At that thought, Natalie’s hands tightened around her cell phone as fear struck her. Stark terror showed in her eyes.

Connor slipped off the chair and walked over to her. Taking her hand, he asked, “What’s wrong, Mommy? What exactly did you see?”

Likewise, Sharon stared at her while blinking her eyes.

However, Natalie didn’t want to frighten the children, so she wasn’t planning on telling them about it. Inhaling deeply, she stifled the fear within her and caressed Connor’s head with a smile. “I’m fine, so just continue eating. You’ve got to go to school when you’re done.”

Knowing that she didn’t want to tell them, Connor pouted. “Got it.”

Then, he went back to his seat.

Natalie sat back down as well. She dipped her eyes and stared at the cell phone in her hands with a conflicted expression on her face.

Logically speaking, she should be showing Shane the video and lodging a police report for deliberate homicide.

But at the thought of Mr. Gunn, she wavered because he did her a favor back then.

Although it was Shane who phoned Mr. Gunn, I can’t deny that he had indeed done me a favor since it was me who wanted to see the case file. And Jacqueline is his great-granddaughter, so I should take that into consideration. Argh! Alright, to repay the debt of gratitude I owe him, I’ll keep this video to myself.

 

mind, she sighed

just a one-time mistake last night, and she won’t do such a thing again

 

of the blue, her

the cell phone

a call from Joyce. Thinking that it must be about

The warehouseman and team leader have been apprehended!” Joyce’s ecstatic voice rang out

Natalie subconsciously tightened her hand around the cell phone. “Where are they now?”

interrogated. I’m just leaving the police station.” As Joyce spoke,

her eyes. “What did the

to be distant relatives. Unbeknownst to us, they colluded and used

pursed her

there were some high-quality fabrics in the warehouse, but they secretly transported them out and sold them. The money from the sales went into their pockets, and

that, Joyce saw

for a moment before inquiring, “Did the police interrogate them about the

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