"What are you still wasting time with this woman for? Hurry up and find where the grain is hidden. I didn't see anything!" "Yeah, stop stalling! Let's get to business!" The group shouted as they rushed into the factory, scattering in different directions to search. Natalie saw them all go inside and was about to get in her car to leave. But Edwin called out, "Hey, you're not leaving yet!" Natalie raised an eyebrow. "And why not?" Edwin glared at her. "Because we haven't found our stuff. Who knows if you hid it? You can leave after we find it." Natalie sighed, looking annoyed. "I heard you already. You're looking for grain. Do I look like I have grain hidden on me?" Edwin glanced her up and down. The lovely woman before him was dressed in shorts and a short-sleeved T-shirt, looking sharp and fresh. There was obviously nowhere on her to hide anything. Still, he didn't like her. And his gut told him it was no coincidence this woman had just happened to show up here, and that made him suspicious. Before he could say more, the men who had gone in came running back out. "Dang it! This makes no sense. There's nothing in there!" "Yeah, I even checked the factory next door. Empty." "Same here. Found nothing." The bald man suddenly kicked a short guy beside him hard in the leg."You little punk, are you messing with us?" The short man looked like he might cry. "No! I swear I saw those two guys hauling a truckload of grain in here. If you don't believe me, ask Alvin and Mick!" Alvin Bird nodded quickly. "That's right. We both saw them bring the grain in. That's why we rushed back to tell you." Mick Field backed him up. "Exactly. Everyone saw them leave in an empty truck. They had to have dropped the grain off somewhere around here!" The bald man frowned. "But we've looked. There's nothing here. Could you three be seeing things?" Alvin snapped back, "Come on, no way all three of us saw the same thing wrong!" That made sense. Still, the place was run-down, and there wasn't much worth finding anyway. The group stood around, frustrated and lost. Then Edwin turned back to Natalie again. "Talk! Did you hide the grain?" At once, all eyes locked on her. Natalie stayed calm and shot back, "Why are you always picking on me?" Edwin glared at her. "Picking on you? When we got here, you were the only one around. Now the grains are gone. If you didn't take it, then who did?" Natalie raised a brow. "And what exactly did I do?" "You hid the grains!" Edwin shot back. "Where would I hide it?" she asked. Her calm tone upset Edwin. "I'm asking the questions here. Why do you keep answering with questions?"His eyes shifted to the van behind her. His face lit up. "Show us your van!" Who puts tinted covers on a van's windows? That had to mean she was hiding something inside. Natalie didn't care. She stepped aside and gestured. "Go ahead, look." The men glanced at one another, then rushed to the van. They yanked the doors open—only to find empty seats. "Nothing here!" one shouted, disappointed. Edwin froze, stunned. "That's impossible!" Grain couldn't just vanish into thin air. He shoved past them and checked for himself, but the van was bare. That short guy muttered, "I told you. There were shitloads of grain. No way a van could carry that." Alvin nodded. "Yeah. If you tried, you'd have to make a few dozen trips to move it all." "A few dozen trips? That had to be a lot." The others, who hadn't seen the grain themselves, grew even more desperate. They had to find it. Edwin's eyes darted, and he jabbed a finger at Natalie. "You moved it somewhere else!" Natalie smirked. "And how would I do that?" She gave him a mocking look. "You all just said it yourselves. You think I, one woman, could have hauled off that much grain all by myself?" He hesitated. That was a fair point."Then you've got partners!" Edwin snapped. "Where are they?" Natalie asked. "Th-they left already!" Edwin claimed, glancing around. "Then why didn't I go with them?" she asked coolly. "Why stay here alone?" "Because you ... you ... " He stammered, out of words, his face red with anger. Finally, he burst out, "If you didn't do it, then why are you even here?" Natalie stared at him like he was an idiot. "Didn't I already say? I'm just out for a drive." Edwin snorted, clearly not buying it. "Who wastes gas driving all the way out here to the middle of nowhere?" "I did," she said without blinking. Edwin was speechless. He clenched his fists, refusing to give in. "Either way, you're definitely tied to this!" Natalie just shrugged. "If that's what you want to believe, I can't stop you."