When Alas and Nathan arrived at the meeting point to see Frederick, accompanied by five other armed men who were also tall and strong, he was suddenly circumvented by the suspicion that one of the ferocious mafiosos would not have fooled them.

He believes that now is the time for Frederick to stop looking for Erin, and if everything goes as planned, he will tell Erin the truth when he arrives at the hotel; it's a good thing he also assigned two strong men watching over Erin while he was away.

Alas urged him not to get out of his car first, and then Alas and his men exited the...