Shane nodded, “That's good to know.”

Silas left after that. He waited in the car outside the villa for a while until Shane made his way over. After that, they left to inspect the company.

The family of four left the house together after they had their breakfast. They parted ways at the entrance of the villa, where Shane got into Silas' car and left early.

Natalie took her kids and left them with the driver, who was responsible for dropping the kids off. She waited until the driver had left with the kids before she got into her own car and left the Thompson villa.

She had just sat down in front of her computer at work and had just turned on the computer when her phone rang. The poor lady never even had the chance to begin working.

Natalie didn't check the screen of her phone. She picked the call up right away. “This is Natalie.”

“Nat,” said Caitlin on the other end of the line. She sounded terrified, and her voice was thick with tears.

Natalie stiffened and sat up immediately. “Mrs. Rivers? What's wrong?”

“Nat, it's Joyce. S-She...” It sounded as though Caitlin was dealing with something terrifying. She stuttered so much that she couldn't even get a full sentence out of her lips.

advised, “Calm down, Mrs. Rivers. Slow down and tell me what happened

end of the line, heard what Natalie said. The former knew that she couldn't keep crying like that because she wouldn't be able to say

few seconds later, Caitlin managed to force a bit of

Natalie was so shocked that she

sudden that she accidentally tipped over the cup of coffee on her desk, causing it to flow all over the table. The blueprints sitting

gripped her phone. In a trembling voice,

nodding as

dark. Her entire body swayed, and she

her desk to support herself. That was the only

herself?” asked Natalie. She had turned pale, and the glow

she walked me and her dad out of the house.

thumped fast. For a moment there, she couldn't get herself to

couldn't bring herself to finish that sentence, but

if Joyce was

time, so we call the

of relief when she heard that. “That's good. Thank the

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