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Tabitha heard the word “Em” being uttered, but before she could figure out if the word referred to Ethan, the radio went silent again. At once, she grew anxious.

Emmanuel turned off the radio and reached toward Naomi, then made a beckoning motion.

Naomi understood this and immediately handed him the envelope.

Emmanuel opened the envelope, glanced at the so–called evidence inside it, and began to examine the folder in earnest.

Before long, he found a bug placed in the corner of the envelope.

‘Stupid girl! She nearly blew our cover!‘ Emmanuel pinched the bean- sized bug in his hand as his lips curled into a frighteningly cold smile.

He had chalked Tabitha up to be a woman who went crazy for love, but she was proving to be quite an interesting character. ‘She could do better than Malcolm.’

Without another word, Emmanuel went to the sink and threw the bug into

the water.

On the other end, Tabitha was still listening attentively when a loud static suddenly assaulted her eardrums. She frantically took out her earpiece. ‘Crap, he discovered the bug!‘

Naomi watched Emmanuel’s every move in shock, but as anxious as she was, she dared not speak.

Emmanuel glanced at her coldly and snapped, “You idiot! You almost screwed things up for us!”

Naomi asked immediately, “What’s going on, Mr. Sinclair? What did you

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find in the envelope?”

when you’re dealing with her. You can’t rise to the bait so easily, or you’ll come off as a simpleton, and an ugly one, at

grew glum. Anger and hatred flashed in her

look at Naomi’s repulsive face for another moment longer. Waving his hand to dismiss her, he said, “You can go now. Be careful on your way out, and

this, he became worried that Naomi would be tailgated, so he had two of

little information despite

nothing. If nothing else, we discovered two things: one, the person’s name has the word “Em” in it; and two, the person probably has a thing

Trevor meant was that these traits could become useful leads in

and said, “Yeah, you’re right. Thanks

a smile, “Don’t mention it. I

a lot of

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of this, Tabitha felt a little

The

night. She awoke early the

to worry.

those late nights

pain in her stomach, Tabitha washed up and put on a change of clothes, then went

of dairy coming from the milk

down half a glass of milk, but it only worsened the churning sensation in her

that this was her morning

Tabitha throwing

face was ashen when she emerged from the bathroom. George was

were.

you don’t look too well. Are you feeling alright? Do you need to go to

worry, it’s just morning sickness.

bleeding!” George suddenly alerted her,

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