Crystal's POV:

The clown standing in front of Rufus took the phone and thoroughly examined it before passing it on to the clown next to him. The three clowns pored over the phone very carefully and handed it off to one another.

I scrutinized the clown's expressions without blinking.

They whispered among each other, and one of them even took out his phone, probably to compare the invitation.

Was it possible that he discovered something wrong?

Perhaps this wasn't the correct invitation, and Rufus was simply bluffing...

The longer they studied the phone, the colder my insides became.

I peeked at Rufus, and he seemed calm and composed. However, I still couldn't take it easy.

I already knew that Rufus never took risks.

was involved, so I

limbs were getting stiff. The three clowns had been deliberating for a

Rufus had just improvised and found the wrong invitation to deal with

exposed and

to figure another way out.

before I could come up with a solution, the clowns suddenly wore an

respectfully returned

regular VIP customer, and you have the invitation. So you're welcome to watch the freak show. But

replied with a smile

the clowns didn't leave immediately. They scratched their heads

they took out a colorful map and handed it

"This is the map to the freak show. Please follow the marked directions on it to get there. Each invitation allows two people

welcome!" The three clowns replied in unison,

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and comfortingly said, "Don't overthink it. We'll discover

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