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Just as they were about to consider whether they should approach to confirm their suspicions, there was a click that came from the door being unlocked.

They did not want to alert Ash since she was alone and they had still not uncovered anything useful.

What they had already done was more than enough to expose them so they could not be so obvious about their actions.

If she could escape from a large group then one person alone would be unable to capture her especially when people were still around.

His previous actions had made it much harder for him to do anything else.

If the girl was startled enough then it was possible that she would soon call the police to report his actions.

He could no longer do anything big that could draw further attention to himself.

The time left to wait around could be reduced due to his previous actions so he could not be standing around for too long.