Chapter 1704

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“What do you think her endgame is?” Claire asked.

To rule the cafeteria with an iron fist?

It seemed Gloria had already achieved that.

With so many employees, very few dared to speak the truth.

Rory had also managed to dig up some dirt. Interestingly, the only ones criticizing Gloria were women.

Her loudest supporters were exclusively men.

There was only one thing left to verify.

Claire pulled out her phone and called Dewitt directly.

Dewitt was currently out of The Zen Marches.

He wasn’t surprised to hear from Claire.

He had already spoken with Stephen and assumed everything at the camp was going smoothly, so he hadn’t rushed back.

“Dewitt, how many trusted men do you have in your inner circle?”

“And which one of them is Gloria’s son?”

Who the hell was Gloria?

Dewitt was completely lost.

“Let me ask around.”

He typically traveled with four bodyguards and left two behind to secure the mining camp.

Those six were his absolute most trusted men.

After a quick check, a few of them recognized Gloria as the cafeteria lady, but none claimed to be her son.

“She’s closest to Ash. Ash mentioned that she wanted to officially make him her godson.”

“But it was just a casual conversation. Nothing was ever made official.”

“Ash thinks she’s a saint, though. He says she’s always looking out for them.”

Claire’s eyes narrowed. “So, Gloria is using Ash’s name to spin a massive web of lies?”

Dewitt had brought his crew over from Solenia.

Claire had met Ash before; he seemed like a genuinely honest, straightforward guy.

He was a towering brute of a man without a deceptive bone in his body, fiercely loyal to Dewitt.

Rumor had it Dewitt had saved Ash’s life at the border.

Since Ash was an orphan, Gloria had picked the perfect target.

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But what was she really after?

Surely she wasn’t just using Ash’s reputation to score free meals and act like a tyrant in the cafeteria?

The perks of skimming off the cafeteria budget were practically nonexistent.

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“Dewitt, this Gloria woman is far from simple. You need to launch a full investigation into her immediately.”

Dewitt had never imagined a low-level cafeteria worker at his mining camp would be running a scheme.

“What kind of secrets could she possibly uncover in a cafeteria? Is she planning to poison everyone?”

That seemed unlikely. Still, Gloria definitely warranted a closer look.

But that wasn’t Claire’s problem anymore.

As long as their presence at the mining camp remained a secret, Gloria’s shady business had nothing to do with them.

Wait!

“Dewitt, what if Gloria is an intelligence broker?”

“Could she have already leaked the fact that we’re here?”

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They would be trapped in the camp with no way out.

Eventually, they would have no choice but to walk right into a trap. Dewitt’s expression hardened.

If Gloria was a spy, Claire and the team were in immediate danger.

“No, we have to leave right now!”

Claire made the call and instantly went to brief Stephen and the rest of the group.

Even Tandy hadn’t expected to evacuate this quickly, but he agreed without hesitation.

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