The more Cordelia thought about it, the more she found it wrong. Her heart thumped hard. “Zephyr, does he know what’s inside this cabinet?”

“I don’t think he does,” answered Zephyr. “But he wants to. That’s why he took the photos!”

Cordelia was frightened. “He’s too scary… Why would he be curious about this cabinet?”

“Maybe it’s because there’s a lock on it.”

Cordelia nodded. The lock on the cabinet basically told others that there were incredibly important things in there.

“Sir, Ms. Cordelia, don’t worry,” Robert said softly. “Phil’s sly, but we can catch him. He won’t have it easy by then!”

Zephyr patted Cordelia’s shoulder and gave her a resolute and warm smile. His expression changed swiftly when he looked at Robert with disdain. “Nothing else? Leave if there’s nothing!”

Robert was rendered speechless.

Cordelia saw that Robert seemed hesitant to speak, like what he wanted to say could not be brought up in front of her. She went to the kitchen and told Zephyr, “Keep Robert for dinner. I’ll make you all sticky ribs!”

“You want to stay for a meal?” Zephyr’s tone went up at the end of his sentence.

“No, no, no!” Robert refused frantically. It was until Cordelia entered the kitchen and closed the door that he lowered his voice to tell Zephyr, “Mr. Zephyr, there’s one more thing…”

“What again?”

“Rowan Irwin’s in Centrolis!”

Zephyr scowled. He had heard about Rowan making an appearance but not getting into the seats in the auction that other day.

Cordelia blushed red and struggled away from Zephyr’s hold to run into the room while he was distracted.

breath, but it was already too late

so dark that it

metal bolt open with a clank. His eyes felt like ice as they

lips twitched as he plastered on a smile, his heart almost

it?” Zephyr spat

to say and stared at

few seconds of silence felt

from where she was in the room.

picking vegetables and hurried out of the

to Mr.

couch with a secret

sighed, shook her head, and turned back to the kitchen, talking to herself, “It hurts the throat to shout like this. I’ll have to make soup to

cat food on the porch and snaked in between the men. It looked left and right before

tense face finally cracked a little. He

must not disturb

apologetically,

mind, and he recalled why he was there, so he quickly pulled an old phone out of

in the phone’s recovered. Take

and went through the phone. There was indeed chat history between Phil and

with her fists clenched as she shook a little

with wrong thoughts! That she’s nothing outside

turned to ask

men are following up,” said Robert. “But Phil’s too cunning. His routes go back and forth, so

this!”

phone gallery, and the latest photos were of

to their living room.

look. The photos were the painting on

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