“I got stabbed in my stomach. Come give me a hand,” Xavier ordered.
The driver immediately did as instructed and swam toward Xavier, but since the surroundings were black as coal, he accidentally hit Winnie on his way to the latter.
Annoyed, Winnie made way for the driver and remained quietly in her spot while listening in on their conversation.
“Where’s Calvert? Did he not get thrown off the boat?” Xavier asked.
As it turned out, Calvert Wood was none other than the man in white Winnie had seen on the yacht. He was also the private detective Xavier had tasked to track down his “Dumbo.”
“He didn’t!” the driver thundered. “He was one the who hired the yacht and those men. Mr. Fairchild, do you think they’re in cahoots?”
“Ha! I can’t believe I’ve misjudged him,” Xavier scoffed.
“What a sc*mbag! Once we’re back on shore, I’ll get the police to arrest him,” the driver fumed. Right as he said that, a light suddenly shone in the distance.
A few seconds later, it went out and came back on again. That pattern continued three more times before the light stopped flashing altogether.
The driver was the first to break the silence. “Mr. Fairchild, that’s the signal from the bodyguard to board the fishing boat. We’re safe now!”
“Good. Let’s go, then.”
It took a few minutes, but the three of them eventually climbed on board the small fishing boat.
Winnie had given Xavier her tank top to use as a bandage earlier, all she
of that, she quickly ducked into the cabin
fifties operated the fishing boat, and even though Winnie didn’t like how the old man was staring at her, his wife
is all that’s left,” the lady said as she handed it to Winnie. “It’s still better than nothing, though. You can wear it if you don’t mind. I doubt it’d be convenient for you to walk around a boat full of men in that
raincoat will do nicely,” Winnie replied while putting it
period had come, and to make matters worse, it was a heavy
had no choice but to ask the old lady for a
don’t have any,” the lady answered. “We don’t usually go out to sea when we’re having our periods because that’s a taboo. Bear with it for a while. We should
“Okay. Thank you,
cabin. I’ll tell the men outside not
the old lady had left, Winnie leaned against the cabin walls and
boat capsize or something?”
lost our way. The yacht capsized right after
right. We’re from Sirona Island. Are you guys headed there for
for someone,” Xavier, who had been silent this whole time, suddenly piped up. “May I know if any
mean by new people?
frowned and added, “I’m talking about a young, pretty, but mentally challenged woman. Do the people on your
Besides, we’re all law-abiding citizens on Sirona Island. We won’t let such criminal
deep and steady. “We aren’t the police, and we’re not here to investigate any cases. I only want to look for my wife. She has a lower IQ than most people, and I lost her a while back. However, I recently
the boat owner exclaimed as he stared at Xavier questioningly. “Do you know how much
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