“What?” Finlay asked, but he received the panna cotta.
Wolfram only handed the third glass to Delta, who just finished her macaron. He then took her away as if making use of the confusion to escape. After walking past Finlay, he ended up covering his mouth with the back of his hand. He couldn’t be caught giggling like a child. Delta did the same, only with the glass of panna cotta.
Everyone else figured it out. Delta and Wolfram Colton were not invited; they simply gatecrashed this party after they heard about it! That was it! Finlay Baker was not that powerful!
As for Finlay, he was stuck replaying those words in his mind. It was not that he was dumb, but it was more that his mind was not working well tonight. The party was stressful all over. Spotting gatecrashers was not an uncommon thing; he just didn’t reali
“Huh? Are you still thinking about the chick in green?” Gendry just asked to at least hint at an explanation. However, the detective didn’t dismiss them. He answered, “Well, he did say he’s not showing his face because he’s a wanted man. Bastet really sounds like she knows Imho is a criminal. Coming here in a believable disguise should be a piece of cake for him. Also, he was like ‘I’ll steal your husband’ when Bastet mentioned a transformation. I think he did come as a woman.” He looked up with a mischievous grin, his phone in one hand. “So, does he look hot? Or is he really ugly? Come on, say it. Let’s tell Cleo about it. She will hunt down Imho in the crowd for sure.” “…wow, I thought you’d find it ridiculous, Detectiv
“Boo!” Delta came up behind Janelle and teased her with a surprise. The woman gasped in shock before meeting Delta’s big smile. The mother greeted her, “Hello!” “Wait… what?” Janelle was so shocked. Even Xander’s eyes grew wild upon seeing the two people he didn’t want to meet lately. Wolfram just crossed around the seats and sat where he did earlier before they heard the others coming. “The world is small. You don’t have to be that shocked.” Janelle turned to the future brother-in-law and smiled. She just picked a seat next to Delta and pulled Xander with her. Then again, she also wanted to sit next to Brian. She cried, “Wait, why do I only have two sides?” “It’s okay. I’ll just sit close by.” Brian laughed and waved a hand to dismiss her worries. However, his smile
Janelle and Finlay raced to his side, assisting the old man. The male started: “I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to impose on your schedule, Osiris. I just thought you’d be too busy to attend.” The old man chuckled. “It’s all right. Hmm, Anubis reached out to me that we are all invited. Since you will be all here, I figured I should come, too. Hehe, I like seeing and talking to young people. This is nice.” “Why did you call Anubis ‘Commander’ once and then by his handle the next…?” Brian asked as they all watched them assist Osiris to the closest seat from the door. Khepri even moved to give the seat. “Hm? Oh,. I see… so it was him. No wonder he could simply contact me.” Osiris laughed and nodded as he sat down. He could practically move on his own, but he didn’t want to scold people for showing respect to the elderly
The police sirens were loud and intrusive, but Finlay kept to himself. He had not spoken to anyone just yet. He had a shock blanket on his back, but he was not holding it up in any way. The memories of the short encounter kept replaying in his mind. What the police saw was already the aftermath of the encounter. A quick look would suggest that at least ten of them were on the floor, while the leader was dead on the stage. Since the lights were turned off, no one saw what transpired… aside from Finlay. He clearly remembered how everyone he knew killed those goons in cold blood. Even if aggression was not a new sight, that was also the first time he was faced with a gun to his face multiple times in one night. Two times even involved the gun being shot in his direction. The very next movement he d
Footsteps came from the side, and a person poked their head out of the side. Finlay caught them snooping around, and their eyes met. In the next second, the other person went on his knees and pleaded at Finlay’s feet. “Akhe! I didn’t mean to bring you so much trouble! I should have been more relentless to that guy!” “Erm, you already brought me trouble for doing unnecessary things. It’s best for you to just leave Bastet and Anubis to deal with him.” Finlay didn’t stop Gendry from hugging his leg and begging like a worm. “You work closely with their group, right? Just help them out and don’t do strange things.” “Really? You’re not angry at me?” Gendry looked up and wore an ugly begging face. It’s just that Finlay didn’t shake his head. Finlay only sighed. “To be honest, he got what he deserved. It’s just that he’s
“Hepu, why didn’t you tell them I asked you to come?” Delta chuckled, and Hepu didn’t even look at her. However, he did answer with a voice filled with excitement, “Boss, am I really allowed to make use of all of those? They look complicated, so I just want to watch first before entering.” “Hepu, huh? Who is he?” Wolfram only glanced at the man before leading Delta to the entrance of the laboratory. “Why did you ask him to come?” Delta reached out to tap on the man’s shoulder as they walked by. “He just looked unreliable, but he’s my assistant in my run-down lab. “Since I’m going to be working on something here, I just thought I wanted to share the experience. After all, he’s the custodian.” She giggled. “Upgrading our lab is his job, not mine.” The man stopped
There was only a nod that came after. David looked like he was only hiding his distraught self. After all, his wife died more than two decades ago. Today, the supposed unknown killer resurfaced again. He even seemed to intervene in this case the Red Core was investigating. “…Mr. Colton senior, how much do you know about your wife?” The detective, who was supposed to shut up, struck when his former mentor was the least expecting him to talk. Romeo glared at the stupid man, but David only frowned at him. David responded, “Why are you asking me that question right now?” Brian didn’t even feel a bit scared. “Theodore Bailey didn’t have a good track record. He had been doing underhanded tricks against all his competitors until lately. His name came up as a mastermind to an arson case against one of Finlay Baker’s mark
The wife only nodded. She then kept to herself for a few seconds, but she ended up leaving her seat and looking for Wolfram again. There was something about this case that felt so wrong. It even felt like the worst was yet to come. However, she stopped by the door and smiled in Brian’s direction. “Please don’t take it against him, Sekh. I’ll get someone to treat your wound.” “Nah, go and attend to him.” Brian only dabbed at his bleeding cheek. “Sobek already warned me that Nuub has this very scary side to him. Guess I just had to run my mouth and found out the hard way. Geez, crazy—you and your family are crazy.” “Don’t say that to Zenon. He will throw you in jail.” Delta only laughed and ran off. … Delta didn’t find Wol