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Chapter 7

"He didn't want to give his name."

Dolores said in a low voice, Peter saw her clenched her fists and seemed to take a deep breath.

"Maybe he's lying to you?"

Peter tried to think better. After all, he knew almost everyone around Dolores, and he didn't want to doubt anyone.

But Dolores knew he was telling the truth.

The weakening of her ability does not mean that she cannot distinguish the truth from every sentence he said, which is why she dared to talk to him directly.

But now she would rather he was lying to her.

Peter opened his mouth wordlessly: "Maybe this is his purpose? I want you to start to suspect and guess, but why did he tell you this?"

He felt that Elson was very strange. He kept saying that he was sincere, but he didn't tell the whole story. It always made people feel that he was holding back, maybe he was not so sincere.

Dolores bit her lip: "I don't know too well...but I always feel that he can't easily betray the organization he has lived in for so many years. Maybe he is not sure who will win in the end, but he is forced to The tide is turning against us."

"How cunning!" Peter complained.

Does he want to be a double agent?

Sitting in a separate reception room, the atmosphere suddenly fell silent until Barbara walked in with two cups of coffee.

"Anything to drink?"

She put the coffee in front of the two children, and when she swept her eyes, she immediately noticed their extremely depressed and silent expressions.

"Thank you."

They thanked each other without touching the coffee cups in front of them.

She sat down, cleared her throat, and said to Dolores, "If you don't mind, I would like to..."

She hesitated, and Peter immediately raised his eyes to her.

"We may have to investigate the relationships around you."

Barbara spoke softly, trying not to provoke their overreaction.

This is actually a very helpless decision. Although they are helpless, they still have to do this inhumanely. After all, this is not just about privacy, human rights, or personal emotions....

Looking at these two underage teenagers, Barbara didn't dare to expect that they would cooperate 100%, but at least she hoped to calm their emotions and not be too resistant.

Peter seemed a little stunned. He looked at Barbara, and a huge revulsion surged into his heart immediately, but then subsided immediately.

He finally frowned, and looked away feebly.

Dolores frowned too.

She felt an indescribable delicacy about the decision.

Barbara was very sorry to see the change in their faces.

This kind of investigation is not the kind that people like. It basically means that he has given full power to SHIELD to entrust his daily privacy to S.H.I.E.L.D., and may even offend some unrelated people.

She saw Dolores raised her hand to support her forehead, and her immature face showed worries and troubles that were not commensurate with her age.

Dolores looked at her: "Can I ask you what characteristics you will use to judge whether the people around me are suspicious?"

Looking at her turquoise lake-like irises, Barbara seemed to be able to see the restless ripples in them.

She sighed: "I guess the person hiding by your side won't have contact with you for a long time, the time is probably locked within half a year, the age will not be very old, and the process of getting acquainted with you may be slow." It's more deliberate, after all, you live a more regular life, and there is no other way to meet strangers...."

Dolores suppressed the discomfort in her heart and asked, "Could it be someone from the school?"

Barbara said, "Not likely."

A bit of embarrassment appeared on her face: "SHIELD has observed Midtown High very closely...no one meets the requirements."

Peter understood instantly.

Perhaps it was because before the two of them joined the Avengers or even longer, SHIELD had been secretly monitoring their high school, and the monitoring was extremely close. I am afraid that various personnel flows and abnormalities are under their control, and they may even The two of them have a clear understanding of their daily routines at school.

God!

Even Peter felt a sense of uneasiness immediately.

He had no doubt that Tony and the others were absolutely ignorant of this matter, otherwise they would not have allowed themselves and Dolly to be spied on.

Peter took a deep breath and turned his head away.

He wouldn't take his anger out on someone casually, but that didn't mean he was happy to see Barbara right now.

Barbara seemed to know this too, and explained with apology: "I'm very sorry, but this is for the sake of safety."

She herself felt that this excuse was not sincere, but she was helpless.

There is no doubt that the director or Phil, one of them will be warned very dissatisfied by the Avengers.

Barbara shifted her gaze to Dolores, but found that she seemed to be in a daze, her attention was not on this matter, as if she was thinking about something.

She looked at her suddenly, and Barbara felt that her expression seemed a little strange for no reason, and some complex emotions were constantly flashing in her eyes.

"For example, keep appearing in front of my eyes in a short period of time, and meet in various ways by chance, does that count?"

Barbara nodded: "Absolutely."

Dolores' face suddenly changed, and she even saw her lips tremble twice, and her hands beside her were clenched tightly.

Dolores took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and a familiar face flashed in front of her eyes.

She opened her eyes and said to Barbara, "You don't need to investigate."

"I know who it is."

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The name she thought of at the first moment made her feel as if her heart was sinking, mostly because of the person himself, but more because she was also feeling sad because of her decisive guess.

Dolores didn't expect that she would lock on her body without hesitation.

Could it be that I have always been so secretly on guard when getting along with her?

This is what makes her feel a little unbelievable, and Dolores hates herself in her heart.

Tricia.

Every time she thought of this name, her heart seemed to drop a little more.

Walking heavily on the street, Peter led Dolores by the hand, and kept looking at her worriedly.

But at the same time he was shocked, Tricia?Is it really her?

Dolores guessed this without the slightest hesitation. Could it be that she had already noticed it?But they got along so well, there was nothing strange about them.

He's sure Tricia really likes Dolores, and Dolores definitely does, and their friendship doesn't look like a fake.

He believed in Dolores' judgment, but he still felt overwhelmed with astonishment.

But Dolores is now visibly depressed.

Peter knew that this was a big blow. For Dolores, a friend who had a different purpose from the beginning, she also paid her heart for it, but finally received a blow to the head.

what would it feel like

Dolores remained silent all the way, Peter hesitated for a while, but still didn't try to comfort her.

At this time, comfort is useless.

After entering the brand-new Avengers Villa, Peter watched Dolores slipping away from him like a fish, and said dejectedly, "I'll go up and rest for a while."

He nodded quickly: "Okay."

Seeing the back of Dolores walking up the stairs, Peter sighed heavily.

He wished he could make Dolores happy.

Even if she wanted to cry.

Peter put his hands in his pockets, lowered his head and kicked his toes in frustration.

It's totally doable, after all, she looks like she's at an age where no one would find it weird to cry a lot.

It's a pity that she doesn't seem to want to vent, which is the most worrying point.

It wasn't her intention to make Peter worry, but Dolores really couldn't control it.

The reason for her sadness was more complicated than that.

She went back to the room quietly, sat on the terrace, unconsciously picked up the phone, and clicked on Ellie's message page.

Dolores looked at the messages of them who had just sent each other good morning and good night not long ago, and began to sit in a daze.

God, she would rather she hadn't been so keenly aware of this matter, she even thought that maybe if Barbara and the others went to investigate, sooner or later Tricia's abnormality would be discovered, and she might not feel so uncomfortable if she knew about it through them.

She really didn't want to find out the answer by herself.

Looking at the sea surface in the distance reflecting a piece of bright broken golden light in the sun, Dolores finally picked up the phone and slowly began to type and send.

Luo: Are you there?

Ellie's reply came quickly: Yes, yes!

Ellie: I'm resting at home, I'm moving soon!

Ellie looks beaming: My parents came to visit me from Boston, and now I can afford a high-end apartment, so happy!I also took them shopping, tomorrow I will take them to the Avengers Building hahahaha!

Dolores looked at the series of news that popped up, and couldn't help pulling the corner of her mouth up, but it soon became heavier again.

Her fingers hovered over the screen hesitantly, but did not press down for a long time.

Ellie didn't wait for her reply, and almost immediately, a call came through.

Dolores answered the phone: "Hello?"

Ellie froze immediately.

She paused for a moment, then identified the voice suspiciously: "Uh, hello, who are you?"

"I...I'm Dolly..."

"Why do you sound like a little girl?"

If it wasn't for the familiarity of her voice, Ellie would have almost wondered if this was a prank.

"Nothing, just a little accident."

Dolores was full of thoughts and didn't have the heart to explain this. She took a deep breath and asked, "Have you rented a new apartment? It's good."

"Oh...it's okay."

Ellie's intuition is not very good: "Honey, do you have something to say?"

"It's nothing, I just wanted to ask how you and Tricia are doing now, the mv has been released, I saw it, and it looks great."

"Oh, you said "Trustbit", that's true... I have gained a lot of followers, received a lot of big-name contracts, and I will be busy for a while."

Dolores asked, "I remember she wrote the song? What does the title mean?"

Ellie smiled: "I asked about it before, and she said it's a mysterious and uncommon language, and the title of the song seems to mean hometown or homeland..."

Dolores' heart sank suddenly.

Ellie said again: "Oh! By the way, I just had dinner with her yesterday. You didn't know it at the revolving restaurant in Manhattan. Thomas Lulen came to say hello to her on the way, that's the one from Noah International. Hey, you saved them on a cruise ship before."

Ellie's voice came from the other end of the phone, with a touch of surprise: "He is Tricia's cousin, which is really surprising."