“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 found

the day it stopped snowing in

snowy day, it

told Ethan everything he found

truck driver. The man had once delivered seafood for clients who lived in high-end gated communities, and

really prove anything. The Lesters could argue that he was just

it’s impossible to link the fire incident to the Lester

to the

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 the day we came back from Grandma’s

that Elissa wouldn’t feel threatened and just let him be. However, when

this? Do you think they have found out how you are related to

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

here. Sadly, we don’t have any conclusive evidence yet. And even if we do, it will be hard to put Elissa behind

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