“Did you see that? Daddy was obviously feeling guilty.” Anthony told Benjamin and Denise when they were back in their room.
“Yeah, that was a little strange.” Denise nodded in agreement. “Why must the adults do this? Instead of being honest with us, they insist on making us find the truth ourselves bit by bit!”
Right then, Benjamin piped up, “They don't want us to know because they're afraid we'll take action on our own and get into danger. At the same time, they don't want us to worry.”
“They don't want us to worry?” Denise echoed, falling into deep thought.
“Benjamin's right,” Anthony agreed.
“But Nat is the only person we'd be worried about...” his sister murmured. Looking up at him, she asked, “Is it related to her?”
“We aren't sure about that yet, so we'll have to discover that ourselves,” Anthony voiced.
Benjamin bobbed his head. “What happened outside Thalia's room earlier was rather strange as well. If it were just a simple checkup and changing of medicine, Nat wouldn't have waited before the door for that long.”
When Denise heard his suspicion, she chimed in, “Yes, I was curious about that, but just as I was about to bring it up, Thalia regained consciousness, and Nat walked into her room.”
“So they are hiding more than one thing from us?” Anthony speculated.
“Daddy and the others will definitely be going into action again in the next few days. We have to keep an eye on them,” Benjamin declared.
Anthony nodded. “Let's do that, then. If there are any updates, post them in our group chat.”
“Sure.”
“Okay!”
His two siblings concurred with his decision.
Just then, Anthony's phone rang.
Benjamin and Denise turned to look at him.
“It's Miguel,” Anthony informed them before he answered the call.
“Hello,” he said into the receiver.
“Master, where are you?” Miguel's piteous voice sounded over the line.
“I'm upstairs. Why?”
“Help!” Miguel yelped.
“What is it? Just say it straight out.”
“That person hacked into my phone. What should I do now?” Miguel asked.
Hearing a trace of nervousness in his voice, Anthony assured him, “I'll head over right now.”
“Okay!”
After the call ended, Benjamin asked, “What's wrong?”
“That person caused trouble again. This time, they hacked into Miguel's phone. I need to go and take a look,” Anthony revealed.
“Let's go, then. We can't fish for any information now, so we might as well check out the situation together,” Benjamin suggested.
Hence, the trio headed to the hidden room together.
Just as they arrived at the doorway, they saw Miguel slumping on the floor right before the door, looking downcast.
Anthony went over to him. “What's going on? Are you giving up this soon?” he asked, shooting him a glance.
“Master, what should I do? I've been insulted!” Miguel cried. He acted as though the boy was his lifesaver.
“Why? Were you raped?” Anthony retorted.
Miguel was rendered speechless. It took him a few seconds to recover his voice. “I was talking about my phone getting hacked!”
“Oh, that's nothing,” Anthony replied, his voice dripping in disdain.
“That's nothing? Master, I'm among the top five hackers in the world! What will people think of me if word gets out that my phone got hacked?” Miguel complained.
Anthony stared at him. “How impressive. You don't have skills, yet you value your pride, huh?”
“Master!”
“All right. Give me your phone!” Anthony urged.
Instantly, Miguel offered his phone to him without hesitation.
Anthony took it and perused his phone. A while later, he said, “It did get hacked. What did you do? Did you browse an illegal website?”
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