Chapter 36

Outside the Lancaster mansion, a modest car stood waiting with the driver by its side.

Alfred had chosen this low-profile setup, understanding it would help Alex stay unnoticed.

As soon as the driver saw Alex approach, he quickly moved toward him.

"Sir Alex, I'm Morris, the driver sent by Mr. Alfred," he said politely, bowing as he opened the car door for Alex to

enter.

Inside the car, Morris handed Alex an electronic pad.

"Sir, inside that pad is 576 pieces of data on people named to from all over Vancouver, along with their pictures."

He glanced in the rearview mirror and saw that Alex was already rapidly scanning through the files. "Please select the one we should begin with, and I'll guide you there," Morris added, buckling his seatbelt as the engine roared to life.

"This one," Alex said suddenly, handing back the pad without hesitation.

Morris was stunned by the speed. How could Alex sift through 576 profiles and choose someone so quickly?

His eyes glanced at the pad's screen, seeing an old photo from an orphanage. A tomboyish girl stood there, smiling with other children.

The name beneath the picture read 'Josephine'.

"We'll be there in 20 minutes," Morris responded after checked the address. 1

As the car pulled away from the grand mansion and hit the road, the scenery began to shift.

The luxury and pristine surroundings faded into rougher streets.

They entered a poorer neighborhood, where the streets were filled not just with trash and jobless people, but with broken dreams and silent battles of daily survival.

The car moved through the slums, passing garbage and the homeless.

lost to drugs some already

people's eyes held stories darker than the shadows clinging to

streets.

surroundings deteriorated into a wasteland

Morris hurried to

wind hit Alex as he

around him, burned-out structures and trash heaps littered

Josephine stayed," Morris explained, gesturing

ago, a massive fire tore through, burning down half the slum. A dangerous criminal on the run hid here," he

but he set the place ablaze to escape. The

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Alex had already drifted into his

reduced to rubble, a few concrete remnants remained the front gate where the

recognized it before

all seemed so vast back then, but now, looking at it,

someone had left him at the front

that time, but something deep inside told

had found him

bedridden, plagued by headaches and

the

the orphanage had been hostile, but

friend-the one who was kind to

clung to

then, Alex thought

even feared by the other

she protected him and punched a

my bestie! Don't you dare

her teeth that day

made Alex

no idea he was being protected by a

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