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.

can't be the same person," Susanna responded without

are loads of

"True," Stella agreed.

there was something about hearing that name, especially with Susanna's mom

Portis City, it could be written off as a name

sound right," Susanna

"Hmm?" Stella prompted.

mom was taken by

if Hull was saying

With leads in place, this whole

hitched as

was the Black Gate they were talking about She'd heard the rumors.

Power struggles in places like that

that?" Stella

replied,

ex-boss of the

no apparent connection in Susanna's mind, such coincidences were hard

"What..." Stella started.

you have to help

come with

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