Nicole sat there in silence as she pondered to herself, ‘If Everett is coming back and Lawrence is already here…!

wonder…were the both of them hiding abroad together and are now coming back one by one here to crack the code for the Water Crest?

‘But if cracking the code for the Water Crest is a piece of cake, why did it take Lawrence this much time?’ she wondered. ‘But if the Water Crest isn’t the reason, what could have gotten Everett to come back so hastily?’ Three days later, time passed in a blink of an eye, and Damien was still keeping his whereabouts under wraps. He had only kept his chef around, and had made no movements that could rouse the suspicion of those who were watching him.

Patricia furrowed her brows, as worry glinted in her eyes.” He isn’t plotting some kind of grand revenge plan at home, is he?”

Nicole nodded. “It’s a possibility we can’t rule out so easily.”

‘Something must be terribly wrong. How can he be so silent and subdued?’ Nicole wondered.

“We couldn’t find anything suspicious, no matter how hard we searched. What on earth could he possibly be scheming? This feels very sinister,” Patricia said.

Benjamin Riddle had suspected that Damien could be waiting for Everett.

not a single sign showed that Everett had

I might be wrong. Perhaps Damien didn’t tell Everett about what happened to Chloe. But then again, Chloe’s case hasn’t been cleared off entirely by the police, so there’s no way that Everett could’ve contacted Chloe.’ ‘I find it very suspicious that Everett is being so quiet about this. Were they already prepared in the event that something like this happened to Chloe? Nah, these things don’t add

she looked over at Patricia. “Since nothing is happening,

pressing matters; tasks which she could not afford to delay

Ms. Riddle,” Patricia agreed,

after

knock on her

secretary walked in. “There’s a letter

with her brows raised

Anonymous?”

send me a package anonymously?’ Nicole asked

at the front desk was unsure if it should be delivered to you, so I came to

said as

the envelope was a piece of paper with pasted letter fonts

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