Hearing this, Colby hurried to exin, "That was because..."


    "And you pointed a gun at me! Do you want to kill me?"


    "How could I ever think of killing you? Jonah''s reflexes are top-notch. He wouldn''t let you die."


    "So you''re just going to leave my life in a stranger''s hands? What if he didn''t react in time?"


    "Jonah would''ve dodged. I aimed a bit higher, just enough that it wouldn''t hurt you even if he failed to dodge it."


    Colby exined patiently, and Sophie felt a sourness at the tip of her nose. She threw herself into Colby''s arms, pouring out all the grievances she had umted over the past few days.


    "Do you know Odie is a heartless devil! He''s a monster!"


    As Sophie sobbed uncontrobly in Colby''s arms, Adler discreetly gestured to the others in the room, signaling them to be quiet and tread lightly. Then, the group quietly slipped out of the room, and Adler made sure to gently close the door behind them.


    "I know, I know everything. Don''t be afraid, I''m here."


    Colby gently stroked Sophie''s back, and gradually, under hisforting embrace, Sophie''s emotions began to stabilize. She looked up at Colby and asked, "Do you know Odie?"


    "Yes," Colby said, "We used to be... like brothers."


    Sophie fell silent before saying, "Odie thought I was in touch with James this afternoon, so he prepared a sedative for me. He wanted to use me to threaten James or to negotiate with James through me. But he didn''t know about you and me, so he made a mistake."


    "Only by showing him that you''re not important to me would he leave you behind and flee Duskhaven. After all, carrying a woman drugged with a sedative isn''t conducive to his escape."


    Sophie frowned, asking, "Did he really not have any other ns?"


    Odie seemed so confident that he had everything under control. Anyone would think Odie had other people set up in the hotel.


    Colby said, "Odie always likes ying mind games, but his tricks don''t work on me.”Content rights by N?velDr//ama.Org.


    Sophie fell silent. That meant Odie didn''t have people in the hotel!


    "No wonder Odie only had Jonah acting behind the scenes without making any overt moves, even knowing that Ricardo intentionally left him and me in Duskhaven. It was because he didn''t have enough manpower topete with Ricardo''s influence in Duskhaven!"


    "That''s right. Even Odie can''t be powerful wherever he goes."


    Sophie suddenly understood why Odie risked going to Duskhaven instead of staying in Devonport.


    James was in Devonport, and


    although Ricardo was in Duskhaven, the two families were in a partnership, and Ricardo wouldn''t want to strain their rtionship too much. Only by going to Duskhaven could Odie find a better chance to return to Summerfield.


    "He went through so much trouble toe to Devonport. He doesn''t he know it''s easy toe but hard to leave?"


    Colby was silent for a moment, then


    said, "What he wanted was in


    Devonport. He must have gottene


    it,


    which is why he''s trying to find a way back to Summerfield S


    "Got it? Impossible. I locked away the ledger we found. Could he have been looking for something else?"


    Colby shook his head. It was too early to say.


    Just then, Colby''s gaze fell on Sophie''s thigh, where he saw a deep purple bruise.