Chapter 95

"Another week gone again!" Ethan wondered aloud, as he dejectedly ticked off the ending of the week on his prop calendar. Time was rushing way too fast for his comfort. He still had a lot of things to accomplish!

There were the workers' salaries to pay off, there were some outstanding debts, too. There was Mr Griffin on his neck. When Ethan had gone to fetch Elena's father, he had met an empty house. He knocked for barely a minute before he hastily ordered the guard who had brought him to take him "out of this looming place."

Then he called Mr Griffin. "Hi, uncle."

"You have the the girl's father? Thing is, I'm not home at the moment. If you could just —"

"He isn't with me," Ethan retorted.

"Right." It sounded like Griffin wasn't surprised.

"They're out of the country," Ethan said.

"What?"

"I was as surprised, too. I'll contact Elena to give me more details."

The lie had many loopholes, but Ethan quickly ended the call to avoid more questions. He knew ego wouldn't let his uncle call