After briefly biting her lip, Nicole calmly responded, "It's alright, he probably realized there was no hope and thus abandoned Everett." "So, you mean Lawrence initially helped Everett but then gave up on him?" Preston surmised.

"Right," Nicole confirmed, giving a brief rundown of the events.

Preston remarked, impressed, "I thought Everett was incredibly skilled to escape from such an encirclement.

It's unbelievable." He had been shocked when he heard Everett was captured, hardly believing it was real.

It turned out Everett's escape was facilitated by Lawrence's secret assistance.

"Does this mean all of Everett's associates have been rounded up? There shouldn't be anyone else, right?" Lulu speculated with a slight frown.

She pondered, 'It must be so, especially if even Lawrence has abandoned Everett.

It's unlikely anyone else would assist him now.' "Great, finally, everything is settled," Preston looked around the group.

"Should we head back to Grandpa's place tomorrow?" "I think we should check in," Spencer suggested.

come to terms with Everett's actions, now that there was a resolution, everyone felt it was essential to inform Benjamin, or perhaps their return could also alleviate the weight on

everyone departed as it

wasn't until everyone else had settled for the night that Nicole and Jared

gently embraced her, suggesting, "Maybe this is for the best." Understanding the

unmasking Lawrence's true nature meant they could

thought I could overlook his past deeds, considering he once saved

would harm me to such an extent," Nicole said, her voice tinged with pain,

on Crescent Island, avoiding any public exposure and concealing

her and her

sacrifices were for her children's safety, not realizing these decisions prevented her family from being

her savior,

her back soothingly, filled

found her sooner, perhaps all

Lawrence sat tensely on a couch, seething

Everett was already marked, nearly dragging me down with him.' "Sir, it looks bleak for Everett now," Ian remarked with a sigh, indicating that his investigation suggested Everett's network had been

out what happened?"

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