Percival gestured reassuringly for Vivienne to walk in.

Griffin didn't give a damn, shot Audrey a glowering look, and shoved open the door to let Vivienne in, "Grandpa's in your hands now, Vivienne."

Vivienne stumbled a bit from the push. Thankfully, her footing was solid, or she might have ended up face-first on the floor.

Talk about unexpected. No wonder she caught Leopold's eye. Both of them had a way of taking you by surprise.

Meanwhile, Kala was holed up at home.

When Darren got back from wrapping up some work outside, he walked in to find her chilling and watching TV, "Kala, you alright? All that online drama sorted out?"

Kala popped a potato chip into her mouth, "Not even close."

"So, you're just... chilling?"

How could she be so laid-back?

Ronald came out of the kitchen with a fruit bowl in his hands. "Don't mind her. She's been like this since she got back from the studio. Vivienne called earlier. The agency's taking over the whole mess, told her to take a few days off. Kala's over the moon."

"Well, she's happy, at least."

Darren was exasperated. "The agency's swamped. Ramona came prepared; high-def videos are all over the net, and the trolls are practically crashing the platforms with their venom."

As he spoke, he couldn't even understand. "I'm baffled, really. What's your beef with Ramona that she'd set up such a scheme to target you?"

"She's not after me." Kala finally tore her gaze away from the screen. "She's trying to drive a wedge between me and Vivienne, though I can't fathom her endgame."

hands dismissively, "I'm not falling

cousin. I thought you were gonna be mobbed today

he had seen more than enough of the videos online. "This Ramona

biz first thought she had some

and tidy: parents were just

in the cutthroat entertainment

after hearing Darren's take. "Seems like our adversary isn't afraid of us knowing

behind her has been laying the groundwork for a while now. Probably tied to that organization,

organization?" Kala was

came to talk to Ronald, they kept their conversation

of it and was largely in the dark about what Vivienne and Ronald

even Darren knew, her curiosity was piqued. "Vivienne's been out of touch for

for words. Revealing anything might blow his past involvement

and ushered Kala to stand, "It's nothing. What could we possibly be keeping from

Meanwhile, at CK Penitentiary.

and even a coffee table set with coffee paraphernalia, indistinguishable from those outside, with the serene scent of coffee

who should have been resting in an unmarked grave,

who knew him when he was alive, his face always wearing a faint, serene smile. He held a book, seemingly

anyone were there, they'd see his eyes weren't focused at all. They

a machine. A flawed prototype of the androids developed by Ronald, capable of mimicking human actions and voice

solely due

having a decoy might draw out

no one from GTO would risk their life for someone who might not

Anna laughed at his fanciful thinking, saying he was too old to be

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