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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.

kind of details they wanted

patient and sweet, answering every

someone. Mommy

My name is Yvonne.”

should ask grown–ups. Grown–ups know lots of stuff. But I don’t.”

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

or interesting about any of this, but she kept answering dutifully–until she heard someone outside shouting

her attention. She immediately flagged down a passing nanny and said, “You help these uncles with their weird questions. I have to

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they could stop her, she’d already slipped

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

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

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

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nanny looked at them like they were aliens and said, with no small amount

name

men mumbled under his breath, “Our team leader’s last name

heard the rumors. Whispers about Yehuda’s rapid rise, how he always

came from an influential family. Others claimed the only reason he kept getting promoted was because someone was pulling strings behind

rumors with a grain of salt. But standing here,

it had to

moment they arrived–by people

that. They just waited in

he finally reappeared, his steps were light, like someone who had just found a

go,” he 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

was on their minds. From the moment they’d stepped through the gates of the Holmes estate, he’d known

and once they were in the

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

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

replied calmly, “A leading expert in biological science. His assessment is

pause, he added, “He’s a highly respected academician.”

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