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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.

he went to a second–hand luxury goods store and sold a

he didn’t have the invoice or box, he sold it at a really low price, but it was enough to cover his daughter’s

daughter’s treatment, Gavin felt uneasy because he got it the wrong way. As

they could even start

to get the bracelet back and

his family would have no

asked, “Which

you want to help him?” Nathaniel saw

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cover all the treatment costs

but don’t go alone. Have

“Got it,” said Iris.

***

hospital and soon met Gavin’s