I was puzzled and asked, "So what happened next?"

"I had no choice but to make do with what I could. I rang their neighbor's doorbell to ask them. However, the neighbors wouldn't give a straight answer either. They just asked who I was.

"Even though I explained that I knew Beatrice, they still claimed to be unaware of their family and asked me to check with someone else.

"But seeing them being evasive, I knew something was amiss. Finally, I asked an older security guard in the neighborhood and got this information. But I got kicked out of the neighborhood eventually." Theo laughed awkwardly.

"Kicked out? Why?" I asked Theo.

"Why? The Chandler family reported me!" He sighed helplessly.

"I couldn't find out more and didn't dare approach that security guard again. I was afraid it might harm him, and it's not easy for someone his age to find a job."

think of asking the guard?"

yard. The guard was on duty, and he asked why I was

to chase me out. I had no choice but to tell him that I was looking

It seemed that Theo

guard impatiently told me to stop asking around. When I heard that, I was sure

him if it

the instituion?" I asked,

why haven't we heard anything from

too long. We graduated only ten years ago, right? But she's

hometown long after graduation?"

a way to investigate this

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