Raeleigh went back to her room first. By the time Xanthos returned after seeing Lenold off, Raeleigh had already prepared the food. When she saw Xanthus coming back, she told him to wash his hands before having dinner.
Xanthus paused for a moment. "Raeleigh, I saw two people on my way back."
Raeleigh raised her head to gaze at him. "Who?"
"Colston and Louisa."
"Why are they here?" Raeleigh put down her cutlery, unable to figure it out.
"They seem to have bought a house and settled down in Waverly Village. I saw them arranging things outside the house but I didn't disturb them."
"Let's have our dinner first. We can go and check it out after this."
Raeleigh was preoccupied during dinner. How did Colston sneak into the village? She pondered on that disturbing fact.
After dinner, she went to visit Colston and Louisa. On the way, she asked Xanthus, "Since we didn't know that Colston is here, will Stella also be able to sneak in here?"
"No, Jacky has already searched the village. He said she wasn't here."
In fact, they had considered that possibility at the beginning, therefore Xanthos was quite reassured.
Raeleigh didn't say anything else. Arriving at Colston's place, she stopped and fixed her eyes on Colston, who had just brought food ingredients back.
Colston walked at a fast pace. As he went in, a woman came out of the house. Raeleigh saw clearly that it was Louisa.
Louisa had a plump belly and she placed her hand on it as she walked out. The couple was talking about something riveting and they appeared elated.
Raeleigh observed the house they lived in. It was not a high-class one, hence Raeleigh thought it must be rented.
Raeleigh watched for a while before turning to look at Xanthus. "Don't tell Jacky about this first. They should be looking for Colston too."
"Something happened to the Moore family and Colston is here, which means that Colston knows about it. The reason why he came here is to live a peaceful life."
"Raeleigh, your words make sense. Since Colston and Louisa managed to come into the village,
Stella must have her own way to do it too."
"Yeah. That's why I'm going to look for her in the village."
Raeleigh had her suspicions from the very beginning. There was no trace of Stella in entire Capital City and there was no record of her leaving the city. Unless she had escaped underground, she should have been found by now.
The fact that she could not be found didn't mean that she was missing. It was just that her hiding spot was not detected yet.
"Raeleigh, listen to me. Don't do this by yourself. Let Jacky help us."
Xanthus was really perturbed about Raeleigh. In his eyes, he was ineffectual as a brother as he could not deal with a cunning person like Stella. All he could do was remind Raeleigh to be more cautious.
Furthermore, Xanthus failed to see through Raeleigh's mind recently. He had no idea what was going on in her mind at all. In fact, she exuded a sense of unfamiliarity at times.
He was aware that she was hurt because of what had happened to Santiago, especially because the Richards family had decided to send him overseas when she wanted to take care of him. She could not simply leave the country and follow them abroad for Santiago's treatment. So, the option was taken out of her hands.
Xanthus actually wanted to propose to Hansen to let Raeleigh take care of Santiago so that she could leave this dangerous place at least. However, things didn't go his way. After all, Hansen's son was injured. As an outsider, he didn't have the right to make requests
In any case, there was no longer a need to put forward such a suggestion.
Raeleigh fell silent for a bit. "Even if Stella is really hiding in Waverly Village, she won't dare to do anything to me. If she harms me here, she can't run. She isn't a fool. Didn't you say that Jepherson attacked the Doyle family? If so, she won't dare to go back home. If she does, the Doyle family would not let her off. So, she could only stay here."
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