NovelEnglish“Do you know about the missing accomplice, then? Their gender, perhaps?” asked Imogen, staring at Shirley nervously.
Shirley pursed her lips. “I'm not sure, but | did hear something. They left a laptop at the coffee shop. I'm sure | can find their accomplice’s nthere, so I'm going over today.” Imogen held Shirley's hand tightly. “I'm coming with you, Shirley. | can’t let you risk your life alone.” “Sure. Meetback here in fifteen minutes,” said Shirley.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtImogen said, “Just make it the two of us. If too many of us head over, we'll be alerting the enemy.” “Sure. Just the two of us.” Shirley nodded.
Imogen saw Shirley off. She was getting nervous as she bit her lip and clenched her fists. | can’t believe those idiots left a laptop around. What's more, Shirley heard them. | have to find that laptop before she does and delete all of its files. Then, I'll destroy it. | cannot let anyone see my chat history with those guys, or my life will be ruined.
Shirley cback to the suite. Zacharias was on the veranda, making a call. When he saw her, he quickly hung up and approached Shirley. “Where did you go?” “I went to set Imogen up, of course. I'm going to expose her today. Tell Freddie to leave a laptop in the coffee shop where we got kidnapped. Hide it in the room behind the wine cellar.” “Are you going with Imogen?” Zacharias understood what the trap was.
“Yeah. | lied to her and said the kidnappers left a laptop in the coffee shop. If we go now, I'm sure Imogen’s going to search for the laptop and delete all the files in it.” Zacharias nodded. Once Imogen left, he would ask his men to search her room for any evidence. Shirley changed into a set of new clothes and cback out. PAE SY) took out a pistol and handed it to her. “Take this, just in case.” Shirley thought it was unnecessary, but she took it anyway. After seeing through Imogen’s true colors, she knew she couldn't be careless. That woman was a dangerous individual now. After Shirley hid the pistol, Zacharias held her hand.
“Be careful. I'll be there to assist you.” “Don’t come. Tell Roy to cinstead.” Shirley stopped him. | can’t let him run around.
“Fine, Roy will go with you guys.” Zacharias nodded. He lied a little. He would still go anyway.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmFifteen minutes later, Shirley returned to the hotel's lobby. Imogen eased up a little. She was worried Shirley might bring someone along, but she was alone, and it made things easier.
“Let’s go. | got a car. We're sneaking out,” said Shirley.
Imogen smiled. “Let's go.” Shirley was driving. Imogen was talking about the days back in the base, and she lamented, “Aside from the impossible training, life was nice back in the base.” “Yeah. | miss those days too, lamented Shirley. It'll be nothing but memories from now on. After today, we'll be strangers. Imogen will pay for her crimes.
“That's the shop. It’s still cordoned off. We should go through the backdoor so that no one sees us, Imogen suggested.
Shirley nodded. She said, “I heard that the laptop's hidden in swine cellar. We'll split up and find it.” “Park the car there, Shirley. I'll check things out first,” said Imogen.
Shirley pretended not to realize what Imogen was trying to do, and she nodded. “Sure. You go on ahead. I'll park the car. Someone's going to tow it away if | park here.”
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