"So what happened?" the man asked.
The waitress quickly ran over through everything that happened and the man frowned, "How did you hear them talking?"
"I put this on Becky's shirt," the waitress said as she pulled out a tiny black thing about the size of half a fingernail from her pocket. The man recognized it at once - it was a micro-recorder and listener and was designed to be undetectable.
"So, that means Molly isn't useful to us," the man frowned again and murmured, "I just heard news that Addison was sent abroad for treatment and now we find that Molly is of no use after all? So what's the plan? Do we stop now or what?"
The waitress didn't agree, so she said, "Young Master, I think we can still try whether or not Brian loves Molly," she explained further when she saw the man shaking his head, "Anyway, as long as it doesn't affect the overall plan, we shouldn't have a problem. If Brian's just pretending that he loves Molly then it would just be a waste of energy at most but what if he really does love Molly?"
"But this is a crucial time," the man said, "I think we'd just better report it to my father."
The waitress just shrugged, "I'm going back."
The man nodded and watched as the waitress walk back all the way to the back door. Then he threw out his cigarette and put it out with his foot and left. As he walked, he lowered his head slightly thinking about the past few days. Earlier at the QY Island, everyone had been suspicious of how much Brian cared for Molly. A person like Brian would never show anything like that in public. But if it really was just a game like what he heard at the hospital that morning then it would make a lot more sense. Of course, there was also the possibility that it was all just for pretense.
The man's phone rang just as he stepped out of the alley. He got inside the car just near the road, took out his phone, and waved for the driver to go then answered the call. "Send someone to keep an eye on Molly," he said. He hung up the phone and looked ahead towards the road. "Forrest, make sure Brian's men doesn't find out that we're watching Molly," he said.
The driver nodded and asked, "Young Master, why don't we just, you know, arrest Molly outright? Isn't that easier?"
"My father has other plans for her," the man said blankly, closed his eyes, and decided to take a quick nap. Forrest then didn't bother to say anymore and just drove silently and carefully so that his young master can have a more comfortable sleep.
Back at the villa, Molly didn't know what to do. This was her third time to get back and each time, she felt differently.
"Mol, I can get you out of here," Spark said as he stared out at the villa, and he sounded hurt.
Molly looked ahead, shook her head, and said, "Spark, you know, I can't and I won't leave,"
"But why? You obviously don't want to be here either!" Spark said through clenched teeth.
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