With his final words, he exerted pressure with his fingers, forcing the sizable sapphire into Jimena’s throat.


    The sapphire proved too massive for Jimena’s slender esophagus, impeding the free movement of his fingers.


    Davey refrained from pushing it deeper, opting instead to swiftly seize a silver stick from the table, employing it to forcefully shove the ne downward.Property belongs to N?vel(D)r/ama.Org.


    Eventually, even the stick had been fully inserted.


    With ruthless determination, Davey dered, “This ne has been tainted by your actions, so now it belongs to you alone!”


    With that promation, he roughly hurled Jimena to the ground.


    Jimena could no longer make any sound, her only expression one of wide-eyed torment, unable to find sce even in death.


    As Davey exited Jimena’s apartment, his assistant handed him a pack of disinfectant wipes, a silent acknowledgment of the grimy surroundings.


    Despite having already washed his hands, Davey cringed at the thought of touching anything inside Jimena’s apartment directly.


    With a few swift wipes, he signaled to the assistant, who promptly ushered two men inside to sanitize the scene.


    Then, Davey sank into the plush car seat and lit a cigar, the smoke curlingzily around him.


    Before he could finish, the assistant reappeared, lugging a hefty bag, evidence of a thorough cleanup.


    Any evidence of Jimena being murdered by Davey was cleaned away.


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    Outwardly, they dered Jimena was another soul having slipped away from Aurora.


    Yet, in this stratified society, families like Jimena’s slipped through the cracks.


    Their disappearances were barely registered.


    Even if Jimena’s family dared to report it, the authorities would brush it off as illegal emigration, amon plight for Aurora’s underprivileged.


    Aurora authorities enacted strict regtions on departing residents, demanding a hefty emigration fee as a prerequisite for leaving.


    Failure toply rendered their departure uwful.


    For many, this fee was prohibitively steep, reaching astronomical heights.


    The measure served as a bulwark against the exodus ofmoners and the underprivileged from Aurora, whose governance deficiencies could otherwise precipitate a mass departure if resources allowed, leaving the elite without a workforce.


    Yet, for those unable to amass such wealth even over multiple generations, escape remained an elusive dream, condemning them to a life sentence on the ind, from cradle to grave.


    After consulting Davey, the assistant drove off the truck, carrying Jimena’s body in its confines.


    As the cigar dwindled between his fingers, Davey gestured for the driver to drive.


    Through the tinted window, Davey caught sight of a sleek ck car gliding to a halt outside Jimena’s apartment.


    A man in a sharp suit emerged, his polished ck leather shoes clicking on the pavement.


    The passenger door opened, revealing a figure with chiseled features and a calcting gaze – Erick.


    A wry smile yed on Davey’s lips.


    Casey’s supposed son had inherited more than just genes.


    He possessed a knack for tracking down leads, having sessfully tracked down Jimena’s apartment.