Chapter 13
Another mission failure.
The police seemed to have known all the routes in advance, ambushing at the dock, and almost wiping out all of Howard’s
Howard stood in the warehouse, with the bodies of his brothers lying at his feet, their blood soaking through his shoes. He stared at the mess on the floor, his eyes dark and menacing
There was a mole in the organization.
Victoria has been gone for a long time, but the intelligence still leaked. He remembered Beatrice’s various suspicious behaviors, she always “accidentally” Internped him when he was discussing serious matters, she always loved to go through his files, and even got “last” several times in places she shouldn’t have been..
When Howard returned to the villa, Beatrice was sitting on
ing on the sofa, holdi
sofa, holding a stuffed toy in her arms. When she saw him come in, she immediately
flashed a sweet smile.
“Howard, you’re back!”
He stared at her, his gaze icy,
Beatrice seemed to notice that his mood was off, and she timidly shrunk her neck.
Howard unhappy?”
Howard didn’t say anything, he just walled up to her and looked down at her from a high vantage point.
She looked so innocent and naive, but every time before the mission failed, she would intentionally or unintentionally appear by his side, esking this and
that
“Beatrice.”
He slowly squatted down, his voice gentle to the point of being almost dangerous.
“Have you recently had any contact with strangers?”
Beatrice shook her head in confusion.
“No, there isn’t.”
Η
Howard stared into her eyes, trying to find a flaw, but her eyes were clear and transparent, revealing no trace of disguise.
Did he really overthink it?
Just than, Beatrice suddenly covered her mouth, her face pale as she rushed into the bathroom, the sound of dry heaving coming from inside.
Howard frowned and followed along
“What’s wrong?”
Beatrice was leaning on the sink, her eyes red
red and watery, looking pitiful.
pitiful. She whispered, “I, Thave been feeling nauseous lately.
Howard’s pupils suddenly contracted.
The doctor confirmed this.
She was pregnant.
Beatrice was one month pregnant, counting the time, it was the night he got drunk
Howard stood in the corridor, the cigarette burning down to his fingertips, not even feeling the heat on h
his
askin
He should have doubted her, but at this particular moment, she investigation, sending someone to protect her.
pregnant, so he closed his eyes and ultimately chose to temporarily suspend the
Victoria had been missin
for a whole month.
Howard sat in the control room, watching the screens in front of him play back footage from various corners on a b deps dinost without strep, his eyes bloodshot and the ashtray on his fingertips filled with cigarette butts,
a loop. He had been
watching for three
She couldn’t have disappeared into thin dr.
The villa was equipped with surveillance both inside and outside, with guards stationed at all exits. “Even if she had wings, she would
Goodsh
Unfortmately, she just disappeared, leaving no trace behind,
Howard’s fingers hit the pause burton heavily, freezing the screen on a late night, the fifth day before Victoria disappeared, when he was still away on a business trip unaware of what was happening within the organization.
The surveillance footage showed that Wade left the villa alone in his car, without reporting or leaving any records.
Howard’s eyes suddenly turned cold,
He pulled up all the relevant videos and found that Wade’s car had been parked near the seaside on the outskirts of the city for nearly two hours that night before returning. What’s even more bizarre is that there was no record of Wade going out in the duty log for that day.
Wade was lying
In the meeting room, the air was so still that it was almost suffocating
Howard sat at the head of the table, tapping his fingertips lightly on the surface, the sound neither loud nor soft, but hitting on everyone’s nerves like “tick, tick, tick“.
Wade and another henchman knelt on the ground, their foreheads pressed against the cold floor, their backs already soaked with cold sweat. “I’ll ask one last time.”
Howard’s voice was very calm, calm to the point of being terrifying
“Did you guys know where Victoria went?
Wade’s Adam’s apple bobbed, his voice trembling
“Mr. Irwin, I really just went to buy supplies. The warehouse was out of stock that day, and I needed them urgently, so I didn’t have time to report it…” Howard d slowly stood up and walked over to Wade. He squatted down and grabbed his chin, forcing him to look u
“Wade,” Howard stared into his eyes, with even a bit of a smile at the corner of
“How many years have you been following me?”
“Eight years.”
Howard nodded and his fingers tightened little by little,
“Eight years, you should know better than anyone that I hate being lied to.”
Wade’s pupels suddenly contracted.
of his mouth.
Howard let go of his hand and slowly took out a cell phone from his pocket, throwing it in front of him.
up
On the screen, there was a clear call log. Wade had received a call from an unknown number the day before Victoria disappeared. “Can you e
explain?”
Howard’s voice was as cold as ice, and Wade’s face instantly turned pale,
“Mr. Irwin, L.”
“Bang!”
Howard kicked Wade in the chest, sending him flying and crashing into the wall, coughing up a mouthful of blood
“Drag it over.”
Two henchmen imenediately dregged W
Wade back and forced him to kneel on the ground
Howard drew a dagger from his waist, the tip of the knife against Wade’s throat, gently sliding down, leaving a trail of blood
“My parience is limited.”
stared at Wado’s eyes intently.
Where was Victoria in the last chance?”
Wade trembled all over and finally broke down in tears.
“Me, Inwird! I, I didn’t mean to When I was still in the dungeon being punished in Victoria, someone came to me and said it was an order from you, Mr.
GoodShort
Lovt was never part of the at
Irwin, to have Victoria executed.”
“At that time, so many brothers died, I was also in a rage, completely forgetting whether this order was true or not, I just…”
“But I didn’t expect the mole might not actually be Victoria. I’m really screwed!”
