Dexter moved swiftly. “Another matter has come up. Where’s Mr. Dalton?”

“We couldn’t find anything on him. The merchandise was a feint, so we had no choice but to let him go.”

Dexter walked straight to the car. “I need to head back to Rivodia immediately. I’m leaving Wavery in your hands.”

Caleb looked puzzled. “What? Something wrong with Arnold?”

Dexter didn’t have time to explain further. Seeing the situation, Calvin, who was not far off, promptly took the driver’s seat. “I’ll drive you there.”

Once he got in the car, Dexter noticed several missed calls from Justin. He took a few deep breaths before returning the call. “What’s going on?”

When Justin finally got through, he said, “Grape is missing. She was insisting on seeing you guys. I thought I’d take her out for a bit of fun. We had three or four bodyguards with us, but she vanished in the blink of an eye. We can’t even find her on the surveillance footage.”

closed his eyes in

The call had

“The flight’s already

he make a move. His mind was filled with the images and laughter of Josie and the child, Grape. He thought he must be a loser. He

guilt washed

were close to the airport. He was quite clever,

without showing anger. “Think carefully about how you answer my

due to its damage. As if fearing something might happen to Josie, Mark remained steadfast, keeping watch from his original position. “Under such a blazing sun, it’s hard on an old man

sat down where he was, letting out a wry

night she left

spare you once you leave the

so certain that I would get

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