Chapter 48

He was short but he carried himself with great pride. The boy’s handsome face made Zachary wonder where he had seen this face in the past.

The boy’s clear eyes, full of wariness and wit, were fixed on Zachary.

“Who is he?” Robbie pointed at Zachary.

“He’s our boss.” Ben then said, “Boy, did you meet a man in black at the playground in the basement level of Grand Plaza? Did he give a pretty silver box to you? Like this one.”

Ben unlocked his phone and was about to show Robbie the photo when Robbie huffed, “No.”

He did not even look at the photo, choosing to turn his head to the side.

“Hold on. Look at it first.”

“It’s a no even if I look at it.” Robbie folded his arm and asserted, “I have a great memory, and I never forget anything I see. I have never met anyone in black, and no one gave me anything. You’ve made a mistake.”

“Kid, it’s not right to lie.” Ben had now put on a stern look. “That man in black is a thief. He stole something from us, and that something is very important to us.”

“You should look for the cops if

in black gave it to you. If you give it back to me, I’ll reward you but

man instead. “If it’s something so important, why would the man

man took in a deep breath before he clicked onto the security footage on his phone. “Look. This is you,

at it, disinterested. He looked away, but his gaze returned to the screen. Registering

out of the restroom and knocked into the child

his pocket, and he was strolling. On his shoulder was a

minute, Robbie noticed the man shoving something into

Let me slow it down

man’s hand. In the video, the man’s hand slowly placed a small

don’t need to slow it down. I

the video back to

after him, and the

while before he took out the small box

was observing the chip, the parrot on his shoulder suddenly swallowed the chip. He promptly hit the parrot, wanting it to spit it

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