Crash.

The phone slipped from Selina's grasp and fell onto the sheets.

Matthew's heart tightened.

He picked up the phone and asked, "Selina, what's wrong?"

Selina's face turned pale. "I'm fine."

She took the phone from Matthew and put it back to her ear.

"Selina, are you alright?" Tobias queried.

"I'm okay." Selina took a deep breath. "No matter what, I want an answer. You have to get that answer for me. Dead or alive, I want to see him!"

"Alright," replied Tobias.

Selina hung up.

"Selina, what happened?" Matthew immediately questioned.

Selina shook her head absent-mindedly.

Matthew put his hands on her face and gazed deeply into her eyes. "Selina, I am your partner. You should tell me. If you have any trouble at all, come to me right away. Not Tobias." Selina met Matthew's gaze.

The look in his eyes was like a deep, bottomless ocean.

Selina's lips quivered, and it seemed as though she was forcing every word out. "It's

Lothar. Tobias said that he might be dead."

Reid was packing up.

He ordered Caroline to pack her things as well.

"Let's go," Reid instructed Caroline. "We can't stay here anymore. We have to hide."

Caroline was baffled. "Hide from what? Where should we hide?"

"America." Reid gave Caroline a profound look.

When Caroline heard that, she didn't want to go.

America was where she came from. If she went there, what was the point of her staying with Reid?

matter with Selina to the end, and we're leaving just

coldly. "Then you stay here

do you mean? You can't

on the same boat!"

she would not be able to

said, "It's precisely because we're on the same boat that I'm

take that seriously at

so we don't need

that Matthew is that dumb? Before, he was pestered by Saoirse, so he did

it, he decided that it was best to leave Caroline

calculations had gone

him about Lothar. He was prepared to tell Selina that Lothar was a nobody,

more, there was a more powerful

that person was probably affiliated

returned, she might ask Matthew to

would

think of that location. Secondly, that old man was there. Worse come to worse, he might

when she heard Reid's

then

she still harboured

America, we won't know what goes down here. Are all our efforts here in

A chill glimmered in Reid's eyes. "Only both of us are leaving. My subordinates will stay here. They

Caroline headed to the airport and took a plane to

Reid had already prepared

everything. When they passed

identification cards. That way, nobody would be able to find a

Matthew and Selina were on the way to

wanted to meet

he listened to Selina recounting what Reid

Lothar

Reid, it

would

Lothar had run away, he would have been caught by Reid

was empty. There was no

glint of

Matthew's eyes.

likely, Reid had gotten wind of the news and

hope in Selina's heart died

should

if he isn't here, he won't be able to run far. I'll definitely

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