Chapter 291
Chapter 291
After breakfast, Briar and Alexia drove out.
Their goal today was simple–to capture Manny.
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Ian had said that Manny could not escape–and he was right. He had Manny’s every move under control.
“Briar, look. Manny has a suitcase. She can’t still be planning to leave the country, can she?” Ian mocked, gesturing toward the sneaky figure in the distance.
Alexia peeked out to look. “Wow… only now she decides to bolt? A little late for that, isn’t it?”
Ian slowly pulled into an inconspicuous temporary parking spot on the roadside, calmly watching Manny. Manny was not driving her own car; instead, she stood by the road in a hat and mask, waiting for a ride–share.
“What do you say we hack the ride–share driver’s info, pose as him to pick her up, and then, once we have Manny in the car…” Ian made a throat–slitting gesture.
Alexia’s eyes sparkled. “I think that’ll work. Give me 30 seconds, and I’ll tamper with the ride–hailing car’s owner information.”
As she spoke, Alexia pulled out her phone and began working at such speed that even if Briar had wanted to stop her, she would not have had the chance.
Briar stared at Alexia speechlessly.
Actually, Briar wanted to say that catching Manny did not have to be so complicated.
They had already found Manny. All they had to do was step out and haul her into the car.
Now jittery and skittish, Manny would not dare put up a real fight. She would have no choice but to obediently climb into their vehicle.
Briar sat aside with a deadpan expression, watching as Alexia and Ian took the long and unnecessary route of hacking the ride–hailing car’s owner information. Then, they started the car and drove toward Manny.
Alexia and Briar were seated in the back. Manny peered into the car through the windshield. From that angle, she could not see the back seats, much less realize there were already two people waiting inside.
So when a white Porsche slid to a stop in front of her, suspicion flickered in Manny’s eyes as she quickly checked her rideshare app.
Seeing that the rideshare app showed the driver’s info matching the Porsche’s license plate, Manny opened the passenger door and slid inside without a second thought.
The moment the door shut, the locks clicked into place. The driver started the engine and said in a chilling tone, “Manny, where exactly were you planning to run off to?”
At his words, the once–composed Manny turned pale with shock. She turned to look at the driver and realized
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he looked familiar, as if she had seen him somewhere before.
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Then, Manny’s eyes widened, and she pointed at the driver in a panic. “Y–you… you’re that ruthless mercenary, lan?”
Ian grinned. “Bingo! That’s me—you’ve got sharp eyes. You’re quite the VIP, Manny. Not only did I come personally to pick you up, but Briar is even waiting here just for you.”
As he spoke, Ian gestured toward the back seat, prompting Manny to look back.
Manny stiffly turned her head. Manny’s blood ran cold when she saw Briar in the back seat with her arms crossed and a smirk on her face.
“B–Briar… You… how did you know where I’d be?” Manny’s body began to tremble.
Panic and fear welled up inside her.
Manny had gone to great lengths to disguise herself, all to avoid Briar and the others–after all, she was the one who had leaked the news of Harith’s death to the
press.
But whether Harith burned to death in the fire or died another way–only Manny and the powerful figure who fed her the intel knew for sure.
Harith’s death brought immeasurable loss to that powerful man and the forces behind him–and to Manny, it was both a crushing blow and a looming threat.
Now that Harith was dead, Manny had become the easiest target in Shoneport for Briar and Ashton.
Therefore, Manny was terrified of running into Briar or Ashton, which was why she packed her bags, planning to flee the country and lay low before Briar and her team could find her.
But despite her caution, Manny was still caught by Briar’s people.
“Well! Why the tears? Weren’t you so arrogant and bold before? What is there to cry about?” Alexia clicked her tongue as she saw Manny on the verge of tears.
“Cry while you still can. Because once we reach our destination, I’m afraid you won’t even have the strength to shed a tear.” Ian was kind enough to pull out a tissue and hand it to Manny.
As Manny looked at the tissue Ian handed her, her tears dried up. “Please… spare me. I was only following orders. I had no choice.”
Manny’s tearful plea did not move Briar in the slightest. Briar watched Manny coldly.
“No choice? Following orders? So when you teamed up with the Lopezs to use my mother’s blood as a medicinal ingredient, was that also because you had no choice?” Briar said.
Manny’s lips parted, but not a single word came out. ‘The idea of using Rosalia’s blood as a medicinal catalyst came from my father. Since Briar can track me down, she must have already uncovered everything my family has done,‘ she thought.
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Alexia added fuel to the fire. “Oh, and I heard last year there were experimental drugs being sold on the international black market. That was your family’s doing, wasn’t it?”
One had to admire their ruthlessness.
Knowing that no one would willingly volunteer to be a guinea pig for lab experiments anymore, the Garzas simply released the drugs onto the black market, letting unsuspecting people looking for a bargain become their free test subjects.
It was an incredibly cunning plan.
But that one move proved to be their downfall, giving Briar the lead she needed to trace everything back to Dasmieca.
Briar had been planning since last year to use her identity as a member of the Jennings family to return to Dasmieca and investigate in secret.
Manny’s face turned pale. “I… I… I don’t know what you’re talking about…”
She did not even dare to look into Briar’s eyes.
Manny had done plenty of bad things before; it was she who had used Rosalia’s blood as a catalyst in experiments, and she was the first to develop the latest batch of drugs.
Of course, Manny would never dare say such a thing at this moment.
She feared that if she did, Briar might kill her on the spot.
“You don’t know what we’re talking about?” Briar scoffed. “Do you think we can’t find out the role the Garzas played in this just because you won’t admit it?
“You’re the only one left of the Garzas who’s still out and about. If I were to send you to meet your family, do you think they would be happy?”
“No! Please don’t send me to my parents. They’ll kill me!” Manny’s panic deepened.
Manny was aware that her entire family was slowly being captured by Briar and Ashton. She had gotten desperate calls from the Garzas, but she had ignored every single one.
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