Sean turned off the recording and said, "Right now, the situation is that no Cranston has exposed themselves. Either the culprit was calm, smart, and even capable of predicting our every move to stay calm, or…"
Pausing, he held Cordy's gaze and said, "Or, all our theories before were wrong. The culprit is not a Cranston."
Cordy's eyes narrowed, but she had to admit that she was thinking that they had been suspecting the wrong people from the start.
"So? Which do you think it is?" Sean asked.
Cordy shook his head, unable to offer Sean a solid opinion.
Sean did not press her either.
The car drove on quietly, until the chauffeur suddenly jammed his foot on the brakes!
Everyone in the car—Sean, Cordy, 'Jesse', and Richard were all caught by surprise.
"What's going on?!" Sean promptly asked.
"There's this bike that came from the opposite direction," the chauffeur quickly replied. "We almost crashed—"
"Eyes front!" Sean barked at him suddenly, and the chauffeur saw it too—a car bounded toward them from the opposite direction... almost as if it was deliberately driving straight at them!
Nonetheless, the chauffeur reacted right then and floored the gas pedal before abruptly pivoting the car into an 180-degree spin, missing the oncoming car by inches!
The man was a professional racing driver—Sean had hired the chauffeur specifically because he was expecting trouble, and the chauffeur certainly remained composed enough in the face of danger.
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