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Debra couldn't shake the feeling that there was more to Bert's sudden illness. The last tthey met, he was in perfect health.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"Hey, stop poking at your food. It's becoming mushy," Drake grumbled across from her.
Debra snapped back to reality, realizing she had poked several holes into her food.
Marion picked up dishes for her and countered without looking up. "Just eat your food." Kale rushed in from outside and reported, "Boss, we found an underground passage at the Jovial Hotel. We followed it and found that it led to a church." "A church?" "Yes, a big church on Hailstone Road. The priest there holds sermons during the day." "What kind of sermons?" "I'm not sure." Debra frowned. "The atmosphere last night was creepy. Those people wore masks, and it felt like a cult. Like skind of ritual, and we were the sacrifices." She recalled the events and continued, "Cathryn said she spent all her fortune on the setup. I don't think her money went to Conrad. It must have been given to those behind the scenes." Drake caught the key information. "All her money? What did her family have left? Marion took all their fortune." Marion explained, "I returned it." Drake almost called Marion a fool, but then it hit him. "You returned it to avoid being entangled with Cathryn, didn't you? For Debra s sake? How touching." Debra was equally surprised. "When did you return it?" Marion replied, "As I said, I'd remove any obstacles in our way. That wasn't a big deal." During his years abroad, he had built up his own power. The Bernard family didn't matter to him anymore.
Hisk of contacts was still by returning the Bernat family's wealth to Cathryn could ng truly be free of any debt to her.
Drake laughed at Marion's stupidity.
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NO Liza and Garland arrived hin the evening.
Dragging his suitcase, Garland entered the brightly-lit hall and hurriedly asked, "Where's my dad? Taketo him." "I'm right here." A voice cfrom behind him.
Garland and Liza turned around at the stime, only to be. time, whacked on the head with a cane.
Bert grunted, "You two rascals, running away from home. From now op, you're not going anywhere."
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