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Harriet and Yulia were among the many who bombarded her with texts, all asking
the same pressing question: [When are you coming back?] She always replied
with the same reassuring word: [Soon!] After putting down her phone, Estelle
slipped into her clothes and left her room. Descending into the subterranean level
twelve, she found Bernard cozily nestled on the sofa with his lady, their lips
locked in an endless kiss, lost in flirtation. Upon Estelle’s entrance, they didn’t
bother to cease their intimate display. Fulfilling her role as a dutiful housekeeper,
Estelle averted her gaze, her head bowed as she began tidying the room,
avoiding intruding on her employer's private moments. The underground was a
dust-free sanctuary, leaving little for her to clean. Estelle made her way to the
bedroom to gather the woman's discarded clothing. By then, Bernard and his
companion had grabbed some wine, ready to enjoy a leisurely afternoon fishing
by the riverbank. Estelle moved on to the study to clean. The computer was on,
its screensaver displaying the Big Dipper against the vast night sky, with the
constellation shining brightest of all. She stared at the image, suspecting that a
man like Bernard wouldn't have chosen such a screensaver without reason. Was
it perhaps a longing for the stars he couldn't see from his subterranean
hideaway? Her instincts told her there was more to it. She seared the image of
the Big Dipper into her memory, and while pretending to dust, she thoroughly
searched the study once more. A voice echoed in her mind, Amiee’s voice:
“Could the data be inside the mouse?” The first time Estelle had scanned the
study with her invisible lenses, she'd detected an alarm within the mouse. They
all assumed Bernard had installed it to prevent others from tampering with his
computer — a logical precaution. But maybe, just maybe, Raiden was the type to
hide things in plain sight, right inside that mouse. “How can we disable the
alarm?” Estelle whispered. Amiee hacked into the computer's system, her voice
grave: “We can't. The alarm will trigger if anyone but Bernard's fingerprint
touches the mouse.” Her conviction was clear: “The data is inside the alarm
system.” Estelle smirked, “What if Bernard were taken out of the picture first?”
“Could be worth a shot,” Amiee replied. Estelle’s thoughts raced. Not today,
though. Bernard's condition was off — he might have an explosive device
implanted by Raiden as leverage, to ensure his own safety. Killing him could set
off the bomb or trigger a microwave weapon. Too risky. But now that she knew
where the data was, she was one step closer. And there was something about
that Big Dipper screensaver that gnawed at her. She needed to mull it over.
(Image) She cast them a cool glance and turned away. Back at the villa, Estelle
hastily sketched the Big Dipper from her memory and scrutinized it carefully.
Something was off. She compared it against the constellation on her phone and
confirmed her suspicion: two stars in Bernard's version were slightly out of place.
Clearly, this was not an ordinary constellation chart. What did it represent?
Updated at Dramanovels.com What was the significance of those two displaced
stars? Furrowing her brow, a spark of insight flashed through Estelle’s mind. She
quickly pulled up the entire map of Tripe.

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