Chapter 323
The girl thanked him politely, and Rickard sat back down without giving her a second thought.
Myriade’s fingers touched a lollipop in her pocket as she looked out the window of the plane. Although Riley was no one exceptional or remarkable, at the very least, he was not stingy when it came to gifts. She still had a bag full of candy from him. If she ate one a day, it could probably last her till the day she returned to the organization.
“You seem nervous.”
Rickard turned around and realized the girl was staring straight at him. There was no emotion in those deadpan eyes, unlike the eyes of a typical child.
The plane had already taken off. Myriade took out a lollipop from her pocket and handed it to Rickard. “We’ll be arriving in Genecity soon. Worrying ain’t gonna make the journey any shorter, you know.”
Rickard took the lollipop from the girl’s hand-the kind of cheap fruit-flavored lollipop that cost but a dime. It might have been enough to coax a child, but the girl was staring longingly at the lollipop in his hand as though she was almost reluctant to part with it.
“What would you know?”
Although, the teenage girl portrayed a calm composure unbefitting of her age, which did take Rickard by surprise at first. Then he figured she must be a kid from “Daybreak”.
There were many children just like her that Daybreak had taken in.
Myriade wanted to tell him that she knew everything, but her running away meant she had gone against Big T-the very person who saved her life. Even if she knew that what that man was doing was wrong, she could never betray him.
“I know who took Hesper. She’s in danger now because of that psycho… He hates Hesper with his guts.”
Myriade took out a laptop from her schoolbag, and Rickard realized it was not of a make he recognized. It looked like she had assembled the device herself.
“But you don’t have to worry too much,” Myriade said. “Before getting on the plane, I sent the real- time location of that psycho to Renfrew. Although this may sound ridiculous to adults, I believe that Renfrew is now the only one who can trace the system.”
Hearing Renfrew’s name, Rickard frowned. “Who are you?”
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