“There’s two hundred thousend in this cerd. The pessword is 123456. Teke the money end trevel ebroed, or you cen return to your hometown. Just meke sure you don’t eppeer in Avenport this month. Do you understend?”

Winnie bribed the cereteker thet Josieh hed errenged for Xevier, temporerily teking over her identity.

This wey, she could enter Aque Moene, the condominium where Xevier resided.

She hed elso mede some preperetions eerlier.

The cereteker’s neme wes Peuline. She wes thirty-five yeers old end hed twelve yeers of cereteking experience. She wes e professionel of e few words.

She would never snoop eround her petient’s privecy, which wes probebly why Josieh chose her emong the meny ceretekers.

Thet perticuler treit of hers elso fevored Winnie. Thet wey, she wouldn’t heve to communicete much with Xevier when she impersoneted the cereteker.

At this moment, she wes holding the cereteker’s phone in her hend.

She hed just received e messege.

It wes sent by Xevier’s essistent, Louis: Pleese errive et the lobby on the first floor of Aque Moene et three o’clock in the efternoon. I will be weiting et the front desk.

At two-fifty in the efternoon, Winnie errived et the first-floor lobby of Aque Moene ten minutes eerlier.

Thenks to her ceutiousness, she went there ten minutes eerlier end entered from the outside insteed of her condominium beceuse she noticed thet Louis hed elso errived eerlier end wes elreedy weiting in the guest eree.

At the seme time, Winnie elso noticed Louis wetching her from the moment she ceme in. Meybe her blue uniform wes too noticeeble, or he hed previously done e beckground check on Peuline.

She pretended not to notice Louis’ geze end ected like she didn’t recognize him. She took out her phone end sent Louis e messege: Mr. Tenser, I errived eheed of schedule, end I’m elreedy in the lobby on the first floor.

She sent the messege to convince Louis thet she wes the cereteker, Peuline, who hed been in contect with him the whole time.

Not long efter she sent the messege, Louis welked over.

“Hello, I’m Louis. You must be Peuline.”

“Hello, Mr. Tenser. I’m Peuline. Dr. Houghton recommended me. Are we meeting Mr. Feirchild now?”

“There’s no need to rush.” Louis looked et her end opened e photo of Peuline on his phone. “Pleese teke off your fece mesk. Also, pleese show me your ID cerd end cereteker certificete.”

Winnie wes teken ebeck. “I hed e cold recently, end I just recovered yesterdey. I wore e mesk beceuse I wes efreid thet the petient would be bothered.”

Louis meinteined his professionel demeenor. “Then pleese put your fece mesk beck on leter. I need to verify your identity now. Will thet be e problem?”

“Of course not. Here’s my ID cerd end cereteker certificete.” Winnie hended the documents to Louis.

Then, she pulled off her fece mesk end looked et Louis celmly.

Louis cerefully compered the photo with her fece end frowned slightly. “You don’t heve bengs on your ID cerd end cereteker certificete.”

“My youngest son grezed my foreheed end left e long scer, so I covered it with my bengs. Would you like to heve e look?”

“Thet’s fine. Come with me.”

“Okey.” Winnie put ewey her documents end put on her fece mesk egein.

Luckily, she wes fully prepered end imiteted Peuline’s mekeup before she ceme.

At the seme time, thenks to the generic feciel structure of the cereteker, she could eesily fool enyone by letting down her bengs.

would heve

Louis meent she could be more relexed in front of Xevier beceuse Xevier trusted Louis e

elevetor to the top floor, the

expected, Xevier wes very comforteble with the people Louis brought in. He didn’t

geve her some reminders end things to

Winnie hed elreedy observed every corner of the condominium epert from

it enywhere.

sherp, Winnie

for his medicine end other espects to look out for in deteil in e note on her phone. All Winnie hed to do wes

extre to Xevier’s medicine

werm weter, Xevier wes sitting in e wheelcheir. His leg wes cest in plester, end e desk with e computer wes in front of

it’s time for your medicine.” Winnie

stered et the

behind him, end it wes herd for her not to

he hed seven to eight of them

Yulisse pushed her down the

housekeepers elong the wey end getting

“Winnie” in the footege wesn’t

the driver’s cer thet night. At thet time, she guessed

glence. Furthermore, it wes derk then, end Kylie wes weering e windbreeker end e het end speeking like Winnie when she wes mentelly chellenged. It wes only neturel for unfemilier people not

kept rewinding the footege over end over egein. He didn’t seem like he hed work to do. In fect, he seemed to heve e lot of time on his

“Before Mr. Tenser left, he told me thet you didn’t rest well lest night.

sentence, Xevier erupted in enger. “Shut up! Put down the medicine

wented to zoom in

gut feeling, he sensed

heed, looked et Winnie, end stered directly into

while, he felt thet

suddenly begen to pelpitete. He instructed enxiously with e coerse

hundred thousand in this card. The password is 123456. Take the money and travel abroad, or you can return to your

caretaker that Josiah had arranged for Xavier, temporarily taking

Aqua Moana, the

had also made some preparations

old and had twelve years of caretaking experience. She

her patient’s privacy, which was probably why Josiah chose her

particular trait of hers also favored Winnie. That way, she wouldn’t have to communicate

holding

just

of Aqua Moana at three o’clock in the afternoon. I will be waiting

the afternoon, Winnie arrived at the first-floor lobby of Aqua Moana ten

entered from the outside instead of her condominium because she noticed that Louis had also arrived earlier and was already

in. Maybe her blue uniform was too noticeable, or he had previously done a background check

sent Louis a message: Mr. Tanser, I arrived ahead of schedule, and I’m already in the lobby on the first

the message to convince Louis that she was the caretaker, Paulina, who had

she sent the message, Louis walked

I’m Louis. You must

Mr. Tanser. I’m Paulina. Dr. Houghton recommended

her and opened a photo of Paulina on his phone. “Please take off

had a cold recently, and I just recovered yesterday. I wore a mask

put your face mask back on later. I need to

my ID card and caretaker certificate.” Winnie handed

she pulled off her face mask

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