Chapter 53

Aaron snatched the document off Avery’s hands and returned to his seat knowing fully well that he was being stared at with anger.

“You said to me that you were no longer operating, Aaron.” Avery said, going closer to his table. “Now you also lie?”

“Listen…”

“You always say that you are so many things except a liar, Aaron.”

“Oh, come on.”Aaron groaned out loud, frustrated with being spoken to as if he were a child. Avery always claimed to be the responsible son and he was happy that he was, but that didn’t mean he enjoyed being treated like a teenager. “I didn’t lie to you, Avery.”

“Really?” Avery said, clenching his fists in anger. “You told me you were closed for now and if I can remember vividly, you repeated those exact words this morning when we spoke. That…” he pointed to the document in Aaron’s hands… “doesn’t look like something that has been closed.”

“It is just a shipment that has been on its way even before the whole thing started. I was just going through it so that it woul