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Did Alan know what had happened to Jake on that night?

After all, according to Jessy, no bodies had been found. But maybe that was just the official information.

"Alan? May I ask you something?", I abandoned my inner conflict.

My curiosity was to strong!

Besides, Alan had given me the impression I could trust him. Except for this. I mean, that he knew Jake was in the iron mines that night.

" You didn't get what happened to the hacker. So if your counterparts at the FBI arrested him." I just stammered my words while my face glowed red.

Initially Alan looked at me in irritation before smiling gently. "[MC], I'm really sorry."

My heart felt as if it had stopped beating abruptly. This beginning made me regret my question so immediately. My interlocutor had probably realised that his answer scared me. So he quickly added: "Unfortunately, I didn't hear anything about that. All the hustle and bustle at Grimrock, to say it was chaotic would be an understatement. And I had to take care of Ms. Donfort on top of that."

"I understand," I replied, trying to suppress my emotional chaos. Of course I was disappointed as I still didn't have an answer to Jake's remaining. Alan was probably the only one who could have given me the answer.

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