He was short but he carried himself with great pride. The boy’s handsome face made Zachary wonder where he had seen this face in the past.

The boy’s clear eyes, full of wariness and wit, were fixed on Zachary.

“Who is he?” Robbie pointed at Zachary.

“He’s our boss.” Ben then said, “Boy, did you meet a man in black at the playground in the basement level of Grand Plaza? Did he give a pretty silver box to you? Like this one.”

Ben unlocked his phone and was about to show Robbie the photo when Robbie huffed, “No.”

 

He did not even look at the photo, choosing to turn his head to the side.

“Hold on. Look at it first.”

“It’s a no even if I look at it.” Robbie folded his arm and asserted, “I have a great memory, and I never forget anything I see. I have never met anyone in black, and no one gave me anything. You’ve made a mistake.”

now put on a stern look. “That man in black is a thief. He stole something from us, and that something is

 

as he replied calmly, “You should look for the cops if you’ve lost

to you. If you give it back to

Robbie interrupted. He questioned the man instead. “If it’s something so important, why would the man give it to a kid? This isn’t logical

speechless. The man took in a deep breath before he clicked onto the security footage on

He looked away, but his gaze returned to the screen. Registering what was

black rushed out of the restroom and knocked into

hands were in his pocket, and he was strolling. On his

Robbie noticed

see it clearly. Let me slow it down

of the video and zoomed into the man’s hand. In the video, the man’s hand slowly placed a small silver box into the

need to slow it

the video

men in suits rushed after him, and the

while before he took out the small box from his pocket. When

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