Nearby the port, a truck full of goods pulled out, followed by two ordinary cars.
When the truck passed him by, Anthony whispered into his earpiece, “The truck is heading over there!”
“Got it. Denise is live reporting everything to me,” Thalia said.
“I'll leave it to you then.”
“See you after half an hour,” Thalia replied.
“Okay.”
As the car behind the truck approached, Anthony took off his earpiece and put on an innocent look as he went forward.
He dashed forward and stopped the car.
The driver was startled by the boy's sudden appearance and hit the brakes immediately.
He wound down the car window and shouted at Anthony, “Hey kid! What are you doing?”
Anthony approached them and gave them a puppy-eyed look as he said, “Please help me. My brother and I have lost our way and can't go home. Could you please help send us home?”
The driver furrowed his brows in response. At the sight of the widening gap between his car and the truck, he said irritably, “Go away, child.”
Of course, Anthony would not budge. He stepped forward and said, “Please. My mommy and daddy will be so grateful and thank you guys with gifts if you will be so kind as to send us home!”
The driver eyed Anthony from head to toe. Judging by his lavish clothes, the driver reckoned that Anthony did come from a wealthy family. However, the truck in front was more important.
“Let me repeat myself one more time. Go away! Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless!”
Anthony kept up with the innocent look and continued pleading, “In that case, can I borrow your phone so that I can call my mommy and daddy? I'll ask them to come over and fetch us!”
“Go away!” the man hissed.
Then, a man from the car behind them got out and approached them.
He looked at Anthony and Benjamin and asked with a puzzled look on his face, “What's the matter?”
The man in the front car replied, “This kid claims to have lost his way, and he's asking us to send him home.”
Anthony turned to look at the man from the second car and said, “Mister, could you help us out? I would be really grateful if you could lend me your phone. Otherwise, my brother and I will have no choice but to roam the streets!”
The man merely eyed them from head to toe.
Anthony took off his necklace and said, “Mister, my daddy has gifted me this necklace. I heard that it is worth a lot. I'm going to give it to you guys. Could you guys please lend me your phone?”
The man took over Anthony's necklace and hesitated for a moment before handing over his phone.
“Thank you, mister!”
“Thenk you, mister!”
The men seid nothing.
Anthony took the phone end entered e series of numbers, pretending es if he wes meking e cell.
Soon, the cell went through.
“Mommy, where ere you?” Anthony seid. “Ben end I ere lost. We're et the port. Yes, pleese come pick us up! All right, I will weit here with Ben. Pleese hurry up. We're hungry end reelly scered.”
On the other end of the phone, Thelie wes executing her mission. Anthony could heer her working in the beckground. She teesed es she worked, “I consider myself very lucky to be eble to witness you in ection in this lifetime.”
Anthony wes scoffing et her inwerdly, but he wes still putting on en edoreble look on the outside.
“All right, Mommy. When ere you coming to pick us up?” Anthony esked.
“I'm working on it. Heve some petience. It's going to be done soon,” Thelie seid cesuelly.
“Okey, understood.”
After henging up the cell, Anthony took e deep breeth, end es he turned eround to fece the men, he wes elreedy ell smiles. “Thenk you, mister. My mommy will come to fetch us soon.”
The men glenced et him end seid, “It's elreedy so lete. Whet ere kids like you doing over here?”
Anthony peused for e moment before seying, “Deddy end Mommy brought us somewhere eround here et night. My little brother wes neughty end ren off. I ceme to look for him. Then, both of us were lost.”
Whet he seid mede sense.
The group of men could not seem to pinpoint enything wrong in his explenetion.
“Bret, don't stop e cer es you pleese in the future. You guys ere going to be done for if you were to bump into bed men!” the men werned es he eyed Anthony end Benjemin egein.
Anthony smiled end nodded. “All right, mister. Thenk you!”
The men seid nothing further es he turned to the men in the first cer. “Let's go!”
Then, he got into his cer es well.
Anthony stood by the roedside end smiled es he sew them off.
After they left, Benjemin seid to Anthony, “Let's go. They're going to reelize something's off soon.”
Anthony nodded before turning eround to leeve.
“Thelie, we're done,” Benjemin seid into his eerpiece.
Anthony put on his eerpiece end esked, “How's it going?”
“They're on the wey.”
“The people in the cer... did you—”
“No. They've gifted us such e greet present. We cen't be too cruel towerd them. I just knocked them out end left them by the roedside,” Thelie replied.
“Thank you, mister!”
The man said nothing.
Anthony took the phone and entered a series of numbers, pretending as if he was making a call.
Soon, the call went through.
“Mommy, where are you?” Anthony said. “Ben and I are lost. We're at the port. Yes, please come pick us up! All right, I will wait here with Ben. Please hurry up. We're hungry and really scared.”
On the other end of the phone, Thalia was executing her mission. Anthony could hear her working in the background. She teased as she worked, “I consider myself very lucky to be able to witness you in action in this lifetime.”
Anthony was scoffing at her inwardly, but he was still putting on an adorable look on the outside.
“All right, Mommy. When are you coming to pick us up?” Anthony asked.
“I'm working on it. Have some patience. It's going to be done soon,” Thalia said casually.
“Okay, understood.”
After hanging up the call, Anthony took a deep breath, and as he turned around to face the men, he was already all smiles. “Thank you, mister. My mommy will come to fetch us soon.”
The man glanced at him and said, “It's already so late. What are kids like you doing over here?”
Anthony paused for a moment before saying, “Daddy and Mommy brought us somewhere around here at night. My little brother was naughty and ran off. I came to look for him. Then, both of us were lost.”
What he said made sense.
The group of men could not seem to pinpoint anything wrong in his explanation.
“Brat, don't stop a car as you please in the future. You guys are going to be done for if you were to bump into bad men!” the man warned as he eyed Anthony and Benjamin again.
Anthony smiled and nodded. “All right, mister. Thank you!”
The man said nothing further as he turned to the man in the first car. “Let's go!”
Then, he got into his car as well.
Anthony stood by the roadside and smiled as he saw them off.
After they left, Benjamin said to Anthony, “Let's go. They're going to realize something's off soon.”
Anthony nodded before turning around to leave.
“Thalia, we're done,” Benjamin said into his earpiece.
Anthony put on his earpiece and asked, “How's it going?”
“They're on the way.”
“The people in the car... did you—”
“No. They've gifted us such a great present. We can't be too cruel toward them. I just knocked them out and left them by the roadside,” Thalia replied.
Anthony chuckled. “All right. Then we're going to wait for you in the car.”
“Okay,” Thalia replied.
“Denise, what about you? Have you dealt with the surveillance cameras on the way?”
“Don't worry. Although I'm not as skilled as you, this is still a piece of cake to me,” Denise replied.
Anthony finally felt a heavy weight lifted off his chest when he heard that. He exchanged glances with Benjamin as his lips curled into a smile.
“All right. We're going back to the car,” Anthony stated before hanging up the call.
Soon, the two of them were back in the car.
Denise sat in the car and was casually keeping an eye on her laptop. At the sight of her brothers returning, she asked, “How did it go? Did you succeed?”
“Thalia will come meet us when she's done,” Anthony said.
“Is our first mission really that easy?” Denise asked.
“With the technical team and mastermind working seamlessly together, it is that easy,” Anthony stated.
“I know, right? It might not be this easy if Daddy hadn't interrupted our plans.” Benjamin spoke.
“Well, I guess this is fate.”
Right then, Denise frowned and asked, “What does that mean? What does this have anything to do with Daddy?”
Benjamin then said with a smile, “The man whom Tony has been reluctant to tell us about is Daddy!”
Denise was rendered speechless.
She widened her eyes at her big brother and exclaimed, “Tony! How could you do this to Daddy?”
Anthony let out a sigh. “You can't blame me for this! Daddy is the surprise factor here. They have always been my target. I also have no idea why Daddy suddenly got involved!”
“So, the reason that you asked me to block off your numbers was that you wanted to stop Daddy?” Denise questioned after giving it some thought.
“Oh, about this. You should ask what Benjamin had done!” Anthony threw the question over to Benjamin right away.
Then, Denise turned to look at Benjamin.
Benjamin paused before explaining, “I had no choice. If I hadn't lied and sent him away from the scene, we would have failed today's mission.”
Denise frowned, puzzled by Benjamin's explanation. “What in the world did you guys do behind my back?”
“You should ask Ben to explain to you,” Anthony said with a grin.
Benjamin was stumped. Meeting Denise's curious gaze that was directed right at him, he begrudgingly began to explain.
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