Sophie froze when she saw Angelo's name flash on her phone screen.

"Why haven't you guys come back yet?!" Angelo's voice was frantic on the other end. "It's been ages! I've called a million times, and no one answered! I thought something terrible happened!"

"Mr. Angelo, what's going on?" Sophie asked, trying to keep her voice steady.

"Don't you know? The Mintons have a new successor! Overnight, this guy convinced all of The Mintons' shareholders to make him the new CEO!!"

Sophie's heart skipped a beat.

The Mintons?

She immediately locked eyes with Colby, who seemed just as startled as she was.

Colby wasted no time in waking up Adler and Jenna. "Something's up. We need to get back, now."

Jenna and Adler, still half-asleep, stumbled into a taxi with the others back to the Burke Estate.

As they walked in, the TV was blaring news about The Mintons' new CEO.

Adler, still trying to make sense of it all, asked, "Wasn't Odie the biggest shareholder? How could someone replace him?"

strings," Sophie muttered, her

But... why so fast?

is replacing him. Could this puppet master be powerful enough to control The Mintons entirely?" "Angelo,"

been out cold, and I can't tell if he's dead or alive!" Harold descended from upstairs, his eyes locking onto the

deepening. "It's all super hush-hush. The person's not even in Summerfield. Could the

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new CEO was the obvious

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