“In that case, we’ll be taking our leave now.”

“I’m perfectly safe here” Elizabeth said as she walked them to the door.

“Don’t worry about me. The workers aren’t done moving things, anyway. The whole place is just a mess. Once I finished cleaning up, I’ll definitely invite you two back for a small home warming party.”

“Well, if you run into any problems, don’t hesitate to call me. We haven’t found Jorge yet, so we should be careful at all times.”

“Do you realize you’ve become as much of a nag as my aunt?” Elizabeth t**sed, though she did feel warm from Natalie’s words.

They exchanged goodbyes, and Natalie and Brandon made to leave.

They walked past the workers, who were still busy shuffling things around.

Jorge was lifting a cabinet when he accidentally met Brandon’s eyes again.

Fear immediately gripped him. He hurriedly raised the cabinet higher to hide his face.

Noticing that Brandon was peering at one of the workers, Natalie followed the direction of his gaze and asked, “What are you looking at?”

All she could see was a towering cabinet.

Brandon shook his head and looked away.

“It’s nothing. Let’s go.”

But the small exchange bothered Natalie, and the more she thought about it, the more baffled she became. She couldn’t help but crane her neck to take a few more glances at the man behind the cabinet. Upon closer inspection, she realized that this man looked a little different from the rest of the workers.

clean and new, unlike the others’, which were worn out and stained

glimpse of

scar or a scratch. He didn’t look at all

Brandon continued making their way

off the feeling that something was not

at Brandon, only to find that he was already looking at

chill raced

back to the third floor and blurted out, “That man just now! He

man really Jorge? Natalie’s

had already guessed

since he entered Elizabeth’s place. It wasn’t until

so,” he said in

man must have come

Natalie gripped the banister and made to race back upstairs. She needed to prevent another sordid

reaching out to stop Natalie in her tracks and pull her back, “Take her away,”

Natalie cried

danger. I have to save her. Let me go, or it

away. I’ll take care of

and unb**toned his cuffs. He tossed the coat over to Natalie

her to

in danger, yet she could do nothing but to stand back and watch her husband risk his own

sullen exp**ssion, Natalie tried to rush forward and

like before, Brandon held her back at

say,” he said, his eyes

wait for me in

mouth to protest, caught

her frustration, Brandon

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