After scrolling for over a minute, she finally found the voice message sent by Ringo.

However, the email was too large to be previewed online.

It took Rayna several minutes to download the audio clip. After reducing the volume, she held the device beside her ear.

The audio clip began with only the sound of footsteps before various other noises joined the cacophony as if somebody was watching television.

Rayna sped the clip up.

After listening for a while, she put the playback speed back to normal when she detected the sound of somebody opening the door to enter the room.

“I bought you some strawberries and cherries, Kristie.” A low male voice sounded from the audio clip, followed by the sound of footsteps. “I’ll rinse them in the kitchen, then watch television with you. How does that sound?”

Kristie hummed her assent.

Having listened to the dialogue, Rayna assumed from Kristie’s state that it was during the interval when Curtis brought her back from Yartran.

Why did Ringo’s people plant a bug in Kristie’s place at that time?

She did not delve into it but instead pressed the phone against her ear and listened intently.

Curtis’ tone was gentle when he spoke to Kristie, but she merely responded with noncommittal grunts no matter what he said.

Rayna could sense how awful Curtis must have felt.

Feeling awful herself, she once again sped up the clip.

After a while, Rayna heard the sound of the doorbell, followed by Jeremy’s and Wyatt’s voices.

The group chatted a little while until Jeremy suddenly said, “Have James come over, Curtis. You saw how much Kristie wanted to see him when I showed her his photograph.”

“That’s unnecessary. I don’t need outsiders to be concerned about my sister.”

Silence befell the group.

“Ms. Garland called me, Curtis. She wants to help Jefferson, but she requires the signatures of the politicians who attended the party. It just so happens I’m on that list too.”

“We have long since severed ties,” Curtis said blandly. “There’s no need to consider my feelings.” A while later, Curtis asked Jeremy, “When is the party?”

“Two months from now.”

James of the time and place,” the man said

If you send James, we may

Leave if there’s nothing else

ended at that point. Rayna’s eyes were

understand how James could have gotten such an accurate inkling of Arnaud’s movements and how he had managed to ambush the latter from his vantage point atop

was Curtis who told

phone vibrated at that

her head splitting open when she saw

a photograph of an

temple for James. She

believe he

photograph of the emerald pendant, Rayna almost collapsed when

was my mistake for what happened to Kristie. How could Curtis drag my brother into this and send him to exact vengeance on Arnaud by himself? How could

he thought of the man’s

let go of her hand supporting herself against the wall and fell limply onto the floor, startling the

around. When he saw Rayna on the floor, he leaped off his chair and ran over. “Ms. Rayna,

he calmly ordered Kristie, who was passing by,

sun shining outside the window. It looked as if

remembered fainting the

not find it despite her prolonged search. When she pulled open the door to exit the room, she ran into Jessica, who was

arm with a look

to the bedroom. “The doctor says you’ve been working too

“I have many things to do, and I’m going over for a look.

James can’t be dead!

“Calm down,

Baby?

and a horrible feeling rose from her chest. She blinked, and her tears began flowing down her

to

hugged her and cried even

anymore. She

pulled her to sit by the bed and poured

just feel horrible at

“Mr. York is there for them, so don’t worry. Take good care of the babies and

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