Come in,” Nicole called out.

Patricia entered, looking a bit tired. “Ms. Riddle…” “Come, join US for lunch first,” Nicole suggested, noticing Patricia’s busy morning.

“Sure,” Patricia agreed, taking a seat on the couch.

After lunch, Patricia began, “There’s an issue with the raw materials.”

“Everett’s behind this again, isn’t he?” Lulu clenched her teeth in frustration.

“Yes,” Patricia nodded. “The cargo ship that arrived at the port had the wrong goods. We checked everything before it left, so something must’ve gone wrong on the way.”

Patricia added after a short pause, “I found out they swapped the goods at the last maintenance stop. So now, the real goods are probably with Everett.”

Nicole squinted a bit. “So, where are they now? Still in San Joto or at the last stop?”

“I’ve got someone checking, but no updates yet,” Patricia replied.

then,” Nicole said, her tone getting colder. She figured once she knew where the materials were, she’d figure

After all, Everett would likely expect that they would send someone to look for the

there’s an ambush, we’ll handle it

to mess with her. Finding the cargo shouldn’t be too hard, but she bet Everett had some traps

not be at a disadvantage against Everett, especially with Charlie

said, “You’ve worked hard. Go

saying, “I’ll report back as

office before turning to Lulu, “It’s okay now, you go

“Since there’s

go ahead,” Nicole assured her with a gentle smile, urging Lulu to

leaned against the couch, her gaze growing increasingly

rang, jolting her out of her

up after today. Will you be able to swing by after work?”

there,” Nicole replied, feeling a bit confused by Martin’s

hear. We really can’t afford any more delays this time,” Martin said with a sigh of

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