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.”

long since severed ties,” Curtis said blandly. “There’s no need to consider my feelings.” A

“Two months from now.”

the time and place,” the

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

Leave if there’s nothing else

point. Rayna’s eyes were wide

have gotten such an accurate inkling of Arnaud’s movements and how he had managed to ambush the latter

it was Curtis who told

vibrated

and felt her

was a photograph of an emerald pendant smeared with

at the temple for

can’t believe he

the photograph of the emerald pendant, Rayna almost

brother into this and send him to

he thought

let go of her hand supporting herself against the wall and

saw Rayna on the floor, he leaped off his

who was passing by, “Aunt Kristie, hurry up and get a

outside the window. It looked as if it was

fainting the

to locate her phone but could not find it despite her prolonged search. When she pulled open the

arm with a

her back to the bedroom. “The doctor says you’ve been working too hard

away to head outside. “I have many things to do, and I’m going over for

James can’t be dead!

dashed forward to grab her. “Calm down, Nana.

Baby?

senses, Rayna gazed down at her belly, and a horrible feeling rose from her chest. She blinked, and

to wipe

and cried

anymore. She only

had cried enough, Jessica pulled her to sit by the bed and poured her a glass of warm water.

a smile. “I just feel horrible at

“Mr. York is there for them, so