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Leah waited at the Howard residence for a few more days.
Everything was perfect during her time at the Howard residence, except for Han’s
restriction of her mobility to the residence at all times.
Han promised to help her find Charlie, and she trusted him.
That man was perfect in every way—aside from the fact that he didn’t love her.
So four days had passed in that manner.
When Leah went downstairs to get some water one night and noticed that the standing
floor lamp in the living room was still on, she subconsciously frowned and lightened her
steps.
Leah went downstairs and noticed someone leaning on the sofa, which turned out to be
Han.
He was leaning very still against the sofa, and he didn’t even notice when Leah came over.
After some hesitation, Leah approached him, intending to ask him if he had found Charlie.
Unexpectedly, when she walked over, she discovered Han had fallen asleep while leaning
on the sofa.
She looked at him with a slight frown. There was a hint of eye bags, and his face appeared
exhausted. He slept poorly, as evidenced by the deep furrows that had developed
between his brows as he leaned against the sofa.
Leah sighed and hesitated for a moment before deciding it would be best to leave him
alone.
She turned around, but as she did so, she caught sight of a stack of papers Han was
pressing against the sofa’s corner out of the corner of her eye.
For some reason, when she looked at the stack of documents, her heart leapt.
She pursed her lips and paused only briefly before setting the cup in her hand down. She
squatted down and carefully removed the stack of documents from his side.
Leah carefully examined the stack of documents.
However, the more she looked, the solemn her face became.
The information contained in the stack of documents was all about Charlie.
The information included his recent travels, his lodgings, the restaurants he frequented,
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Regardless of the details, the investigation had been thorough.
The more Leah looked, the more her hands trembled. She took a deep breath as she
reached the final page.
Charlie had last been seen at a small inn called “Simple Point.”
Leah frowned deeply as she examined the address on the paper.
The inn was located on the outskirts of Linkville!
Charlie had never left Linkville!
In a daze, Leah returned to the room. She couldn’t sleep a wink all night because she kept
thinking that Charlie, the murderer, was still at large.
Han awoke on the sofa the next day with a backache.
He frowned slightly as he looked at the blanket draped over him.
Han’s expression changed as he reached out his hand to pick up the information he had
gleaned from the investigation that was lying beside him.
Why do I feel as if something isn’t right here?
……
The living room was quiet in the morning.
Downstairs, there was only one servant cleaning the living room.
Leah stood upstairs, leaning against the stair railing, solemnly looking at the servant’s
back.
She was determined to track down Charlie and bring him to justice!
She took a deep breath and went downstairs, but on the last two steps, she cried out and
fell to the ground.
When the maid heard the motion, she was startled and rushed over to help her, “Ms.
White, are you okay?”
Leah’s face was pale, her brows furrowed, and she gripped her ankle with a painful
expression.
She uttered, “I think I’ve sprained my foot. Can you go to my room and bring me the
medicine kit?”
Hearing that, the maid paused for a moment before saying, “I think I’d better inform Mr.
Howard.”
“No need, don’t bother him with such trivial matters.” Leah gave her a sincere look and
said, “Are you worried that I’ll try to escape? Don’t worry. If I had wanted to flee, I would
have done so long ago.”
Hearing those words, the maid paused for a moment before gritting her teeth and said,
“Okay. Please wait for me here, Ms. White.”
After she finished speaking, the maid rushed upstairs.
When her figure vanished from view, Leah jumped up from the sofa, quietly apologized to
the maid, turned around, and dashed out the door.
Han seemed confident that Leah would not try to escape, and did not dispatch bodyguards
to keep an eye on her.
Leah walked out of the Howards’ villa unhindered.
Leah had memorized the address of the small inn on the document the night before, and
as soon as she got to the road, she took a taxi to the inn.
Leah arrived in front of the Simple Point inn on the outskirts of the city forty minutes later.
She paid her fare and entered the inn.
“Hello, what kind of room are you looking for?” At the front desk sat a middle-aged man
with a potbelly. When he saw Leah, he narrowed his eyes on her.
“Excuse me, do you have a guest named Charlie Parridge here?” Leah asked softly,
suppressing her discomfort.
The man’s eyes grew wary as he heard those words.
He didn’t answer Leah’s question, instead asking tentatively, “What’s the matter with this
person?”
“He’s my father. After an argument with my mother, he ran away from home. My mother
instructed me to go and look for him.” Leah flatly stated.
The man was still not convinced by her words.
His main skepticism stemmed from the fact that the young lady in front of him looked very
elegant, and a very indifferent demeanor. She gave off the impression that she was from a
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And that man… To be more specific, he resembled a murderer.
“He-he! Don’t say I didn’t warn you, young lady. Our inn is not permitted to disclose
customer information.” The man said with a wave of his hand, “We do not have the person
you seek. You should leave right away!”
Leah frowned slightly when she heard that.
This small inn didn’t even have a business license. How could it be so law-abiding?
After giving it some thought, she removed a stack of cash from her bag and placed it on
the front desk’s table.
“There are two thousand dollars here. If you tell me, I will give you three thousand more.”
When he saw the stack of cash, the man’s eyes lit up!
He quickly lost sight of himself.
“All right, I’ll tell you.” The man took a small notebook from the drawer, turned a few
pages, and said, “I found it. Charlie Parridge, right? He’s in room 114.”
“Okay, are you sure he didn’t check out?”
“He couldn’t possibly check out after booking for a week in a row! No problem at all!” The
man assured her.
Leah nodded, handed the money to the man, and turned to leave.
She was going to call the police.
She exhaled in relief as she made her way outside the inn.
In any case, I can exact revenge on my father. As for Jane, I will explain it to her.
However, as Leah walked out of the inn, she noticed someone walking slowly on the road
not far away.
He wore a thin coat and a peaked cap in the hot weather, and his entire body exuded a
gloomy aura.
It’s Charlie!
Leah was startled and ducked to the side to conceal herself.
Charlie’s vision was mostly obscured by the brim of his peaked cap, so he didn’t notice
Leah.
He dragged his feet and walked slowly into the inn.
Leah heaved a sigh of relief as she realized he hadn’t noticed her and wanted to get out of
there as soon as possible.
Charlie, who had already walked into the hotel, suddenly turned around as she was
standing up!
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