Goodbye, My Love

“The pieces of this puzzling puzzle fit together too neatly. There must be an enigmatic puppeteer, pulling the strings behind the curtain, manipulating Hurley and his affairs.”

Jolie’s eyes widened in surprise. “What on earth makes you say that?”

“Sure, Hurley has been trying to one-up the Fowlers, but he’s small-time. This Latest attack, though, is different. He was aiming straight at Universe Group. It’s clear someone was behind this.”

In her estimation, Hurley’s assault was merely a diversion to distract attention away from the Fowlers and onto Universe Group.

She deduced that Hurley was just a pawn in a larger scheme.

Just as Loraine’s mind raced with thoughts of who could be behind the plot, the receptionist told her Marco was here.

of his name, Loraine was a

to lend a helping hand. Her own

reverberated through the door and Marco stepped through the threshold. With bated breath, Jolie swiftly lowered her

throat and posed a question, her voice laced with constraint. “What may I

mounting frustration, he mustered a grave tone and uttered, “I went to Hurley’s place to look for clues. I stumbled upon something of interest

Loraine’s mind momentarily faltered. Could it be that Marco

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did she know, Marco had already made his move, staying one stride

“I think it’s obvious that Hurley targeted

him. I hadn’t expected him to confess immediately

loomed across Loraine’s face,

Duran after the accident, and he was forced to stop working since the company put so much pressure on him. My people found him and promised to give him benefits,