"Would you ever hurt Sophie?"

"Never."

Hearing this, Colby's tone softened. "Alright, just remember you said that."

He left Gordon's study and headed downstairs, where Sophie and Jenna were chatting with Adler. Seeing Colby descend, Adler called out, "What took you so long? Odie's already gone!"

"Uh-huh," Colby replied, clearly indifferent about Odie's departure.

Sophie asked, "Did the talk not go well?"

"Seriously? Even you couldn't get Mr. Gordon to talk? That guy's got a vault for a mouth!" Jenna exclaimed, nudging Adler.

"Cut the useless chatter! We've been chasing this Devonport treasure forever, and we still don't know what it is!" Jenna scolded.

"At least we know Mr. Gordon's in on it. Right?" Sophie looked at Colby, searching for answers in his eyes.

to talk, not even the

than Gordon? No wonder he's in intelligence. A couple hundred years ago, he'd be the top

truth!

walked up to Sophie and said, "His mouth

"Hey! You!"

"I have to handle something with Odie. I might be

Colby and Odie's

when

go ahead. I'll wait for

let Colby go so easily, Jenna couldn't help but comment, "Sophie, you're too easy-going. If it were me, I'd dig until I found out what's so important that

Us men, we keep things quiet until we've accomplished them. Only then

no one's calling you a loser! Just keep it

Colby and I

Adler bicker, Sophie couldn't help but shake

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