When Heinz finished smoking his cigarette, he stood up. He cast aside his previous frustrations and he tried his best to lift his spirits and compose himself.
He picked up his phone and called Alex. "Alex, I want you to arrange for someone to check on Marry. You must get to the bottom of it. If someone releases Marry early and fails to follow the due process, he or she must be held accountable."
"Understood." Alex took a quick glance at his watch. Since it was already late at night, he naturally understood the urgency of the matter.
"Also," Heinz added. "I want you to look into Marry's biological mother, Miranda Scott. I want you to track her down and do a thorough background check on her."
"Will do." Alex said, "I'll get it done immediately."
After hanging up the phone, Heinz went out. As he walked down the corridor, he knocked on the door of the guest room which Alice was occupying.
Alice immediately came out of the room and was
surprised to see Heinz. "Heinz?"
"Alice, I'm heading out now. I think you should go and check on Grace as she may be a little anxious. You should accompany her. Tell her that I'm going out to deal with the issue because I don't want it to affect us."
"You're going out now?" Alice was very surprised. "Heinz, it's very late now. Can't you wait until tomorrow?"
"This can't wait." Heinz explained, "We can get the upper hand by dealing with this matter as soon as possible. I don't want to be passive anymore."
After that, he nodded slightly and quickly left without giving Alice a chance to speak.
Alice watched as his tall figure disappeared from her sight. She noticed that he seemed lonely and bleak.
Then, she turned and looked toward Grace's room. She walked over and reached out to knock on the door.
"Grace."
Soon, the door opened.
When Grace saw Alice, she looked at her with an apologetic look.
Grace asked, "Why aren't you asleep yet?"
"I can't sleep," Alice replied.
When Heinz came to her room just now, she wasn't asleep yet as she was afraid that Grace was angry. Now, it seemed that Heinz and Grace had a disagreement.
Grace said, "You should get some rest."
"Grace, you're not asleep either." Alice said, "By the way, Heinz asked me to inform you that he went out to deal with the issue. He asked you not to worry."
Hearing this, Grace was startled. Heinz did not personally inform her that he was going out this late at night. Instead, he had asked Alice to pass the message to her.
She instantly felt a little upset and frustrated. It seemed that her words had really hurt him.
She heaved a heavy sigh.
"Grace, are you mad?" Alice asked as she looked cautiously at Grace.
When Grace saw that Alice was a little hesitant, she asked back, "Do you really think that I would be so petty?"
"Does it mean that Heinz is angry then?" Alice asked again.
Otherwise, he would not have asked her to pass the message to Grace. He would have done it himself.
Grace shook her head. There was a trace of regret in her voice as she answered, "I may have hurt him. I said some unpleasant things and neglected his feelings."
"What did you say?"
"It doesn't matter what I said, but the fact is that I feel very depressed and regretful." Grace then urged, "I think you should go to sleep now."
"He asked me to accompany you." Alice was already in her room. "So, here I am. I'm going to accompany you and we can catch up. Grace, I know that you are angry."
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