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    With nothing left to say, Holley turned and left.


    The moment she stepped outside Belinda’s ce, she pulled out her phone and dialed Lamont.


    She needed answers. Why had he betrayed their agreement? Why had he gone to Belinda before the time they had agreed on?


    But the call didn’t go through. His phone was off.


    Holley furrowed her brows. She immediately dialed Baker.


    “What’s going on?” Baker asked as soon as he answered the call.


    “It’s over,” Holley replied, her voice shaking. “Lamont told Belinda everything!”


    “What?” Baker’s voice shot up in rm.


    “Belinda knows everything now. I just left her ce. She wouldn’t believe the exnations I gave her. She told me we’re done. That from now on, there’s nothing between us. And my mother…” Holley paused for a moment, struggling to keep it together. “She cut ties with me.” She drew a shaky breath. “And she meant it. I could feel it. It wasn’t just anger talking; it was real. What should we do now?”


    Baker was silent, frustration etched into every line of his face.


    “Damn it! How the hell did this happen?” he muttered. “What about Lamont? Have you tried reaching him?”


    “I did. His phone’s off,” Holley replied.


    Baker fell silent.


    After a while, he finally spoke again, his voice low and grave. “Then it’s clear. Lamont has already been taken by Mr. rk’s people.” He exhaled slowly, dread thick in his voice. “And…”


    “What else?” Holley asked urgently.


    “I’ve thought this through,” Baker said, his tone sharp and analytical. “I’m sure Lamont didn’t act on his own.” He paused, eyes narrowing.


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    He continued, “The deadline he set hasn’t even arrived; he had no reason to go to Belinda this soon. And even if it had passed, the first thing Lamont would’ve done ise to you, threaten you again, maybe push for leverage. He’d definitely have waited at least another day before going to Belinda. More importantly, I don’t believe for a second that Lamont would willingly drag himself into a war with us. He’s greedy, not suicidal. There’s nothing for him to gain from that kind of reckless move.”


    He exhaled sharply. “This means… someone else is pulling the strings. I suspect Lucas, or maybe even Johnson, discovered something and had Lamont apprehended and interrogated.”


    Holley frowned, processing his logic. After a few seconds, she nodded slowly. “That does sound usible. And now that Belinda knows the truth, there’s no undoing it.”


    Baker’s jaw tightened. “What worries me now is Lucas turning his full attention on us.”


    “That’s pretty much inevitable,” Holley said, her voiceced with anxiety. “We just don’t know how he’ll retaliate.”


    She added with a trembling breath, “All I can hope is that he still remembers we’re Belinda’s biological parents. Maybe that will hold him back a little.”


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