“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? Wail, 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. It didn’t take long until he found some clues.

fire incident happened on the day it stopped snowing in Seacisco. Was it truly just a coincidence? If the fire broke out during a snowy day,

told Ethan

had hired that truck driver. The man had once delivered seafood for clients who lived in high-end gated communities, and the Lester family was on his customer list. But still, it couldn’t really prove anything.

was just a delivery man and they didn’t even

impossible to link the fire incident to the Lester family.” The case was a little complicated. Although the clues seemed to lead to the Lester family, it was not

a moment, Ethan fell silent. Then he put down the documents he was holding and looked ahead, expressionless.

dirty trick. I have long expected that she would make a move since

had been keeping a low profile through the years, so that Elissa wouldn’t feel threatened

when he was at Nora’s birthday party last time, Elissa must have

out how

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

have any conclusive evidence yet. And even if we do, it will be hard to put Elissa behind bars because of the

lying on the bed with an indifferent look on his face, Garrett asked with doubt, “Do you mean that we should do nothing? This isn’t

and frustrating quality was that he could conceal his thoughts and feelings so well that no

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