Before Sophie could even say "male masseur," she caught the look on Colby''s face and immediately thought of Odie.


    "Odie! Thornton!"


    At that same moment- "Achoo-!"


    Odie jolted up from the couch with a sneeze just as Jonah walked in with a cup of ginger tea. Seeing Odie''s grumpy expression, Jonah asked, "Boss, do you think you should see a doctor? You look like you''ve got a fever." "See a doctor for a fever? Seriously?"


    Odie leaned back on the couch, clearly impatient. "Just leave the tea and scram. I need some shut-eye."


    "Sure thing, boss."


    Jonah ced the ginger tea on the table.


    Just then, Odie''s phone went off.


    Irritated, Odie answered, "Yeah?"


    "Odie, are you doing this on purpose?"


    "What? You''re not enjoying it? It''s our hottest service right now."


    Odie lounged back on the couch, adding, "If that''s it, I''m hanging up. Stop bugging me."


    With that, he ended the call.


    But almost immediately, the phone rang again.


    Odie picked it up with a sigh, "Hello! I told you, don''t bother me unless it''s important!"


    "Mr. Odie, long time no see."


    The voice on the other end was deep and slightly eerie.


    Odie''s eyes widened, and a chill ran down his spine.


    How could this be...


    Joseph was supposed to be dead.


    Odie pulled the phone away slightly, noticing it was an unknown number.


    Then the voice spoke again: "See the ck sedan downstairs? Come down in ten minutes, and we''ll talk face-to-face." With that, the call ended with a cold, mechanical click.


    Odie shot up from the couch.


    That voice... no, it was a voice changer!


    Someone was using Joseph''s voice changer!


    Joseph was dead, that was a solid fact.


    Sensing something was off, Odie quickly tried to call Sophie, but a text from the unknown number had already arrived.


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    Right after, a photo came through.


    It showed Sophie and Colby leaving the Victoria Cosmetic Surgery Clinic, snapped from a sniper''s angle.


    A shiver ran through Odie''s bones.


    Who could it be?


    Later that afternoon, Sophie''s phone wouldn''t stop ringing.


    She answered it in her bedroom and


    heard


    son''s anxious voice, "Ms


    Please open the door, fm


    Wo


    outside your house."


    "What happened?"


    Sophie immediately sensed something was wrong from his tone.


    "The boss... he''s missing."


    "Missing?"


    Sophie got up quickly, turning to Colby. "Colby, can you get the door?" "Sure."


    Sophie dressed hurriedly and headed downstairs.


    There, Jonah stood at the door, visibly worried. "He''s gone. He was here when I brought the ginger tea, but when I came back to collect the dishes, he''d vanished!"


    "Could he have gone out without telling you?"


    "No way. He was sick and said he was going to sleep. How could he suddenly leave? Besides, I always with him when he steps out. He wouldn''t leave alone. And in


    Devonport, he''s unfamiliar with the


    ce, especially with a fever. Where could he have gone?"