“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

on the day it stopped snowing

the fire broke out during a snowy day, it wouldn’t have spread to the rooftop that fast and cause

Ethan

driver. The man had once delivered seafood for clients who lived in

prove anything. The Lesters could argue that he was just

incident to

seemed to lead to the

guess what he was thinking. “Elissa has always liked this kind

ever 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

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 what

won’t stop here. Sadly, we don’t have any conclusive evidence yet. And even if we do, it will be hard to put Elissa behind bars because of the Lester family’s

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