Charlie said in a low voice, “If I go directly, she’ll just get scared again.”
“…Scared of what?”
“You wouldn’t understand.”
Rex really didn’t understand.
One of them driving around in the middle of the night instead of sleeping, the other following behind, also not sleeping, and still trying not to get caught… What was this, some kind of hide-and-seek game?
Charlie stared at the distant car for a long time, then pulled out his phone and looked at the locations she had circled around. He noticed they were all near pharmacies.
Suddenly, it clicked.
He opened his contacts and made a call.
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Candice had been slumped over the steering wheel, so drowsy she nearly fell asleep.
Coming to her senses a bit, she finally drove back to the apartment.
As she got out and walked toward the ent
