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.”

for a long while. Foebe, James, and

A charity?

always managed

couldn’t remember much. It took me a while to seek you out. If I’ve

I was wondering. I’ll explain things to Mister.

“About Mister…”

sa

both of us back in the day, and now he’s totally devoted to these kids. We

his tone shifted. “But Foebe, why on earth

warily. It was clear that the mention of Colin made him

to tell you… he might be a murderer,” he whispered cautiously.

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feigned ignorance. “Why’s that?”

Colin was a murderer?

I was adopted by a couple in my teens. Then they went bankrupt, and life’s been

orphanage. He used to be a prodigy, then he snapped,” he

see you today was to learn more about Colin,”

some leadership skills. He was

what really happened back in

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