“How may I address you, mister?” Hannah asked awkwardly as his name was not mentioned on the files. How could I ask for his help without even knowing his name?
However, her question was simply met with a cold response from the man, “Sorry, I can’t disclose my identity.”
Feeling that it would be inappropriate to press on after what he said, Hannah decided to skip that question instead.
Without anything to talk about, things became a little awkward for the three of them as they sat there in silence. Natasha quickly pulled out her phone and handed it over to Hannah as she said, “Ah, I can’t believe I almost forgot about this! Hannah, this is the information we’ve managed to gather for the time being. Here, have a look!”
Hannah tightened her grip on the phone and teared up a little from relief as she read through the email.
After so long, I finally have some information to go on with… At this rate, I’ll be able to uncover the truth behind Mom’s death in no time! Let’s see… A hallucinogen? So that’s why Mom was so emotionally unstable at the time…
Natasha felt a little bad for lying to her when she saw the tears in her eyes. H-Hey, I’m just following Mr. Norton’s orders here! It’s not my fault if she ends up crying when she learns the truth! Still, this information is only the tip of the iceberg. If she’s already crying this much from reading this, I don’t know if she can handle the full truth behind Felicia’s horrendous evil deeds…
To her surprise, Hannah was quick to regain her composure as she returned the phone to Natasha and thanked the man once again, “Thank you so much for your help, mister! Please let me know if there is anything I can do at all to repay your kindness!”
“That won’t be necessary.” The man stood up and looked at her as he continued, “It isn’t me that you should be thanking.”
“What?” Hannah didn’t quite hear him as his voice was drowned out by the sound of a car horn blaring outside.
“Nothing,” the man replied and walked out of the café without saying another word.
“Geez, what’s with that guy?” Natasha pouted as she muttered under her breath. Thank god he doesn’t talk much, or he might really let it slip and ruin everything for Mr. Norton!
Fortunately for her, Hannah was too distracted by the update on her mother’s death to care about the man’s words.
“What do you think, Hannah? Is he helpful?” Natasha asked while leaning in closer to her.
Hannah breathed a sigh of relief. “It isn’t very detailed, but it’s good enough. I’m really grateful to both you and that friend of your brother’s. I’ll be able to take it a little easier for a bit now.”
Natasha nodded. “Glad to hear that.”
The two of them then returned to the house allocated by the company, and Natasha gave Fabian a quick call while Hannah was taking a shower, “Mr. Norton, we’ve met up with the guy and shown Hannah the file as per your instructions… Don’t worry, we made sure to make no mention of you… Yes, that’s all for now.”
Fabian wasn’t worried in the slightest about Hannah’s safety as he knew she was with Natasha at the moment, but he was afraid of her getting caught talking to him, so he hung up after a very brief exchange.
He heard a knock on his door shortly after and frowned as he had specifically instructed for no one to disturb him while he was preparing his gift.
“Come in.”
It was his trusted aide that he had assigned to spy on Yvette and Lyna.
“Mr. Norton, we noticed another group of men also spying on Lyna,” he said respectfully.
