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There was no one around, the streets were empty, and the pharmacy was still some

distance away…

Maggie was calculating in her mind when she noticed the strong smell of blood in the car

She paused, started the engine, and asked, “Where to?”

“Straight ahead, to Santa Pier.” He added, “I’ll tell you how to get there.”

“No need, I know the way.”

Maggie replied and started driving.

She concentrated on driving, and the man didn’t speak again, so the car became quiet.

Santa Pier was about half an hour away. Along the way, Maggie’s expression remained calm, and her driving was steady and precise. She didn’t make a single wrong turn.

The man, holding the gun, gradually changed the way he looked at her.

But Maggie didn’t notice.

A little while later, the man said, “Park under the banyan tree ahead.”

Maggie, “Okay.”

The car stopped smoothly by the side of the road, and the man still kept the gun aimed at her. As he got out of the car, she took her bag back and calmly started rifling through it. “I have some first aid supplies here.”

In the half–hour drive, the smell of blood in the car grew stronger. She knew the man was

probably injured.

The man paused but didn’t respond, instead getting out of the car and disappearing quickly

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into the darkness.

he had refused her offer, Maggie didn’t insist. She turned the wheel

minutes later, the man got on a boat that was waiting for

and mask.

he had someone tend to his injuries, he answered

asked, “Harry, are you

pick you up. Where are you?”

was an accident. I’m already at the

this happen? You scared

He gazed at the tall tree in the

to Jessica’s place half an hour

taken the medicine and had some porridge. She was feeling a

I smell blood? Mag, are you

“No.”

injured. When he took her phone and bag, his

had wiped them when she got back, but it seemed

after Jessica had fully recovered from her fever,

for the

the afternoon, Maggie went out

at a high–end boutique where the manager and several salespeople were adjusting a gown. It wasn’t until Maggie walked closer that they noticed her.

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help you?” the manager asked

just have a look,” Maggie replied.

“Of course.”

banquets over the years. After all, even when Franklin

Madam Wilson, she had stepped back from the spotlight long ago and no

such occasions.

high–end fashion, but since Jessica worked in luxury apparel,