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Author: Katherine Scarlett
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Robin held his breath, as he informed his people about it. He observed the woman in front of him very much clearly.

“If she gets out of my eyes, then I might lose the chance of helping Lucy forever.”

“I have to prove myself useful.”

The woman goes inside, but kept the door behind her locked.

She was inside for a couple of minutes. Robin became puzzled, and takes a step forward after looking here and there.

“Strange, even though this is their hideout, why’s there no one guarding the place except this woman? Did he had no more people to work for him or what?”.

He observed from a distance, but the curiosity of coming closer to the door was too much to resist.

He looked sideways again, and goes to stand next to the door. He peeked inside through the keyhole to see the woman standing next to a big amount of boxes.

She was opening one, where desserts were lying inside.

“That’s…..”.

“The desserts Lucy was telling about.”

“Then, this is the room!”.

“I need to tell others!”.

He sends his locat
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