"Go freshen up! Langston traced Lane's phone IP on his computer. If he's not back, how am I supposed to figure it out?" She wasn't exactly a tech wizard.

No sooner had Dorothy finished speaking than Everett, with his long strides, was heading towards Langston's room.

She quickly grabbed him, "You're going in there... into a kid's room like this?"

It was only when Dorothy pointed it out that Everett realized he was covered in blood...

"I'll clean up then."

"Great!"

After Everett headed into the bathroom, Dorothy finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She turned to check on Jeffrey, who was still visibly shaken from the day's events.

"You should head back to Karen! Don't worry, I've got Everett. I won't let him do anything rash."

"Alright! I've got to keep an eye on Karen, especially with the baby on the way... But make sure to keep Everett in check. We can't have him taking matters into his own hands. It could get messy, not to mention the hit to his reputation."

Jeffrey, who, though not as disheveled and dirty as Everett, was also stained with blood. "Jeffrey, why don't you also freshen up in the guest room? Change into some of Everett's clothes before

in blood. Karen might get

Realization dawned on Jeffrey.

right, a quick

turned to grab a set of Everett's unworn clothes and a fresh

step into the guest

looked down to see it

while

"Kenneth?"

responded, "Karen's at the hospital. Don't worry too much, nothing serious. She wanted me to let you

instinctively rose, "At

major, the doctor checked her over. She's probably just

of trouble on this end. Needed Jeffrey's help. Looks like we'll be

it my job to take care of her?" Kenneth's voice hesitated as if he wanted to say

sentence alone let Dorothy know Kenneth was aware of

need to guess, Karen must

will, don't worry about

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