From Ashes of Scandal to His Embrace (Laurinda) novel Chapter 322

After she finished eating, Laurinda thought of Seraphina, who had only just arrived yesterday. She glanced at Adolphus, a hint of worry in her voice. “Does Seraphina know we’re heading back to Cabinda?”

Adolphus waved it off. “She’s fine. Kendrick is with her. He’ll make sure she’s okay. We don’t have to worry.”

Laurinda smiled, reassured. “Yeah, Kendrick really does care about her. You can just tell. And Balaam and Regan seem to like her too.”

Adolphus nodded. “Balaam and Regan are good people. If Kendrick likes someone, they’re on board too.”

Later that afternoon, Adolphus and Laurinda showed up at Cabinda Airport with Jasper and Teddy. Once they landed, Adolphus asked Foley to take Teddy and Jasper back to the Flame Training Base, then took Laurinda straight to the police station.

As soon as Laurinda walked into Kinsey’s office, she noticed everyone looked tense and frustrated. “What happened?” she asked.

One of the staff sighed. “We can’t open the file. Aileen suddenly stopped cooperating and refuses to give us the password.”

Laurinda frowned. “Stopped cooperating? Did she see anyone?”

It didn’t make sense. Just yesterday, Aileen had been desperate, begging Laurinda to get Aggie and Lawrence out. Now she was stonewalling. Had someone gotten a message to her?

“No, she hasn’t met with anyone. No visitors, nothing. She only talked about her investments in the Charles family, not a single word about the Gates Group,” Kinsey replied, his brow knit in frustration. He had already started looking into why Aileen’s attitude had changed so suddenly. If someone at the detention center was behind it, he wouldn’t let it slide.

Laurinda shook her head, still not sure what had caused Aileen to change her mind. Maybe someone had managed to get a message to her, but if Kinsey didn’t know, she definitely couldn’t jump to conclusions.

For now, the only thing that mattered was getting into that file.

“Let me try,” Laurinda said, moving to the computer.

The technician glanced at Kinsey, who nodded. “Go ahead. Let her.”

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