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.

hollow eyes lost to drugs some already eyeing the car with bad

eyes held stories darker than

streets.

the surroundings deteriorated into

car finally stopped, and Morris hurried to open the

wind hit Alex as

and trash heaps

where Josephine stayed," Morris explained, gesturing to the

years ago, a massive fire tore through, burning down half the slum. A

for something. The federal agents tried to capture him, but he set the place ablaze to escape. The destruction was so great it left this place the

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events, but Alex had already drifted into his

reduced to rubble, a few concrete remnants remained the front gate where the rusty sign still hung,

heart recognized it before the

so vast back then, but now, looking at it, it felt

someone had left him

had no memories from before that time, but something deep inside told him

had found him there,

most of his time bedridden, plagued by headaches and

on the small,

at the orphanage had been hostile, but not

his only friend-the one who was kind to

brother, who always clung to Jo's clothes and followed

then, Alex thought Jo was

feared

she protected him and

is my bestie! Don't you dare

day after getting hit by the

made Alex

idea he was being

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