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Jack nodded with firm conviction. “Precisely what I’m saying.”

“If he truly stationed someone to watch my every move, then sneaking out under cover of darkness carries the same risk as marching out right now,” Jessica countered, her reasoning cutting through his plan like a blade. “Given my temperament, I’m far more likely to storm out dramatically after a heated argument than to slip away like some guilty criminal.”

Jack found himself completely without words. Her argument held undeniable truth.

“I’ll establish temporary residence at my uncle’s home for the next several days,” Jessica said matter-of-factly, ensuring he knew her exact whereabouts in case he needed to locate her later. “If you require justification for my cooperation in this elaborate performance, simply claim you possess compromising information about me.”

“That works perfectly,” Jack agreed without hesitation.

handle

reached Melvin’s informant within

Prescott just departed carrying a packed suitcase. The scene suggested she’d engaged in

return to her family home?” Melvin

all,” the informant replied with immediate certainty, having carefully observed the direction of Jessica’s departure. “She headed in the

typically composed eyes flickered with a complex mixture of conflicting

miserable living with Jack but refused to burden her parents with worry,

her with discreet protection from a distance,” Melvin commanded. His instinct urged him to go personally, but her final words to him echoed in his memory, making him hesitate. He couldn’t risk her


the informant confirmed before the line went

his study for what felt like hours,

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