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Chapter 69

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With his face in a frown, Adrian Jackson checked his watch and examined the hands. He didn't remember how many times he had looked at himself in the last hour, each time increasing his anxiety.

His nerves were growing thinner, and the familiar walls of Starlink Bank's office were closing in, ready to disapprove of him. Because he liked things in order, he jammed his phone into his pocket and adjusted his tie. This day was going to be different. Coldness came in conjunction with the cold that was experienced today.

As he walked towards the elevator, his mind instantly went back to Evelyn. That phone call was echoing in his head, a ring of an officer's voice from his office that morning. She was to answer. She always answered. A dead and confused voice on the phone had rung his nerves. It was not a stranger's.

Stood in the hallway, holding out for the elevator doors to open, he experienced a chill of fear and guilt. Overwhelming, it was. Was it just a normal question? Could it have been
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