"Why have you been following Aqu and Everett for so long?" Max asked, looking confused.


    He thought that even though Aqu was tough, having Everett and Doretta with him should have made


    him slower. Plus, Charlie had a lot of people in his group.


    "Aqu took Everett and Doretta to the mountains and then vanished. I bet he had a way out nned


    already," Charlie answered. He and his team had searched the mountains really well but couldn''t find


    them anywhere.


    "That exins it," Preston said, a slight smile on his face. Now it made sense why they hadn''t been


    able to catch them, even with so many people.


    "Then, Seth and I split up to look for them. We might have trapped them, and that''s when Aqu


    appeared out of nowhere, surprising me and hurting two of my team," Charlie shared, sounding a bit


    upset.


    "Good thing you sent the signal in time so we could find you fast," Max said, clearly relieved. Charlie


    and two of his team were hurt, and the other two couldn''t stand up to Aqu alone. Without extra help,


    they all could have been in trouble.


    Charlie looked uneasy, not sure if he should say more.


    "What''s going on?" Max noticed Charlie seemed worried.


    Charlie paused for a moment, then asked Nicole, "What do we know about Doretta?" "Not a lot. She''s


    Er''s cousin who came here looking for work and got mixed up with Everett," Nicole answered,


    showing she didn''t know much more.


    "So, what''s with her?" Preston asked, curious.


    Charlie seemed lost in thought. "It''s strange. She might be the reason I''m here safe."


    Everyone was surprised. "What do you mean?" "She saved me. She already helped me once in the


    parking basement and again during Aqu''s surprise attack. If she hadn''t distracted them at that


    moment, I could have been hurt worse," Charlie exined, his face serious.


    "She must have been scared," Preston said with a shrug.


    "No, I''m certain of it; her action was intentional. She secretly tried to help me," Charlie asserted


    confidently.


    He might not understand Doretta''s intentions, but he was sure that her actions were meant to aid him.


    "What''s going on here?" Max also seemed shocked, especially since Doretta had been bought over by


    Everett, and even Emma had been kidnapped because of her.


    "Well find out once we catch her," Preston said nonchntly, then paused, furrowing his brows in


    spection. "Is she trying to earn a reprieve by making amends for her crimes? Maybe she thinks that


    if she''s bound to be caught, helping you could lead to a lighter sentence.


    "It doesn''t seem like that. If she hadn''t made a noise at that moment, I would have been dead." Charlie


    still felt that wasn''t the case.


    He understood that without Doretta''s intervention, Aqu and his crew would have easily slipped away


    without a second thought.


    "Maybe she just wanted to y both sides, you know, with how sneaky she can be," Preston mused.


    The room went quiet as everyone contemted Doretta''s motives.


    "No need to guess anymore," Zane suddenly spoke up. "Doretta is one of my people." "What?!" The


    room erupted in astonishment.


    Zane rified, "I sent her. Her mission was to get close to Everett, infiltrate his circle, and gather


    evidence against him."


    Preston was speechless. "That''s quite the deep cover," he managed to say, clearly impressed.


    It was unbelievable to think that Doretta was Zane''s nt all along.


    "If her act wasn''t convincing, how could she have fooled Everett?" Zane shrugged, indicating that


    everyone, including Everett, had to be fully convinced.


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    "So that''s what it was," Charlie eximed, finally grasping the situation.