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.”

his eyes in

sister-” The call had already been

mirror, a sense of foreboding washing over her. “The flight’s already booked, the earliest one available. You don’t look well. You should take your

laughter of Josie and the child, Grape. He thought he must be a loser. He failed to protect the two most important people in his life at the

self-reproach and guilt washed over

his group were close to the airport. He was quite clever, remarking, “Everyone who

face commanding respect without showing anger. “Think carefully about how you answer my question. One

Mark remained steadfast, keeping watch from

where he was, letting

suddenly reminded of the night she left Wavery. She

your own business. Do you think Mr. Dalton will spare you once you leave the country?”

certain that I would get hurt?” said

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