Chapter 21

The more he thought about it, the more Frederick felt that something was off. After pondering for a while, he put down the perfume he was holding and turned to call Yuna.

At that moment, Yuna was busy sorting out packages with her mom. Seeing Frederick’s incoming call made her day. She answered jubilantly, “Freddie, you’re calling this late, missing me already?”

Ignoring her tease, Frederick cut directly to the chase, “Yuna, who have you been living with all these years? Where do you live?”

Caught off guard, Yuna replied, “I’ve been living at the casino with my parents!”

Frederick felt a shiver ran through his eyes upon hearing this.

Then, Zoe swiftly grabbed Yuna, hastily typing a reminder on her phone, “You’re supposed to be Marguerite, remember her place!”

added, “But, I was living with my grandma in a rented

on

find the exact rental location and expose

That was a no–go.

fever when I was little, messed up my memory a bit. But I remember living with my grandma before moving to the casino

“Last time I was at the

missing then. I have no idea where she went. So, my parents took

took a drag on his cigar, mulling over Yuna’s words. His silence made Yuna and Zoe anxious. Yuna shifted her eyes and added,

sincere, even

up abruptly, then told his assistant Chuck, “Look up all the rentals on Riverside

Winston, as far as I know Riverside Boulevard is a well–known refugee reception area, at least

slowly said, “Search block by block, question every

“… Yes,

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