Chapter 2072


    Jack had been piecing together the puzzle of Arabe''s aunt and uncle''s business troubles. It seemed


    their subsidiarypanies had run into a mysterious sabotage, likely the work of an enigmatic figure


    known as Stinger. The only details Jack had unearthed about Stinger were frustratingly vague: a man


    with a youthful voice, on the lean side, and taller than average. His facial features remained aplete


    mystery.


    "The auctioneer mentioned that Stinger has shown up a few times, bidding on some jewelry. I''ll send


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    you photos of the pieces," Jack said without ending the call, swiftly sharing a dozen images with


    Arabe via WhatsApp.


    As Arabe flicked through the photos, a knot formed in her stomach. Each piece was unmistakably


    linked to the Collins family, exuding opulence and history.


    If her eyes weren''t deceiving her, these were the very jewels that Serena, when she was still the golden


    girl of the Collins family, had received as gifts from her family.


    Arabe spoke in a measured tone, "Back when Erik and Martha were still with us, they had a side


    business selling off Serena''s jewelry, designer clothes, and luxury bags in exchange for cash. Looking


    at this, it''s almost certain that Stinger is one of Erik''s guys."


    Jack continued, "The auction house doesn''t have any surveince since the clientele prefer their


    privacy, and auctioneer didn''t want to risk scaring them off with cameras. There''s no footage of Stinger.


    But the owner did say that he always shows up wearing a ck bva and a ck baseball cap,


    with just his eyes showing – sharp and full of malice, almost devoid of human emotion, cold. The night


    he came to the auction, he didn''t bid on anything. He just showed up for a bit and left."


    "That means he wasn''t there for the auction items," Arabe deduced. "He was probably meeting


    someone, using the crowd and theck of surveince to his advantage. Now we can be sure that


    Stinger is connected to Erik, and he might know who''s pulling the strings behind the scenes."


    Since Erik had been coerced into taking his own life with poison on the orders of this shadowy


    puppeteer, capturing Stinger became crucial. He might be willing to avenge Erik by spilling what he


    knew about the mastermind.


    Yet there was also the chance that Stinger was now answering to Serena, viewing the Collins family as


    a thorn.


    "Keep tracking Stinger''s whereabouts," Arabe instructed. "See if there''s any trail leading to or from


    the auction that could be linked to him."


    "Will do."


    No sooner had Arabe hung up than another call came through.


    "Ms. Be, it''s me," the voice on the other end belonged to the precinct, "Protocol dictates we inform


    the next of kin when we take someone into custody, but... you bettere down here."


    It was at the precinct that Arabe learned Ynda''s foster mother, Yvonne, had been dead for several


    days. She examined the body, shared her findings with the officer in charge, and then apanied


    another officer to see Ynda.


    "The girl''s tight-lipped, won''t say a word, just keeps cursing you out, making a fuss about wanting to


    see you."


    "I''ll go in," Arabe said, pushing open the door to the interrogation room. Upon seeing Arabe,


    Ynda lunged forward, nearly breaking free from the officer''s grasp in her frenzy to reach Arabe.


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    "Ynda, this isn''t the ce to throw a tantrum!" the officer barked.