana?” Jessica scrambled to wipe

her and cried even

ask anymore. She only patted her back

to sit by the bed and poured her a glass

a smile. “I just feel horrible at the thought

“Mr. York is there for them, so don’t worry. Take good care of the babies