Chapter 169

“Betrayal?” I feigned calm, my voice barely a whisper. “Of course not…”

James exhaled in relief. “I know, right? It just doesn’t add up. You doing something like that?

No way.

Sweat gathered in my palms. I clenched my fists. “James, has Mister… Mister given any new orders?”

Who was this “Mister“?

“The recent ventures have hit a snaq,” James said with a heavy sigh. “Mister’s requests have been denied left and right. Some of the kids even got roughed up. Funding’s dried up, and we

that can’t locate their biological parents. Mister said you’ve married into high society now, you’re all about getting rich and don’t care for the kids anymore. That you’re about to turn your back on us.”

“Kids?” I echoed without thinking.

I was lost.

What was James talking about?

“You know, the children we rescued from those trafficking rings. We made some enemies, and just yesterday, they smashed Mister’s windows,” James said, clearly shaken. “Those folks have gone mad.”

stared at James for a long while. Foebe, James, and

A charity?

always managed to surprise me.

sick, and when I woke up, I couldn’t remember much. It took me a while to seek you out. If

off. “So that’s what it was. I was wondering. I’ll explain things

“About Mister…”

sa

James reassured me. “He never complained when he supported both of us back in the day, and now he’s totally devoted to these kids.

Foebe, why on earth did you suddenly tie the knot. with that Langley…

was clear that the mention of Colin made

might be a murderer,” he whispered

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ignorance.

he think Colin was a

was adopted by a

He used to be a prodigy, then he snapped,” he added

you today was

skills. He was involved in charity, too, so he couldn’t be all

happened back in

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