Chapter 18

Tristan picked up his glass and downed his drink. "Xav, she's dead. Let bygones be bygones."

As soon as he said that, he realized that he was actually speaking up for Yvette.

But Xavier didn't realize that something was different about Tristan that day. The former continued to read on. Just as he was nearly finished, his

one rang. He picked it up and saw

that it was Mark.

"Mr. Lane, I've tracked down Claude's movements." Then, Mark sent him an address.

When Xavier opened it, he saw that it was a small, remote county called Sangine County. It sounded a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it before.

When Xavier didn't say anything after a long silence, Tristan couldn't help but ask, "What's the matter?"

Xavier got up. "I have to go somewhere. Call me if anything happens." Without saying another word, he got his coat and walked out the door.

Tristan wanted to ask Xavier where he was going, but the latter left in a hurry. Soon, Tristan was the only person left in the manor.

It was getting late, and he hadn't gotten much sleep. So, he decided to just stay the night there.

At dawn, Xavier finally reached Sangine County. The sky was

I was getting heavier.

umbrella as Tristan got out

car.

of Sangine County, he explained, "When we found out that Claude had made a stop here, we looked into

Snyder's nanny, who took on the role as Ms. Snyder's adoptive nother when she was

Adoptive mother...

rain, Xavier's

familiar now. Yvette had mentioned it to him on more

had asked

gone, so he had never asked what she did

"Go wherever you want. You don't

whenever she had wanted to go somewhere. She hadn't liked going out much. So, most of the time that she had gone

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a closer look, he realized the door was

The latter made a gesture,

stepped forward to break down

"Wait here," Xavier said.

"Yes."

face. The house was very squalid, and

actually lived there when

gaze fell on a black-and-white photo on the

up the photo, he gazed at it for a

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