Hans was stunned to hear his name.
“You-you know me?” Hans asked Thalia. He looked shocked.
Thalia squatted down, looked him in the eye, and smirked. “Use your brain! Do you really think I'm a robber?
Take a look at yourself. Would I target you if I'm a robber?”
Her mocking left Hans speechless.
Thalia gave him an evil eye and warned, “If you know what's good for you, you'd better confess. Otherwise, you can forget about leaving this place alive.”
No one knew if it was due to fear or the soaking in water, but Hans' face was pale as a ghost.
“The money... A-a woman gave me the money!” Hans fearfully said.
“A woman? Who is she?” Benjamin immediately asked.
“I don't know her...” Hans confessed.
“You don't know her? So a stranger just handed you such a big sum of money?” Benjamin wouldn't buy his story.
“She asked me to do something for her... I did as she told, so she paid me for my effort,” Hans explained.
Anthony narrowed his eyes and asked, “What did she ask you to do?”
Hans fell silent, unsure if he should tell them the truth.
“Do you really think no one knew what you did, Hans? Hmmm... Maybe I can make you disappear from the surface of the earth, and no one would know as well...” Thalia threatened.
Hans got the hint and knew what she meant.
“So, what's your decision? Are you going to keep mum?” Thalia asked.
“You... you...” Hans stared at them for a while, then shook his head and mumbled, “No, that's impossible...”
“What's impossible?” Anthony grilled.
Hans continued to stare at Anthony. Soon, he noticed the resemblance between him and Denise. His eyes popped wide open, and he blurted out, “You-you and that little girl...”
“What about me and that little girl? So do you remember her now?” Anthony sneered.
“You are...” “She's my sister!” Anthony hissed.
Seeing Hans' fearful expression, Anthony added, “Count yourself lucky I'm the one who tracked you down. If it were my mom or my dad, you probably won't even get a chance to even say anything!
Hans had no idea how they found out about him and what he did, but since they came after him, he reckoned they knew about his involvement in the incident already.
He could clearly tell that Thalia and the boys were not someone he would want to mess around with, so he quickly said, “I-I didn't do anything to her... I only did what that woman instructed me to do, which is to get the girl to the mountains. I really didn't do anything to her!”
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