Chapter 557

"Susie, what's your mom got to do with the Black Gate?"

Stella's voice came through the phone, direct as an arrow. That kind of straightforwardness took Susanna by surprise.

"Nothing, why do you ask?"

Her mom was a proper businesswoman. What on earth could she have to do with a place like that?

Surely, there was no connection. And if there was, it had to be something infuriating like the Black Gate taking her - against her will. Why a reputable businesswoman like her mom would be taken by them, Susanna couldn't fathom.

"Are you sure?" Stella asked, a hint of doubt creeping into her voice.

"Positive. What's wrong?"

Stella sighed. "Well, here's the odd thing."

Susanna's heart leapt into her throat. "What's odd?"

"Just earlier, I overheard someone mention that the former head of the Black Gate was a woman named Lacey Tucker."

While getting a check-up, she overheard her mom on the phone. They were saying that the Black Gate's ex-boss had returned.

Lacey. Susanna's mom's name was Lacey, too.

the same person,"

Stella could interject, she added, "There are

"True," Stella agreed.

something about hearing that name, especially with Susanna's mom missing, that felt like more than just

in Portis City, it could be

on, it doesn't sound

"Hmm?" Stella prompted.

said my mom was taken

proof yet, but if Hull was

leads in place, this

breath hitched as she realized the

they were talking about She'd heard the rumors. The

the current head. Power struggles in places like that were bound to have a dark undercurrent.

that?" Stella

Susanna replied,

the ex-boss

taken by them? Even with no apparent connection in Susanna's mind,

"What..." Stella started.

you have to help

wouldn't come

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