“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.

until he

happened on the day it

snowy day, it wouldn’t have spread

told Ethan everything he

delivered seafood for clients who lived in high-end gated

anything. The Lesters could argue that he was just

it’s impossible to link the fire incident to the Lester family.” The case was

clues seemed to lead to

down the documents he was holding and looked ahead, expressionless. Garrett couldn’t guess what he was thinking. “Elissa has always liked this kind

the years, so that Elissa wouldn’t feel threatened and just let

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

what Ethan had been through during childhood, he didn’t know exactly

is for sure; Elissa won’t stop here. Sadly, we don’t have any conclusive evidence yet.

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