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Chapter 310 The Shop's Secret

Behind Carter, police officers were setting up a perimeter, indicating something serious had occurred ar the shop:

I couldn't help but feel uneasy as I glanced at him. "Is it okay for me to be here?"

"Don't worry. All the cameras have been turned off."

That reassured me. He wouldn't put me at risk.

"You should've been inside. It's freezing out here."

I just wanted to see you sooner. He offered a soft smile.

For a brief moment, almost forgot how he used to be Why had I once thought of him as so frightening?

I gently pushed him toward the door. "What happened today?"

"I had some people stir up trouble at the shop. As soon as they heard we might call the police, they tried to pay to make it go away. But when money didn't work, one of them shut the place down."

I stopped in my tracks. "They were planning to force their way in?"

"Yes. A bunch of thugs, really. They didn't expect us to be prepared. We had backup waiting outside, and when the scuffle started, they ran into the underground tunnel."

I'd figured out where the tunnel was, but now I worried. With so many people around, I feared the decoy might have gotten into trouble.

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"Did anyone get hurt?" I asked, anxiety rising. I had only wanted to cause a bit of a stir, not out of hand.

Carter's face grew dark. My stomach twisted. "What happened?"

things get

"They're badly injured. They meant to scare them, but the situation escalated. They broke into a secret underground base. If that secret leaks, the whole shop is done for. That's why they never planned to let anyone leave today. "Do you remember the guy who used to fix our cars? He stepped in to protect them. He got hurt, but at least he's alive."

I remembered him well. I'd added him on WhatsApp, chatted with him a few times.

He hadn't been at the shop long, so he likely didn't know anything too important.

I'd gone through his posts. He was a cheerful guy, came from a small town in the mountains to support his family. He had a younger sister who was excelling in school.

kind too. When he couldn't afford to buy food for stray cats, he'd give them

him. The first time I met him, his bright

The

tim, he was caught up in something he didn't ask

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it must have been. Once inside the dege, I to

were barricades everywhere, and the floor was stained with dark red

and Netion reached an agreement, giving us permission to enter the

of blood stains on the floor made me nauseous. Carter's bodyguards were

they were werely injured, the fight had been

"Where's Captain Turker? tasked.

the basement, Carter

down there? What's the

just a few words. You'll get

us down the hidden passage. Just as I expected, the entrance was right in front

a musty, rotten scent, mixed with the overpowering smell of blood.

me, his expression full of concern. "Are you

replied, though

place you've

paths. "Yes, the room I went to was

I walked down the

got, the harder my heart beat. My palms were

patting the back of my

already open. As I stepped inside, I was hit by the sight of the stone bed in the middle of the

here," I

overwhelmed me. I saw a man with dark skin enter. They

I spoke, Damian, wearing gloves, opened a nearby cabinet. It was filled

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narrowed as he studied the assortment of tools. His anger was evident, and his hands clenched

stood motionless beside him,

Trying to steady my voice, "it might hold some answers about

I wiped away my tears quickly. "What's

soon enough,"

into the next room, and the sight