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Chapter 69

  Reconciliation or Confusion.

  As soon as the door closes behind him, Lisa rushes to get her phone. She picks it up and immediately dials Camilla's number.

  The Line rings for a long time but Lisa doesn't give up. If not for what had happened and the pictures Peter brought to her, she would have gone to find Camilla herself.

  She is close to giving up when Camilla finally picks up.

  "Oh, Lisa you almost blew my cover. What's going on?" Camilla whispers to the phone. Her voice sounds muffled like she is hiding somewhere from the call.

  Lisa understands that she probably lied to Ethan about something or she is in the middle of an operation and she has to hide to pick up the call.

  "Listen, this is a matter of life and death okay! Peter is on to you! He has proof and he is going to keep following you around until he finds out what it is you do!" Lisa says in one long breath.

  Camilla grows so silent that Lisa barely picks up on her breathing.

  "Camilla!" She calls afraid Camilla had gone into a panic.

  "I am here, " Camilla finally whispers and Lisa releases a breath. "I am just in shock. What do you think I should do? What should I do Lisa?"

  "It's very simple, you have to leave that estate Cam, forget about Ethan, and let's continue with our low-key operations," Lisa advises.

  "But the low operations will be harder to grow enough money for my dad and myself. I can't leave yet Lisa?"

  "Come on Camilla. You have been surviving for months on the streets before you met Ethan! You have been managing just fine. So what is this about not being able to come without him?"

  Lisa is right but Camilla doesn't want to admit to her that she has fallen in love with Ethan already and she doesn't want to leave him.

  "Do you love this guy Cam?" Lisa asks and Camilla goes silent again.

  "Camille you have to get out of there. Loving him makes it even more dangerous! What is going on in that head of yours? You can't keep taking from him, one day he is going to find out and it won't be funny! Do you understand?" Lisa yells on the phone

  But another thing goes on in Camilla's mind. If Peter can keep the price to himself, then she can surely go with her life and Ethan will never find out. She can still pull it off.

  "Camilla, are you even listening to me?" Lisa cries out.

  "Lisa I have a brilliant idea, why bit convince Peter to keep the evidence a secret for a while longer until I figure my heart out," she says but Lisa doesn't even finish

  "Have you gone out of your mind? Camilla!"

  "Lisa, relax, I know what I am doing..." Camilla says trying to calm her friend down.

  "You think you know what you are doing? Camilla if things get overboard I will not be there for you! " Lisa hisses as she drops the call.

  Camilla heaves a sigh and slumps on her bed. Lisa is right, what she is trying to do will only end in pain and regret. She should pick up what she can and leave this estate for good. Staying is only going to put her in more trouble than she can manage.

  Her door suddenly opens and she is shocked to find Peter staring back at her. From the way he looked at her, she understood that he had heard her conversation with Lisa.

  "Camilla, " he starts and Camilla starts shaking, she doesn't know if she should deny whatever he is going to say or just tell him the truth.

  No, it couldn't end now!

  "Why?" Is the only words that leave his lips. "Why are you doing this? What is it you are hiding that you feel you have to result to sneaking out of the house to do it!? What is it?"

  Camilla opens her mouth to answer but no words leave her mouth. She is frozen in place like a fish out of the water and unable to defend herself.

  "Peter, have you seen my Rolex wristwatch?" Ethan asks as he steps into the room.

  Camilla's eyes get so large they can fall out of her socket. As she panics. She is the one who took the watch. What if Peter saw her? Will he tell Ethan now?

  Ethan's wolf picks up her troubled aura and he turns to her. "Camilla are you okay?"

  He then turns to look at Peter as if just realizing he is in Camilla's room.

  "Is something wrong?" He asks Peter but before Peter can respond Camilla immediately finds her voice.

  "Oh, Ethan I am fine. Peter was just helping me out with something... He is so helpful you know!" She says flashing her dimpled smile at him.

  Ethan is confused as he looks between Peter and Camilla. Finally, she waves his hand and turns to Peter again.

  "I can't find my watch can you help me find it?" He tells him.

  Peter nods and steps out of Camilla's room. "Where did you drop it last time you used it?"

  Their voices echo in the corridor as they advance into Ethan's room and Camilla is left with a thumping heart. This is starting to get close, it won't be long before someone figures out her activities, and she will have to leave.

  "I kept it in the stack where the others are. I swear I dropped it back, " Ethan says as he bends over to check the back of the drawer. "That was how I couldn't find my golden cup the other day as well, I don't understand..." He mumbles to himself as he searches.

  Peter stands and watches his search through his drawers.

  "When was the last time you saw it?" He asks Ethan.

  Ethan straightens up from his position and tries to find the answer in his memories.

  "That was about two to three days ago..." Ethan says placing his hand on his waist. "I have searched everywhere!"

  Peter starts to see a connection between the day the wristwatch was missing and the day Camilla took off from the house.

  Was it possible she had taken the watch?

  Peter traces back to when Camilla newly came to the estate, Jessie had complained about Camilla stealing. But Peter refused to believe it. Now it was coming back to him.

  "Peter you are not searching anywhere!" Ethan cries out seeing that Peter is only standing and not helping out to find his precious wristwatch.

  "Ethan, stop disturbing yourself. The wristwatch isn't here. I know that for certain now, " Peter tells him.

  Ethan's features change as he stares at Peter. "What do you mean?" He asks him.

  "We have a thief in the house. And I will fish their house, just give me some time. I will get the person."

  "Are you sure of what you are saying?" Ethan demands. He knows Peter long enough to know that Peter would only make a statement like this if he was certain about the person already.

  "Who is the person, I need to know who would dare to come here and steal from me? " Ethan barks.

  There is a spark in Peter's eyes and this makes Ethan's heartbeat. The only reason why Peter will hesitate to give him a name as if the person in question is very close to him.

  "Ethan please, I don't want to blow up a false alarm, let me find a solution on my own. And then when I am comfortable I will come to you first!" Peter says...

  Ethan considers forcing him to say the person he suspected but decided to let him work at his own pace. He will also start investigating on his own.

  "Okay, that's fine then." Ethan leaves the drawer of wristwatches and lives in his bed. "We have an invitation in a few weeks. I have your card with me." He takes out the card from his bag and hands it to Peter. "You are to bring at least one person with you as a date."

  Peter takes the card from him and smiles. "Of course, I will. If you will excuse me I will return to work now, " Peter says and Ethan waves his hands dismissively at the young man.

  Peter weighs the card in his hands and his heart pricks painfully. He would have loved to go with Lisa but right now, they were not even on good terms.

  He heads to Sandra's room and knocks gently. She opens the door almost immediately, welcoming him in.

  "Peter..." She says standing by the door, smiling sweetly at him.

  "May I come in?" He asks and she steps away from the door.

  "Oh," she exclaims.

  "I went to find investigate those pictures you gave to me...." Peter starts, he was feeling so down he needed to talk to someone, even if that person was Sandra.

  Sandra sees how tired he is and she leads him to the bed. "What did you find? Is it true?" She asks, as her wolf flips around in her head in a dance of victory.

  "They both denied it... I don't know what to do, " Peter says releasing a sigh.

  Sandra goes to get the bedside table and takes up the jug of water to where Peter sat. She pours him a glass and hands it to him.

  "Here, you should take some water and relax. I am sure we will get to the bottom of this..."

  Sandra could not control her excitement. Peter has finally returned to her after all and she didn't even have to do a lot of drama.

  This is perfect!

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