Sandwiched in the middle of a dilemma, Kevin was definitely feeling the pinch.

"Everett's not picking up his phone." "Then keep calling until he does. Mr. Lopez is holding onto his phone." Dorothy's brows knitted in frustration. "Alright, I got it." She ended the call and switched to texting on Everett's WhatsApp.

[Call me back, or you can forget about seeing me again!] True to form, less than a minute after she hit send, her phone rang with Everett's name flashing on the screen.

Taking the call, Dorothy made her way to the CEO's office door and punched in the code - 0825.

The lock beeped affirmatively.

Sure enough, the office code hadn't changed.

sound! "Yeah," Dorothy didn't bother hiding it, "Aren't

would never lie

come to the office for you." Everett still didn't disclose his

"No, I'll come to you! Tell me where you are.” "You don't want to know." "I do want to know! Everett, you better think carefully before you speak to me!" The line went silent, and after a few seconds, he let

I didn't disturb your mom." By the time Dorothy drove to the

Kevin were together, only to realize that Kevin had followed Everett due to sensing something was off. Not daring to get too close, he just sat in his car, watching from a

got out of her car

cemetery's main gate,

orange-red cigarette butts lay at his feet, too many to count, and as she approached, the unmistakable smell of

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