They Wanted Her Gone, Now They Kneel by Evelyn Marlowe novel Chapter 78

Chapter 78 The Mask Drops

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Luke followed up quickly, trying to sound as sincere as possible. “If you don’t want your name on it, that’s totally fine. Everything’s negotiable.”

Colt pressed his fingers to his temple, visibly running out of patience. “You’ve definitely got the wrong person. I don’t write scripts, and I’ve never touched a screenplay in my life.”

Stanley and Luke exchanged glances-both instantly sure they were being lied to. Colt must be trying to hide his identity.

Stanley grit his teeth, then forced himself into a bowed, groveling posture. “Officer Colt, I’m begging you. If I can just get one more chance, I swear, any price you name, I’ll make it worth your time.”

Luke nodded furiously. “Seriously. Anything. You don’t even have to lift a finger-we’ll handle the rest. You can just give a rough idea, or even an old draft, and we’ll do the legwork.”

Colt started to sidestep them, but the two men crowded closer, cutting off every possible route of escape.

He turned to Scarlett, giving her a helpless glance.

She shrugged, clearly uninterested in playing the rescuer. Her patience for this kind of nonsense had worn out a long time ago.

Colt sighed. “Look, I’m a cop. I don’t lie on duty.” He pointed at the emblem on his this? I swear on this badge-I am not the Dreamer.”

That stopped both men cold.

cap. “See

Just seconds ago, they’d been practically groveling at his feet. Now they stood there slack- jawed and blinking like broken NPCs.

Colt didn’t waste the opening. He sidestepped the human blockade and made his escape, muttering, “Thirty-six Stratagems, number one: run.”

“Wait!” Stanley spun around and scanned the area again, this time with renewed intensity. There weren’t many people around. It had to be one of the two they’d seen earlier.

Luke’s last tracking ping had pointed to this exact spot. If Colt wasn’t the Dreamer, then…

His gaze slowly drifted to Scarlett.

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Chapter 78 The Mask Drops

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But the longer he stared at her, the more disturbed he felt by the possibility. “Could she actually be the Dreamer…?”

Stanley scoffed, bursting into a sharp, humorless laugh. “Her? You can’t be serious.”

There, beneath the dappled light of the trees, Scarlett stood with her arms folded and her expression flat. She hadn’t said a word since this whole ridiculous scene started. That alone was enough to grate his nerves.

He snapped, “She’s just a headache in human form. Besides that? Useless. If she really were the Dreamer, don’t you think she’d be shouting it from the rooftops? Hell, she’d use it to blackmail me into spoiling her even more and casting Rebecca aside!”

He turned sharply to Luke. “Come on, use your head. She’s not even in the same league as Rebecca. She never wins anything, never accomplishes anything-just rides coattails and brags about nothing.”

Colt, who hadn’t quite left yet, looked over his shoulder and frowned. He was starting to wonder if Stanley needed his vision checked.

Scarlett’s arms stayed crossed, her body language utterly indifferent. She didn’t even bother responding.

Stanley bristled at her silence. “Scarlett! Are you really not going to say anything? Pretending you don’t even know me now?”

His face flushed with anger, and his voice rose. “I’m telling you, you’re really getting out of hand! You could learn a thing or two from Rebecca. She’s thoughtful, she’s capable, she’s decent. You? All you do is make people uncomfortable!”

He looked at Luke again, clearly expecting backup. “Can you imagine this one writing a bestselling drama series? If she’s the Dreamer, I’ll do ten laps around the whole medical campus-on my hands!”

He clenched his fists. “Call that hacker again. He must’ve traced the

wrong IP.”

Luke glanced at Scarlett, frowning in uncertainty. Aside from her stunning face, she didn’t really seem like much. No presence, no flair, no clever manipulation.

He started to think he must’ve gone crazy earlier for even considering the possibility.

This? This couldn’t be the Dreamer. Right?

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Chapter 79 The Dreamer’s Identity

Chapter 79 The Dreamer’s Identity

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Colt’s brows were nearly twisted into a knot as he shot Stanley a cold look.

“Speaking of your own sister like that in public-Mr. Stanley, quite the gentleman, aren’t you?”

Stanley flared up instantly, but when he remembered Colt’s identity, he had to swallow his

temper.

“Officer Colt, there are things you don’t know,” he said, forcing composure. “I’m not here to argue who’s right or wrong. Even if she’s ungrateful, I still want to leave her a way out.”

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