Chapter 1845 My Goal
“Sure.” Gregory didn’t say much. He simply nodded and got to work. Once the app was installed, Nathaniel knocked on the room door.
Knock! Knock!
“What is it?” I snapped at the door.
“It’s time to send Gregory back. John isn’t uncomfortable with him spending such a long time with us,” Nathaniel explained plainly. Much to my surprise, he wasn’t angry at all.
On the surface, John and I were still at odds with each other. Hence, it made sense for him to show such concerns.
The second reason was that he knew I had summoned Gregory to act as a messenger.
After giving it some thought, I replied, “I understand. I’ll get him changed right away. You can wait downstairs.”
Soon, I heard the footsteps outside the door gradually soften until silence returned.
While helping Gregory change, I spoke to him in a voice only audible to both of us. “Sweetheart, if you have the opportunity to contact Daddy, tell him to stir up the situation further. Do you understand?”
When Gregory stared at me with his eyes widened, I wasn’t sure if he got it entirely. Nevertheless, he reassured me, “Mommy, trust me, I won’t let you down.”
When I saw how sensible Gregory was, it filled my heart with a sense of security, probably due to my maternal instinct. Suddenly, everything that I had suffered didn’t seem to matter much anymore.
Suppressing the reluctance in me, I hugged Gregory again before leading him downstairs.
Despite having waited for a long time, Nathaniel remained calm as he gestured for Gregory to go over. “I’ll send you home.”
Gregory glanced at me and then at Nathaniel before walking out the door.
With his hand awkwardly stuck in mid-air, Nathaniel was caught off-guard. In spite of that, he retracted it in silence.
In truth, children usually had good intuition. Despite not being unaware of the situation, they could differentiate who to approach and to avoid.
Obviously, I didn’t say anything about it to Gregory. After all, he still had to spend half an hour alone in the car with Nathaniel.
After sending him off, I returned to my room.
Using the one hour that Nathaniel was away, I tried sending a message to the number on the note from earlier.
Me: Mr. Zimmerman? This is Scarlett.
Benson: Go ahead.
The response was short and immediate, characteristic of the military where information was all that mattered.
Me: I’m going to find a way to get closer to the core of the criminal organization. Hence, I hope you can continue to track my location all the way. Is that achievable?
Benson: It’s doable, but it’s too dangerous to approach them. Therefore, I would advise you against it for now.
Me: I will ensure my own safety. Before that, please coordinate with Ashton to rattle Nathaniel’s cage.
Since Gregory was just a child, I couldn’t rely on him entirely. As Ashton and Benson had worked together to rescue me from Freja, I was confident that both of them had a way to contact each other. Hence, it was more reliable for Benson to pass the message.
Benson: Don’t worry.
After receiving his confirmation, I deleted the chat records.
Meanwhile, Ashton had moved faster than I thought. The next afternoon, Nathaniel’s subordinates brought him bad news.
“Mr. Hall, Desmond and Theodore have been arrested while the villa has been sealed by the police.”
With both men from the inner circle apprehended, it was clear that the authorities had set their sight on the organization. It was not just a problem for low-level subordinates, even the leaders were in danger.
However, Garrett was overseas and consequently out of reach of the Chanaean police. Therefore, as the second-in-command of the organization, Nathaniel naturally became everyone’s target.
Once the subordinate completed his report, he turned to me with a murderous gaze.
I obviously knew what was going through his mind. It wasn’t a coincidence that all this happened right after Nathaniel brought me to the villa and allowed me the freedom to communicate.
Unfortunately for them, my goal wasn’t just the villa. His suspicions were spot on, but it was a shame they came too early.
