Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

"But..." Martin looked troubled.

"Why can't you open it? I'm going to get inside one way or another, so if you're not going to open the gate, be ready to pack your things." Santiago's voice was harsh, and Martin knew he couldn't change his mind. So, he opened the gate and let Santiago enter.

As soon as Santiago walked in, he saw Howard sitting at a stone table.

"What's going on? What brings you here, Mister Santiago?" Howard picked up his teacup and took a sip, unbothered by the sudden intrusion. He gestured to a bench beside him. "Come, have stea with me." "I'm not here to drink tea," Santiago snapped. "Where are you hiding Saule and the others?" "The others?" Howard put his tea down and pretended to be surprised. "You shouldn't say things like that about me. Nobody has chere." "I'll know if you're lying once I look around." Santiago was clearly not in the mood for niceties and gestured for his men to start searching.

After a quick look, his men found nothing.

Santiago frowned. Had he made a mistake? But he had seen Pearl enter through a hidden passage that led here. Why didn't they find anything? "See? I told you, Mister Santiago. No one is here." Howard shrugged, looking genuinely unconcerned. Santiago felt uncomfortable because he couldn't find anything. "I need to do another search!" When Martin saw the search turned up nothing, he felt more confident. "You can't just keep saying that, Mister Santiago. I let you search, and you found nothing. Why waste our time?" If Santiago kept searching, he was just trying to incriminate them.

Santiago felt stuck.

"Look, it's late. Do you want to rest here or go home?" Martin asked politely, trying not to upset him. Santiago just glared and walked away. This is property © NôvelDrama.Org.

Martin let out a sigh of relief.

The moment Santiago left, Howard's expression changed from kind to angry. "You couldn't handle that?" "I don't W why they suddenly him cin, Dad. If I , he'd find a wa our family. I had no choice!" S W Howard took a sip of his tea. "We're suspects now, but he didn't find anything. I doubt he'll be back soon." "Did you really take Saule and Pearl?" Martin usually managed their affairs and didn't talk much with Howard.

He suddenly had a feeling that Howard was doing something behind his back. "This is none of your business. Just warnthe next the comes."