Abroad.

When Mia woke up, her husband was nowhere to be seen. She'd been vaccinated, so she started packing her bags to head back home.

Last night, Andre got a call, and Mia found out there was some trouble with Leo back home.

They missed the last flight of the night, so they had to leave at noon today. Andre got busy with his stuff, so she started packing up their luggage in the hotel room.

At 10 o'clock, Andre came back to find their bags all packed up by his wife.

"Mia?" he called out.

"I'm in the bathroom," her voice echoed from the bathroom.

Andre pushed open the bathroom door to find his wife blow-drying her hair.

"Did you pack up everything?" he asked.

"Yup, did you get the tickets?" she fired back.

Andre pulled out their IDs and said, "Our ride's waiting downstairs, let's hit the road after you're done with your hair."

Mia turned off the hairdryer, gave her hair a quick fix, and then followed her husband out of the hotel.

On their way home, Mia asked worriedly, "Honey, Leo didn't get hurt, did he? He's got a sharp mind but a weak body. If someone laid a hand on him, he might not handle it." Andre replied, "Nah, he was just detained."

Last night, Andre was planning to take his wife for a night out when he got a call from Leo.

"Are you Mr. Cedillo? A guy claiming to be your nephew stirred up a ruckus in my shop. I need to verify if he's impersonating."

"Who

your number on his phone if you're getting this call. Mr. Cedillo, could you come

but she sensed something was off. She put down

remember everyone, but I need to know who the

of yours,

friend named Brian. Many people chat me up a bit and start claiming they're

the other end of the line,

and our boss aren't close, we don't

gave a light laugh, "I'm looking forward to seeing how

He hung up.

he should be grateful for a lifetime. But the Cedillo family, they're heartless. They only helped me for a decade or so and then distanced themselves from the Marshal Group. Now,

on his cigarette. He

shut down by Chad. And

the boss asked again, "Where's Officer

related to Officer Rubin and Obsidian Cafe, but no leads

took a drag on his cigarette and exhaled a cloud of smoke, "Chad, Kendrick's

reminded Brian of

...

Mia found out that Leo was investigating the Marshal family for her husband and got detained by them. She frantically started packing, "Honey, you book the flight, I'll pack the bags." Andre: "There're no flights tonight, we have to wait

is business. If Bruce gets involved, they'll exploit it. They're waiting for me. As long as I don't show up, Leo is safe." Mia asked Andre, "What investigation did you send Leo

Group is partnering with. Fifteen years ago, Molly and I were kidnapped. The kidnapper died of illness

into the kidnapper's situation and found out he had terminal cancer. I recognized his face when the police

years ago, the Cedillo family was all in to find me and Molly, but when I woke up, I was surrounded by the

think they're

finally get

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