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One of the men crouched down and waved to her with a grin that screamed mischief. “Hey kid, come here for a second.”

Hearing the unfamiliar voice, Yvonne stopped in her tracks, tilted her head slightly, and pointed at herself as if to ask, “Me?”

“Yeah, you. Who else around here looks like a kid?” one of them chuckled.

Yvonne glanced around and, sure enough, she was the only child in sight.

Still, they were strangers, and she hesitated. But before she could decide, the group waved her over again and coaxed gently, “Come on, we’re nice people. We just want to ask you a few questions.”

Eventually, Yvonne walked over–after all, this was her home.

Even when standing right in front of them, she kept her little face serious and said very properly, “Mommy told me not to talk to strangers.”

Tinley had drilled that into her every night before bed.

The strange men laughed awkwardly. “We’re not strangers–we’re good people, promise.”

They ushered her into the main hall, sat close beside her, and began their interrogation.

“Hey kid, do you know where we are right now?”

They’d been here a while, wandering around like headless chickens, still clueless about where they’d ended up.

The moment Yvonne nodded, they lit up with hope.

“Really? So what’s this place called?”

Yvonne’s voice was clear and cheerful. “My house.”

Their expectant smiles froze mid–air. For a moment, they looked like cartoon characters caught in a glitch.

Yvonne’s big, sparkly eyes blinked up at them, full of innocence and confusion. And technically, she wasn’t wrong—it was her house. But the adults had been hoping for a different kind of answer.

them, the kind of details they wanted weren’t exactly

patient and sweet, answering

Mommy is my

my house. My name

know the person you’re talking about. You should ask grown–ups. Grown–ups know

serious little face completely disarmed them. They were so charmed by her that their questions started veering off–course. Her voice

but she kept answering dutifully–until

passing nanny and said, “You help

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they could stop her, she’d already slipped

alone, face to face with a complete stranger, the group found themselves in an awkward

a lot in her years and said calmly, “I heard you have some questions?

the chase. The thing they were most desperate to know was: Where

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nanny looked at them like they were aliens and said, with no small amount of amusement, “You’re at the Holmes estate. Didn’t you

Holmes family? The name

under his breath, “Our

heard the rumors. Whispers about Yehuda’s rapid rise, how he always seemed to have someone powerful backing

family. Others claimed the only reason he kept getting promoted was because someone was

rumors with a grain of salt. But standing here, in this sprawling estate, the truth

with this kind of wealth and reach… it

they arrived–by people

that. They just waited in silence until Yehuda returned.

light, like someone who

said. “Everything’s clear now. We just need to meet with a specialist to assess the

team silently followed him out of the hall, each with their own thoughts, the mood

already guess what was on their minds. From the moment they’d stepped through

to explain everything after seeing Tinley, and once

the grapes,” he said, “but it’s difficult to determine their true value. So now we’re heading

the others frowned. “Not even the regular appraisal institutions can handle it? If they can’t, who can?”

Tinley had hinted at earlier and replied calmly, “A leading expert in biological science. His assessment is usually

a pause, he added, “He’s a highly respected

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