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Iris smiled at him. “Then ask someone to check the movers that day, see if anything seems off, and question them.”

“But don’t really hurt them,” she instructed again.

Nathaniel looked at her with a bit of frustration. “Okay, leave it to me. I’ll call someone to do it right now.”

***

Nathaniel’s people were highly efficient. By noon that day, they locked down the suspect.

There were five people who helped Heriberto pack that day. Nathaniel asked someone to contact each of them.

Among them, there was one called Gavin Mercer. His daughter had leukemia and was currently being treated in the hospital.

Gavin came from an average family. His parents were old and didn’t have a pension. He had three kids. His wife did- n’t make much money. Once his daughter got sick, they used up all their savings and had to borrow money to pay for her treatment.

That day, he went to Acme Villa to help with packing. Seeing all the fancy stuff, he got a bad idea. He figured with so many jewels and valuable things around, he could just pocket a few and no one would notice.

Even if they did, it would be a long time later, and the owner probably wouldn’t bother to follow up.

items, he went to a second–hand luxury goods store and sold a Bulgari diamond bracelet to get

box, he sold it at a really low price, but it was enough to cover his daughter’s treat-

treatment, Gavin felt uneasy because he got it the wrong way. As soon as Nathaniel’s people reached out, they

even start

mercy, promising to get the bracelet back and return everything, but begged them

he went to jail, his family would have no income, and his daughter

quietly asked, “Which hospital is his daughter in? What’s the room number? I’ll go see

you want to help him?” Nathaniel saw through her right

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everything, I’ll cover all the treatment costs for his

moment. “Okay, but don’t go alone. Have

“Got it,” said Iris.

***

to the hospital and soon met