"Well, this means trouble," Frank murmured to himself, frowning as he tried to think of a solution.

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Meanwhile, outside the karaoke box, Helen received a call from Horey. "Your plan is genius, Ms. Lane."

"What?"

Helen was left confused. She looked between Gina and Huub, but they looked just as confused as to what the kidnapper was talking about.

Horey chuckled just then. "Still pretending, huh?"

"I'm not pretending. What are you getting at?" Helen pressed urgently.

Horey laughed in cold rage. "Not pretending? Then why did you bring a fake flower? Hell, that's not all-you even had someone hide in the closet in Room 10, ready to ambush me! You're really showing no sincerity here, Ms. Lane!"

Helen wheeled on Huub in shock. "The Bloodcrane Spiritbloom is fake?!"

for a moment, but he quickly stuck with the script he had prepared beforehand, insisting vehemently, "Impossible! That's definitely the Bloodcrane Spiritbloom, an heirloom from my ancestors! How could it be fake?! The way I

"Hah!"

I'm trying to pull a scam, why would I

Beep... Beep...

up before Helen could explain, leaving her dejected as she listened to

catch her, she would have collapsed on the floor right then. "Listen to me,

to maintain his innocence. "The Bloodcrane Spiritbloom I gave you is not fake. It's real,

Helen said nothing but

you, Mr. Droitner You'd never joke something like this given your family background. But why was the kidnapper saying that we lied to her? And that

while turning to smile mildly at Helen. "Helen has decided to follow the kidnapper's demands, so why would I ruin it for

just carrying out the plan

deny everything, refusing to

really what he had brought there, he would insist that the kidnapper

had switched

fake.

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