“Ethan, am I your all-around-nanny?” Garrett continued whining over the phone. “I only get paid for one person’s worth of labor, but I put in twice as much time.”

“You want a raise? Wait, you don’t need money at all. What you really want is a vacation, don’t you?” How could Ethan not tell what Garrett was thinking? He was like an open book.

Garrett raised his eyebrows and said, “Do you realize how long I’ve been working for you without having a proper vacation? Years!”

“Fine. Once you finished the task I assigned to you, I’ll give you some time off.”

“Now we’re talking,” Garrett replied, obviously pleased with what Ethan said. But he had to be honest; the fire incident was really weird.

“I’ll call you once I find out something.”

*******

For starters, Garrett visited the other residents of the building Ethan lived in and asked around about the truck.

didn’t take long until he found some

happened on the

fire broke out during a snowy day, it wouldn’t have spread

told Ethan everything

The man had once delivered seafood for clients who lived in

it couldn’t really prove anything. The Lesters could argue that he was just a

concrete evidence, it’s impossible to link the fire incident to

clues seemed to lead to the Lester family, it was

down the documents he was holding and looked ahead, expressionless. Garrett couldn’t guess what he was thinking. “Elissa has always liked this kind of dirty trick. I have long expected that she would make a move since

since she first knew his existence. Ethan had been keeping a low profile through the years, so that Elissa wouldn’t feel threatened and just let him be. However, when he was at Nora’s birthday party last time, Elissa must have sensed something about him had changed and she was all vigilant

you think they have found out how you are related to the Larson Group?” Garrett looked dead serious

no idea what Ethan had been through during childhood, he didn’t know exactly what Elissa

so. But one thing is for sure; Elissa won’t stop here. Sadly, we don’t have any conclusive evidence yet. And even if

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