Chapter 48

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?”

a lot smarter than you, so be careful 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,

Naomi grew glum. Anger and hatred flashed in

for another moment longer. Waving his hand to dismiss her, he said, “You can go

he became worried that Naomi would be tailgated, so he had two of his men escort her

have only dug out so little information despite all

she sounded, he comforted her, “At least it wasn’t all for 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

meant was that these traits could become useful leads in their investigation.

those traits, Tabitha nodded and said, “Yeah, you’re right. Thanks for all

it. I mean, I even gained

a lot of

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Tabitha felt a little better.

well that night. The matter of the bug

She awoke early the next day and

to worry.

had been staying up late in her pursuit of the truth, and all those late nights were starting to take a toll on her sleep quality. She was more easily startled awake

a change of

of dairy coming from the milk

worsened the churning sensation in her stomach. She bolted into the bathroom after that and threw

that this was her

of Tabitha throwing up, he quickly

then, and her face was ashen when she emerged from the bathroom. George was shocked to see how

were.

Are you feeling alright? Do you need to go to the

“Don’t worry, it’s just morning sickness. I’ll be fine after

George suddenly alerted her,

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