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Chapter 122: Rescue
“We tried to dissuade him from coming here,” said Perlita. “When I didn’t receive any messages from you on your first week, I got extremely worried and we did our best to stop him from coming here. We would have succeeded if not for the yacht that moved quickly over the water.”
“We can never outrun that boat with our small motor,” explained Gringo. “We really need to go now.”
Gringo looked at his wife and gave her instructions. “Perlita, you will have to go back to the boat. Bring Nadi with you. Tell my brother to get the boat ready while Flora and I will go and find the man.”
“Mr. Jon,” said Flora. She then gently nudged Nadi towards Perlita who bent down to hug Flora’s daughter.
“Hi, Nadi,” said Perlita and Nadi smiled in reply before hugging her back.
“Aunt Perlita…” Nadi murmured.
Perlita saw Flora looking at Nadi and knew t
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