"What's wrong? Isn't this the one you lost?" Luna caught sight of the look in Gwen's eyes and quickly grabbed hold of her hand. "It's okay if it's not yours; we can always continue searching."
Gwen bit her lip and glanced first at the people standing before her, then at the dark sky that looked like it was about to hail soon. Finally, she nodded and said," That's right. This is the one I lost."
She sniffed, carefully tucked the dirty metal plate into her pocket, and then forced a smile for everyone watching." Thank you all for helping me find my lost item."
Finally, she glanced at Lucas, biting her lip nervously. "Are these all Joshua's men?"
Lucas nodded.
"I have a little over ten thousand dollars in here," Gwen said, smiling, as she took out a card from her bag and handed it to Lucas." Please use it to pay for a nice dinner for everyone who helped out. If there's any money left over, feel free to divide it among yourselves as a reward for all your hard work."
Lucas took the card from her and shot Luna a somewhat helpless glance.
Luna knew that Gwen was feeling guilty over having troubled everyone, so she smiled and said, "Don't worry about it. You should take it."
Having received Luna's assurance, Lucas finally tucked away the card and left with the rest of the workers, leaving only Lima, Gwen, Yannie, and Thomas in the dump station.
Thomas let out a small sigh of relief at this Thank God.
For once, Joshua was wrong; that metal plate of Gwen's did not have any scratches or marks that could help her differentiate the real one from a false one at all.
Otherwise, Lucas and the rest of the men would have to flip the entire place inside out, searching for the real one.
"My ladies." Thomas strode towards them, smiling. "Are you still going to The Spring Resort? Why don't I send you there?"
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