Chapter 1205: Will you tell me, Penny?

The elders were a little worried about the children because this was not what they had expected. Seated in the living area, their faces were grim, and their eyes were full of concern.

"Grandma, they're probably just very tired," Allison's soft voice broke the heavy silence that had settled in the air. "It was a long flight, so it's normal for them to want some rest."

Old Mrs. Pierson sighed, knowing Allison was simply trying to console her.

"My wife is right, Grandma," Charles offered Old Mrs. Pierson a gentle smile. "For sure, tomorrow they'll all be talking nonstop about the trip. Right, Haines?"

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Haines, who had been dragged in here just because he lived with his cousin, scanned their faces. He nodded even before he could fully process the situation, shifting his gaze to the stairs.

"Hopefully," he said quietly.

But at the back of Haines' mind, Charles and Allison weren't exactly sure. Penny, Slater, and Hugo were acting quite normally-nothing really could faze those three. Sometimes, they would stare blankly at nothing for no apparent reason, just because it was fun. But Atlas? They knew something had happened.

The question was, what?

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[Hours ago]

"Yes."

When Penny's quiet voice slipped past her lips, there was nothing but silence that followed. Atlas's poker face remained unchanging, his eyes locked on her. Hugo, on the other hand, couldn't help but furrow his brows.

you're actually going along with

First Brother to stop whatever idea

say anything to you now, but

sensing a

Uh oh.

not being silly," Atlas shifted his eyes back to Penny, then caught Zoren's gaze. "I

immediately, but when he did, he saw

who was seated beside him. "You've known

But his silence

time..." Atlas trailed off, recalling something

"Huh?"

car, am I right?" he clarified, reminding Slater about the time Atlas had been conducting a personal investigation into Allen's case, which led

the other car, he couldn't even imagine what

the sports car. The latter hadn't meant to, but he had mentioned that Slater hadn't been taking his sports car home.

he didn't think it mattered anymore. Allen had woken up and returned to work, Stephen Bennet was working with them, and Atlas had a lot on his plate, especially

so, it had lingered in

a brow at Slater. "Is it

thin line and

Atlas opened his mouth, but even someone like him, who seemed to

what

please make sense of

I know you're scared of First Brother, but don't forget that even if he's the oldest, you have a responsibility to correct him when he's being

and Zoren slowly turned to Hago. Their expressions were mild and

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