Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Pearl's mind was racing. She couldn't figure out what was happening, so she left the house. sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ (ꜰind)ɴʘvel.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

As for calling the police, she decided to wait because she was afraid of making the people who took Saule even angrier. She had no idea what they might do to her mom. When she got home, Santiago was waiting right outside the door with some of his men. He was dressed in his usual clothes but had a coat on, looking anxious.

His palms were cold, so when he touched her back, she couldn't help but shiver.

"What happened to your mom?" Santiago seemed genuinely concerned, not like he was faking it.

Pearl thought there's no way Santiago could be behind this. He wasn't good enough at acting.

Trying to hide how distraught she was, Pearl bit her lip. "My mom... is abducted."

The moment Santiago heard 'abducted,' he felt a chill. "An enemy?"

Pearl was sure now that Santiago wasn't involved, but she needed to figure out who was. Who could be their enemy?

Taking a deep breath, Pearl said, "I think I know who did it. I'm going to call her."

She took out her phone and dialed the number.

answered, clearly not in the

obviously, a pleasant conversation was

time for small talk. Just tell me what you

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my mom?" she asked

paused, then got really mad. "How would I know where your mom is? Don't call

more time. Where

she?"

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