Chapter 294

After Leanna was done sorting the work at hand in the afternoon, she grabbed her belongings and headed out of her office. "Zoe, I'm going out for a bit. I probably won't be coming back but head straight home instead."

Zoe nodded in acknowledgment but still asked, "Where are you heading?"

"There's finally a lead for the pocket watch I'm looking into. I have a rendezvous with the person in charge of the factory."

"Is it legit?" Zoe asked.

"It should be. I asked a friend to help me look into it."

"Okay. I'll go with you. The studio isn't busy anyway, and I don't like the idea of you going alone. If something does happen, at least we have each other."

"Sure."

After leaving the studio to their staff, the young ladies headed to the rendezvous point, only to end up in an abandoned factory area. "Is this the place? This place looks deserted," Zoe doubted as she drove.

To that, Leanna checked the address again. "This should be it… We should arrive after making a right turn at that junction."

With that, Zoe turned the car in that direction and found a hoary old man standing in front of a locked factory after driving a few more yards ahead.

"This is it," Leanna announced.

"Hi, are you Mr. Muston?" she asked after getting out of the car.

The elder nodded with a smile. "You must be Miss McKinney."

"I am," Leanna answered, then introduced Zoe. "This is my friend. She's here to keep me company."

After a quick exchange of pleasantries, the elder went to the gates and pulled a large set of keys out with trembling hands from his pocket. He took a long while before he was able to unlock the gates.

with useful leads?

her face, Leanna nudged Zoe

look at the set of keys in his hands. If he tries them one by one,

the elder's voice rang

the elder, then followed after him

whiff of stale air and dust came at them, and Leanna couldn't help coughing while

ages since anyone was here. You girls can consider yourselves lucky. This entire area will be demolished in two weeks,

massive warehouse and the documents placed on the rows of shelves. "Are all the documents

we used to be one of the top manufacturers a couple of decades ago. We used to have retail stores all across the country, and because of that, we had a lot of customers." At that, the

are so many documents here. If we look through them one by one,

model's final product and craftsmanship were considered top-tiered at the time. Hence, there were only a few who could afford it. Even if it was sold in all of our retail stores, the information would still be sent to

looked toward them in response. Looks like we'll still have a lot to look through, even when it has been narrowed

set of keys and said, "You guys can come over whenever you want if you don't manage

you," Leanna thanked the elder as she took the keys from him. "I'll

sure to lock the gates when

your help."

didn't think I would still be able to see this pocket watch model again after two decades. I guess

the elder away,

be sent to the

from purchase records, there were records of

ladies flipped through document after document, and before they knew it, it

of a phone

her nose, Leanna pulled her phone out of her pocket only to find Aidan calling. With that, she put

are you?"

tell him her exact location, she

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