Mike was stunned. According to his research, there was no relation between Natalie and Dean, but it did seem to be a coincidence that they both shared the same family name.
"Maybe I'm just overthinking it," Avery said. "There are a lot of people who have the surname Jennings. They can't all be related."
"Forget it and eat up! Weren't you the one who told me that thinking too much when you're eating would cause digestive issues? " Mike said while studying the frown between her brows.
"Yeah."
After dinner, Avery returned to the room to wash up.
She could not sleep at all on the plane no matter how hard she tried, so she was exhausted.
After showering, she lay on the bed and spotted the big pile of documents Mike had gathered before closing her eyes. She wanted to reach out for it but her arms refused to move. Shortly after, she drifted off to sleep.
The next day, the sun shone bright and Mike went to knock on Avery's door.
She immediately opened the door.
"I thought you were still sleeping!" Mike noticed that she was fully dressed and energized and realized that she had been awake for some time.
"I fell asleep early last night so I woke up early." She stepped out of her room. "I was reading all the documents you gave me about the Jennings."
"So dramatic, right? Even television shows won't make up plots like this." Mike's eyes lit up at the topic.
"This is not public information. How did you find it?"
"There are records inside the government system! All I needed to do was to hack into it..." "I see... Have you eaten?" she said. "You mentioned that we are going to meet the lawyer today, right?”
"I did. I thought you were still asleep so I didn't ask you to join me. I made an appointment with the lawyer this morning, and I postponed it to noon."
"I woke up at six this morning. I just stayed in my room because I didn't want to wake you up."
"Haha. Let me call the lawyer to see if he’s free now, then."
"Sure." Avery headed to the dining room and the nanny immediately served her breakfast.
Mike got off the phone shortly after." Avery, the lawyer says he's heading over here to talk. Is that alright?" "Yeah.” The lawyer arrived not long after Avery had finished her breakfast.
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