Chapter 209

"Did you know Mr. Marlow adopted another girl before? She went missing about six months ago." "What?" Celeste's face tensed slightly. "There's this orphanage not far from here. Mr. Marlow funded it. That missing girl and the one we just saw were both adopted by him, even changed their surnames officially." "What about the other orphans there?" "A few have passed away over the years from illnesses-like three or four. Statistically normal for these kinds of places." Most kids abandoned at birth aren't exactly healthy, so a higher death rate in orphanages wasn't anything surprising. Local authorities usually turned a blind eye too. But Celeste couldn't shake off the unease in her gut. Just then, from the bar office, the man who'd been with Mr. Marlow earlier-the assistant-walked toward the little girl they'd seen. He bent down, whispered something, and while she wasn't paying attention, slipped a small white pill into her orange juice. Ethan's eyes instantly hardened. The girl, clueless,