After hanging up the phone, I looked out at the dark and gloomy sky. I felt slightly low-spirited.
I was about to return to my room to take a nap when Heidi gave me a call.
She sounded like she was in an airport, so I asked," You're back in Salt City?"
"Yeah." Heidi chuckled delightfully. "I'm alone regardless of where I celebrate New Year's anyway, so
I came back to Salt City. I have a home of my own in Salt City."
I chuckled. "You could have come to my house to celebrate New Year's if you were still in Whaldorf City."
"I'm sure you’ll be very busy on New Year's. I'd better not go over and give you more trouble."
Heidi moved to a quieter place and continued, "By the way, I saw Xander on my flight."
Xander?
It seemed like a long time since I last saw him, regardless of in real life or on the internet.
"Was he alone?” I asked.
"No." Heidi lowered her voice. "He was with Jerome.
Jerome was carrying a child in his arms."
After a pause, she continued, "You might not like to hear this, Miss Wanda, but I really find the two of them suspicious. They're too close, and it's hard not to think that something is off."
A child?
A thought flashed across my mind. "How old do you think the child in Jerome's arms is?"
“Maybe five or six months old."
Five to six months felt like the right age. I quickly said, "Heidi, can you do me a favor? It would be great if you can locate them at the airport. Can you follow them and see where they're going? If you can't find them, then I'll give you a contact and you'll locate them with him."
Heidi froze. "I’ll try and find them right now."
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