Rachel paused for a moment. “The wedding is on the 15th. I don’t want anything to go wrong.”

Arnold’s enthusiasm plummeted as a result of the phone call. He pulled away from Josie, who quickly buttoned up her clothes.

“It’s already the 10th. Instead of preparing for your wedding, you’re here doing this. Do you have that much free time?”

Rachel was left speechless, perhaps due to a certain degree of apprehension she felt when facing Arnold.

“I just want to remind you not to let your personal feelings ruin our plan.”

As Rachel spoke, Arnold glanced at the flustered Josie, who was glaring back at him intently.

He rose and walked to the window. “Before Dexter boarded the ship, did he tell you exactly what he planned to do?”

Rachel replied, “No, he doesn’t trust me much. He doesn’t tell me many things. All I know is that he boarded the ship to conduct business.”

“Business,” Arnold savored the word. “Quite a significant business to discuss in international waters.”

left for international waters. He’s still in Wavery. He just called

changed abruptly. “What did you

didn’t go out

and rapidly processed the complexities of

he stared at her for a

roughly grabbed Josie’s arm and

what was happening. She was taken downstairs, where Arnold had her cleaned up and changed into a new

vehicle moved along the road for some time before it stopped on the side of the road. Soon, a person from another car

his eyes closed, abruptly opened them sharply.

are from another jurisdiction, not from

at him. “What about

He never actually went out to the open sea. The person who boarded the ship was a stand-in…” His voice trailed off as he spoke, losing confidence. Then, he lowered his head, not daring

us,” Arnold said as he

intently to their conversation. She glanced at the scenery outside in the dark night.

his eyes to rest. Ten minutes later, another

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