Wait. Francesca can’t be trying to pull something, can she? She slipped into my car’s trunkst night when nobody


    was watching and infiltrated Danrique’s ce.


    All she had was her backpack. Nothing else. In other words, her money is still at Southridge. She loves money more


    than her life. She would never give that kind of wealth up.


    She can’t be using my treatment as a pretext so she cane to Southridge and run with her money, right? Wait,


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    she can actually do that. She must be trying to pull that off. And she actually made that call right in front of


    Danrique to mask her motive?


    Zachary was both amused and annoyed at the same time. Man, Francesca’s going to drag me into a deeper hole at


    this rate. If she manages to escape tonight, Danrique’s going to kill me.


    Zachary told Bruce, “Take your men to Southridge and surround the ce. Do not let Francesca escape.”


    “Huh?” Bruce paused for a moment, then he nodded. “Yes, sir.”


    “Remember, make sure you hide well and do not alert her. If she tries to escape, get in her way. Try to drag it out


    until Danrique’s there.”


    “Yes, sir!” Bruce switched cars and took his men up Southridge. He even called for some reinforcements in case he


    didn’t have enough men.


    Marino wanted to keep up with him, but Zachary said, “Drive slowly.”


    “I am sorry?” Marino didn’t understand why Zachary gave that order.


    “Are you stupid?” Zachary red at him. “If we bump into her on our way, we’d be in a dilemma. I can’t catch her


    nor can I let her go away.”


    “I see. We can’t afford to cross either Mr. Lindberg or Dr. Felch.” Marino realized what Zachary was getting at. “If


    we bump into her, you’ll be in a dilemma. It’ll be better if you aren’t there.”


    “You’ve finally got it.” Zachary closed his eyes.


    “But the mountain’s big, and there are a lot of beasts. Dr. Felch can escape easily if she wants to.” Marino was still


    worried. “Should we get Ms. Lindberg to help?”


    “No,” Zachary answered slowly. “Danrique must have prepared for this, so we don’t have to worry about it. All we


    have to do is pretend we’re helping.”


    “Huh?” Marino was surprised. “So you weren’t actually sending Bruce in to help?”


    “Obviously.” Zachary rolled his eyes. “Do you think Bruce can catch Francesca with just twenty men or so? Gordon,


    Nancy, Charlotte, and their men didn’t manage to capture her then. They sent a hundred men out for Francesca,


    and they failed. Do you think Bruce can seed?”


    “I see, sir.” Marino nodded. “So you’re saying that Mr. Lindberg is all prepared, so Dr. Felch can’t escape. You sent


    Bruce in just to send a message to Mr. Lindberg, saying that you’re on his side.”


    “You’re not a total idiot.” Zachary sighed. Ben was still out ofmission, so he had a lot on his te. He wanted


    Marino to take Ben’s ce until he was well enough to return, but he thought Marino wasn’t good enough.


    I’d better pray that Ben gets well quickly.


    “Thank you, Mr. Nacht.” Marino scratched his head sheepishly, but he looked delighted.


    “Look out, Marino!” the passenger shouted, but before Marino could do anything, he saw a silver sh zipping


    across him, and it disappeared a momentter.


    “Um…” Marino was bbergasted.


    “That’s Lindberg.” Zachary smiled. “He came to catch her himself. Looks like he cares about her a lot.”


    “So what should we do now?” Marino asked.


    “Catch up to them. A showdown is about to start.”


    “Yes, sir.” Marino floored the elerator and drove up the mountain.


    The sun was setting, and the scenery was gorgeous. Zachary was enjoying the sunset happily, and he knew that


    Francesca could never escape now. Or ever.


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