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Chapter 296

Author: Cloudy Max
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-24 21:13:42

Chris' POV

I felt shocked when I learned the information provided by Ezrah, the expert informant; I was the feeling I had felt all day while watching Nicole that day, and it had finally been proven.

I exhaled, looking at the few sheets of paper scattered on the table, before looking at her again. "Is the information I asked you to find really like this? Not a hoax or just a rumor?"

"That's right, sir. I can't possibly give unsubstantiated information." He replied. "The information collected and handed over to you is what really happened."

I stared at some clearly visible sheets of paper, most of which were written. Still, there were also blurry photographs that were enlarged several times and appeared dark due to poor lighting.

He really was an expert. I now knew that Nicole had been kidnapped by one of the Armstrong Family's underlings when she was a newborn, as well as when the young baby had been taken by the Martinez Family after the kidnapping failed.

All this time, I thought tha
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