While the Longbottoms talked about strategies to steal Laurence’s heirlooms, Laurence went on with whatever he was doing, like nothing ever happened after the call with Manny. Noelle, on the other hand, was worried. With Laurence taking no action, she asked, “Sir, Mom and Master are at the Longbottoms’. Should we go there?” Laurence said calmly, “Relax. They can get out in one piece. The Longbottoms can’t stop Master.” “But Mom—” “They went out to be bait, so they would have covered all their bases. Master is an expert in hand-to-hand combat, and she carries poison everywhere. Those people are going to get it.“Even though Mom isn’t quite like Master, she’s no fragile woman. She’ll be fine.” Laurence had the utmost trust in Jane and Lilian. With Lilian there, she would not sit around and play hostage for the Longbottoms. No one could kidnap Lilian. “Master was worried the Longbottoms would be too scared to pull off the heist, so they went to play the part of hostages for
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