The Returning Ex

He looked at her from the corner of his eyes and lowered his voice as he said, “Nothing at the moment. Did you find out about something?”

Isabelle could not come up with a reply because it was not true that she had found any clues. Previously, she had only overheard some conversation between her grandpa and her dad, and she did not hold any substantive evidence aside from that. So, she only shook her head at John’s question. He gave it some thought before asking, “Does your family have a side business?”

She blinked at him. “I don’t know about that.” What she said was true. However, in her vague recollection of the conversation between her grandpa and her dad, they seemed to be talking about another business other than their current company.

That day, Elder Mr. Bailey did not make things very clear and Isabelle could only retrieve fragments of things from the conversation, which was unhelpful to piece the puzzle. Therefore, she was put on the spot when John asked her about it.

He looked around them and lowered his voice further. “Since you gave me a reminder, I will return your favor by being upfront with you. Your family seems to be running a shadow bank that dishes out microloans. It feels suspicious.”

immediately furrowed

to his status as a business partner, he

Mr. Bailey was still crying uncontrollably with his face covered. Isabelle

underwent cremation at the same time. When the Baileys stood there and witnessed the other families crying their hearts out, they finally had a taste of the mundaneness of death. Every day, there were many people who crossed the bridge to the afterlife, and with that,

crematorium. What was left of him was nothing more than bone fragments. The Baileys had purchased an urn, which

home. Therefore, the task of sending Dexter’s ashes to the funeral home fell onto Isabelle’s shoulders. John volunteered to drive her there. “I’ll drive you

gratefully at his

Isabelle went into John’s car. They soon drove out of the area. During the trip, Isabelle continued asking John about the topic. “You mentioned that our family has

asked another question. “Do you really not know about what your dad or your