“Tell me: what did the man in the surveillance footage you saw do?”
After a moment of silence, Lucas inhaled deeply.
“I saw Ms. Larson nearly get knocked over by Mr. Jones’ car, and she started crying. Mr. Jones brought Gwen into his car and…the car headed toward Ms. Miller’s house. After that, Ms. Miller let Mr. Jones into the house, but Ms. Miller’s maid threw Ms. Larson into the dumpster.
“Ms. Miller’s maid even greeted the worker from the rubbish truck… That’s why we found Ms. Larson in the dump station.”
“Okay.”
Brettley squinted. It was as he thought. Most importantly, Kate was the first one to cross the line.
When Bethan finished texting Brettley, Gwen and Yannie had just left the sauna. The three women continued to enjoy their time and talked until it was time for lunch. They had their meal provided by the resort in a buffet.
Gwen and Bethan did not prefer the lunch provided. After a discussion, they left the resort and were going to find a restaurant to have their lunch.
As they left the resort in their car, a black Pursche stopped at the entrance of the resort. The door opened, and Steven got down from the car elegantly. He walked to the other side of the car and opened the door.
“Thank you for bringing me to enjoy the hot spring, darling.”
Kate, getting out of the car, grabbed Steven’s arm with a happy look on her face. She mentioned how she felt like going to a hot spring this morning during breakfast, and Steven remembered it. Now that he had finished with his work, he had brought her here to enjoy the hot spring.
‘He’s so good to me. It just proves that I’m in his heart!’ Kate thought.
“You don’t have to thank me.”
Steven smiled as they walked toward the resort. He crackled.
“I remember you told me you feel like coming here today, and I’m in a good mood today, so I thought I’d come with you.”
Kate smiled.
“What made your day?”
“I got the business.”
Steven smiled and poked Kate’s head.
“Then, in celebration of you getting the business, it’s on me today!” chirped Kate as she strode to the counter.
Steven curled his lips into a smile while he stood still, watching Kate. He then turned and sat on a sofa beside him. As he did, he saw a small pendant made out of an abalone shell on the sofa. It looked like it had fallen off a keychain. Surprised, Steven picked up the pendant to take a look. He felt like he saw the pendant somewhere before.
The drunk girl from the morning had her key fallen off once when he was carrying her, and her pendant looked just like this one.
He furrowed his brow and looked around him unconsciously. ‘Is she here too?’ he thought.
“Steven.”
At that time, Kate had finished with the registration. Seeing how Steven looked around while sitting on the sofa, she asked, “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing,”
Steven answered and put the pendant into his pocket. “It’s done?”
Kate smiled sweetly and nodded. “Yes. Let’s go in!”
She leaned her body and pressed her entire body onto Steven. “Is this the first time you brought me here for a hot spring?”
“Yes, as far as I recall.”
Steven smiled and reached out his hand to caress Kate’s head.
“Oh, yes. What happened to the drunk woman I asked you to take care of this morning?”
It had been a busy morning for him, and he nearly forgot about that. Kate did not expect Steven would bring up this matter. She laughed without caring too much.
“
Oh, that drunk woman. I’ve asked my maid to look after her after you brought her to my house. I went in to have a look, and she was so drunk and unconscious. So, I asked my maid to make her some hot soup and let her sleep in the house. Before we were here, my maid told me she had woken up and left the house.”
She pretended to be jealous and looked at Steven.
“Why do you care about her that much? Aren’t you afraid that I’d be jealous?”. Steven burst out in laughter. He raised his hand and rubbed her head lightly.
“If I was afraid you’d get jealous, I wouldn’t have sent her to your house in the first place.”
Kate pursed her lips.
“That sounded right.”
At the restaurant, nearby The Spring Resort.
After they placed an order for their food, Bethan and Yannie were swept away by their conversation before they noticed Gwen flipping everywhere as though searching for something “What’s wrong?”
Bethan asked with a frown.
“I lost my pendant.”
She placed her keychain on the table to show Bethan that there was no pendant attached to it.
“Luke bought it for me when we were sightseeing in a church in Merchant City. I don’t know where I lost it.”
She flipped through every pocket on her clothes and dug into her bag once again, her eyebrows squeezed together.
“I can’t find it, I swear.”
Bethan did not have the appetite to eat anymore, looking at how anxious and panicked Gwen was. She knew how important the pendant was to Gwen because it was a gift from the deceased Luke, and it was thus an irreplaceable gift. Yannie also started to help Gwen search for it.
The three women searched the entire restaurant, but they could not find it. At that time, their food was served. Gwen sighed.
“Maybe it fell off in The Spring Resort. Before we left, I was playing with the pendant while we were sitting on the sofa in the lobby discussing where to eat. Maybe it fell off then.”
She got on her feet.
“Don’t wait for me.”
“I’ll go with you.”
Yannie quickly stood up when she saw Gwen stand up.
“I have good eyesight. I can help you to look for it on the way back.”
Gwen had really scared Yannie after she was found sleeping in the dumpster. It somewhat traumatized Yannie, so she was not about to let Gwen walk away by herself again.
“Don’t worry.”
Gwen pursed her lip. “I didn’t drink any alcohol, and I won’t sleep in the dumpster again.”
“We believe in you.”
Bethan pouted and put some food onto Gwen’s plate.
“Let’s have some food in our system first, and then we’ll go search together.”
Gwen pursed her lips and hesitated.
Finally, she sat down after looking at Bethan and also Yannie, who looked very worried. Bethan and Yannie had been by her side for the entire morning.
From the looks of it, they were , scared she might run off like she did last night. If she decided to leave without eating, both of them would also do the same as she did.
After giving it a thought, she decided to stay and have her lunch first. She could only search for the pendant afterward. It was a precious pendant to Gwen, but it was not because it was expensive.
The pendant was in fact bought in a small store in the tourist area. She believed no one would actually pick it up even if it fell on the sofa in the resort.
Nonetheless, the result was not what Gwen expected. After lunch, they searched all the way from the restaurant to the lobby of the resort. Alas, they did not find it. After nearly an hour of searching, Gwen sat on the sofa in the lobby of the resort with disappointment. She looked at Yannie, who was squatting on the floor, trying to find the pendant.
“You don’t have to look anymore. Maybe…this is my fate.”
Fate wanted her to lose Luke’s gifts one by one, slowly diminishing his existence from her life in the process. Nonetheless, Bethan did not believe in destiny nor was she about to give up. She went to the counter.
“I’d like to know if anyone else sat on the sofa after we left. We dropped something.”
The front desk attendant felt sympathetic because she saw them searching for a long time. Thus, she checked the surveillance footage and looked at Bethan while feeling troubled.
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