After Ben and Zachary stepped into the car, Ben urged the driver, “Drive now.”

 

“Got it.”

The moment the car sped off, Ben let out a sigh of relief. He then muttered, “Lupine was staring at us when we were going down the stairs earlier. That was frightening.”

“That’s all in you?”

Zachary was calm, for he was sure that Charlotte had not figured anything out yet; he was confident in his acting skills.

 
 

“Ms. Lindberg didn’t figure anything out, did she?” Ben asked. “She actually invited you to her room tonight. Was she suspecting that something was up? Was she trying to sound you out?”

“Why can’t she be trying to patch things up with me?” Zachary retorted.

 

“Um…” Ben fell silent.

“I guess she’s suspicious.” Zachary stopped messing with Ben as he resumed his solemn demeanor. “I’ll have to avoid her these few days. Tell Marino to be wary of the words that leave his mouth.”

“Understood.” Ben nodded. In a softer voice, he said, “Your phone has been ringing since earlier. I think Ms. Gold is calling you.”

her,” Zachary said, thinking about what Charlotte had said earlier. “Nancy is a good

reassured, “Bruce is doing everything to find Francesco. I’m sure we’ll find

and we’ll meet

 

no longer

the hospital for a checkup? The episode came so suddenly,

“Arrange a meeting with Mr. Williams and Mr.

“Mr. Nacht.”

Zachary was tired. “Just

than that. However, he had a grim

far from good. He had been experiencing dizziness and blurry vision in his earlier episodes, but a while ago, he had

not regained his vision

not know if any worse symptoms would rear their ugly heads after

were unable to

home, Ben helped Zachary out of the car. Once his feet were on the ground, Zachary blinked and realized some of his vision was back. At that, he mumbled, “It’s

you’ve been working too hard lately. You should rest

need.” Zachary pushed Ben aside. Squinting, he

to have a full-blown episode, his vision would be

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