In the afternoon, Caleb showed up at the office for a meeting with Adam. The two discussed in private in the meeting room for a long time. I couldn’t help but suspect that they were talking about something related to my investigation, so I looked for an excuse to enter the meeting room.
“Mr. Cooper, Mr. Wright, I’ve brought you some coffee.”
To buy some time, I moved as slowly as possible and took my time pouring their coffee. Of course, I was hoping to eavesdrop on their conversation.
Unfortunately, Adam was very impatient. Before long, he turned to me and snapped, “If you have nothing else to do, pick up Luca, my son, from school.”
Although I was extremely reluctant, there was nothing I could do but nod obediently. “Of course.”
However, as soon as I turned around, I heard Caleb suddenly say, “We should call it a day. Let’s talk about the rest some other time. There’s something else on my plate right now, so I must take my leave.” For some reason, I had a bad feeling about this.
Sure enough, the next moment, he stood up and followed me out.
“Debra, wait.” He stopped in front of me, blocking my way. “Carlos will pick up Adam’s son. I need you to go somewhere with me.”
Debra’s POV:
“I don’t want to bother you with such a trifle. Don’t worry. I can pick Luca up myself.”
𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.𝘤𝘰𝘮
I refused Caleb decisively and then bypassed him. I took a detour to the parking lot, hoping to avoid him.
Unexpectedly, I found that one of the tires was flat.
And Caleb was standing in front of my car, looking at me calmly.
“Did you do this?” I demanded indignantly.
“What do you think of me? I’m not that immature.” Despite his protests, Caleb smiled cheekily. It was as though he enjoyed seeing me mad.
“I don’t believe you.”
“There’s nothing I can do if you don’t believe me,” he said with a nonchalant shrug. “How are you going to pick up Luca without a car? I guess you’ll have to come with me.”
I kicked the flattened tire in frustration and then looked at his bright smile. There was nothing I could do but compromise. “We’re going to the kindergarten together to pick up Luca. I need to get him home safely first. We’ll discuss other things after.”
The reason why I said this was that I didn’t trust Carlos.
“Okay, no problem,” Caleb agreed readily.
I got in his car and fastened my seat belt. As the car roared to life, I unlocked my phone and tapped on the Location Adam had sent me.
Huh?
