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Chapter 20 - The Countless Pieces of Soul

To do something menacing..." Eleanor mumbled to herself.

Time passed, and the dawn broke.

Eleanor wakes up on the table, she fell asleep while thinking.

Janella was cooking, "Good morning, Eleanor." Janella wishes.

Eleanor just nods in response.

"The handler called us for a meeting at 11:13 PM." Eleanor said after a short silence.

"Us?" Janella chops the last piece of carrot.

"So... are you done with your mission?"

Eleanor nods in response to Janella's question.

"The police were chasing you and now—"

Eleanor interrupts, "Now I'm detective Eleanor Williams for them who lives in her friends house. Handler was right. They have my name. Not my face. But why are you bringing this up out of nowhere?"

Janella started making an omelet, "Just came into my mind..."

"Some mistakes destroy many things... loke dropping a pendant or your loyalty." Eleanor says while eating a maccaroni.

The room turns colder, Janella freezes, "Eleanor..."

"Hm?"

"Nothing..."

Time passed, and Eleanor went to the office, Leo was finding the files that Eleanor had already erased...

Leo looks up and sees Eleanor. He freezes, his eyes soften before they get professional, and he takes his belongings.

"This may be the first time in my life that I'm resigning from a case.."

Eleanor's eyes widen. "Why?" She asks.

Leo stood up, "Why? Because I think this is not the job I fit in. You're a good partner, Miss Williams." He leaves the room, leaving Eleanor alone...

Meanwhile, Leo gets in the car and takes a deep breath before saying, "I have to do something." He looks at his trembling hands.

KNOCK KNOCK.

Someone knocked on his window. It's Sebastian.

"So... you're actually leaving this case..." Sebastian asked.

Leo just nods in response.

"Why are you leaving Eleanor alone... We have a lot to do... we need to find Janella and—"

"Eleanor is in constant danger because of me. She's my mirror who reflects the truth." Leo interrupts.

After a little long silence, he says, "All I can say is... Dantes will call you. If my theory is right, then we'll get Stacey back."

And Sebastian looks confused, "Get back?" But Leo drives away without any explanation.

Sebastian stood there in confusion.

Meanwhile, Theodore calls Janella when Janella was sitting alone, rethinking her whole life, and orders, "Meet me at Mom's place at 11."

"Theo, you can't order me around. I have a mission to do and I have to meet someone at 11:13."

There was silence on the other end.

"Am I not important to you?"

Janella pasued before speaking, "What kind of question is this? I've done more than enough for you—"

"This makes no sense." Theodore replies, "I'll kill Stacey here. You just have to kill Sebastian. Then we'll get—"

"Isn't it a bit too much?" Janella interrupts, "I always tried to give you everything Theo, I've betrayed my friend... my boss... and my—"

"So you're having a character development? Too strange. This is bullshit." Theodore interrupts.

"No, Theo, this is not bullshit. Your ego is your whole problem. I've given you almost everything you asked for and I followed you like a blind woman because of some 7 years of poverty. You know what, never talk to me again." Janella hangs up the call and throws the phone away.

Meanwhile, Theodore met that same cold shoulder that Alina once gave him. And Megan now cares only about the money...

He clenched his fists... and then he takes his car keys and went to Wedunus district. He was right, Megan was counting money, she didn't even notice her son. He opens a secret door and saw Stacey tied up with chains, her eyes blindfold and she's unconscious. He remembers the moment when he was holding Stacey...

"Will Sebastian be killed?" Megan entered.

"Jane and I broke up." Theodore responses.

"But why?"

"She suddenly remembered her dignity."

"And the Heirloom."

"I DON'T KNOW." Theodore bursts out. And leaves the house.

Meanwhile, Sebastian received a call from Dantes—

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