Chapter 1288: Next time, hire a private investigator

Meanwhile...

"Huh?" Penny furrowed her brows, watching Jonathan enter a gift shop a few blocks from them. "What is he doing in there? Buying what? Drugs? Organs?"

Dean glanced at her through the rearview mirror. "Seriously?"

"What? Don't tell me he's in a gift shop for something innocent?"

"Don't judge," Atlas remarked, keeping watch on the establishment. "Though we should remember that place in case it's a hideout for criminals."

Talk about not being judgmental.

Dean shook his head mildly and just ignored the siblings. "You guys... why don't you just get out of here now, huh?" he muttered. "Why are you even interested in him?"

"He's my husband's half-brother, which makes me his in-law, and your aunt," Penny spat back. "Of course, I am interested."

"..." Dean kept his eyes narrowed before he secretly took a peek at her through the rearview mirror.

"This is strange..." Penny trailed off when her phone suddenly vibrated. She pulled it out without taking her eyes off the establishment, her mind filled with curiosity. However, when she glanced down at her phone, she gasped in shock. "What is it?" Atlas asked, watching his sister, her face plastered with horror.

"I forgot I told Renren I was going to pick him up."

and then blinked some more. "Let me

send him a message." Penny waved dismissively, leaning

My love, my

the parking lot earlier, but then he had a lot of things to do. When we were supposed to be inside, we suddenly

eyes to the driver's seat. At the same

did you tell my uncle?" he asked, feeling like he might end up in trouble. "Nothing." Penny shook her head with a smile. "Just told him the

mouth but then shut it when he saw Jonathan coming out of the gift shop. He quickly averted his attention to the establishment, only to see

on the other hand, focused on her phone as Zoren responded. [From:

Are you safe?]

She giggled before reassuring him that she was

love, my

Dean is going to sell someone first,

sister and caught the message she just sent to Zoren. He glanced at Dean but said nothing. Instead, he shifted his focus back to Jonathan, who was

the shop assistant was placing the bags in, something

that??" Atlas blurted under his breath, brows furrowing. "A teddy bear?" "Is

perked up as well. "Why did he need to buy so many toys? Does he have

but rather, there were just a plethora of questions swirling in

secretly: Dean had proven his stalking skills by not being detected by Jonathan. They

day, so this

they had a valid reason to dislike him-especially Penny and Atlas. So in their minds, they believed something illegal was inside those toys Jonathan had just picked up from the gift

were sure of it... until they stopped several blocks from a

they watched children run to the gates the second they saw Jonathan approaching. The guards of the facility also

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