“Leave it for now. As long as the Water Crest remains locked, Lawrence will do his damndest to ensure that Everett stays locked up. After all, he could not afford to not be cautious about Everett.”

Even though they were partners, the mistrust between both parties was highly apparent. Because of this, they had to keep their eyes on each other.

“So, we’ll just wait for them to come out on their own? If that’s the case…”

If that was the case, it could very well mean that they had been granted access to the system and attained the Water Crest.

Naturally, Jared understood Charlie’s concern.

Then, he glanced over his shoulder. ‘Perhaps, I should let Nicole try.’ “I’ll take care of this. You just have to make sure that someone is keeping an eye on them,” Jared said, and paused for a moment.

“Oh, I also need you to keep an eye on the person Lawrence has left behind in San Joto,” he continued.

From the looks of it, Lawrence was still very much concerned about the events going on in San Joto. He really had too much time on his hands.

“Understood,” Charlie replied.

and gazed off into the night sky

Lawrence was

had not made any progress with the Water Crest, and at this rate, he was starting to run out of patience. Earlier, he had sent a message to Nicole, tipping her off on what Chloe and Everett were doing. Yet, he was met with complete silence in return, and that made him very

was out of San Joto for a couple of weeks, most of the news he had gotten was old and

that he might have missed out on any important updates that

we think of something else?” Everett suddenly entered

Lawrence. There were already several instances in

into Lawrence’s office had angered the latter, and when compounded with that question thrown at him, he became furious. “You’re in no place to tell me

friendly reminder.” Everett froze and

did you seek my help

better tell them to stop, or I

loved ones, he would not hesitate to destroy

his teeth and matched Lawrence’s glare with one

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