Frank's Maybach drove into Lane Manor soon enough.

Frank felt emotional even as he stared at the building—the last time he had gone inside was during Henry Lane's funeral.

He made up his mind to have Helen move into Skywater Bay with him as well.

Cindy and Gina could have the manor if they knew their place and stopped messing with him.

Still, his phone rang just as he was about to press the doorbell.

It was an unfamiliar number, but Frank answered without hesitation.

"I'm surprised you're alive, Frank," an ancient but authoritative voice spoke from the other end.

clenched around his phone—the voice invoked all sorts of memories from the

to calm down as much as possible, he soon replied

Holding a grudge now are we,

voice seemed to pierce Frank in the brain, striking

Frank changed the subject instead

and earth over at Riverton that even I heard about it all the way from Cloudington. I mean, crashing

was briefly silent and clenched his fist as he asked, "Why are you

perfectly normal for a dad to call his own son?" Godwin Lawrence chuckled before saying quietly, "If you're done behaving like a petulant child out there, then it's

me." Frank's chest heaved even as he snapped, "I'll ask you a question, old

silence,

did," the ancient

because you're forcing me to go home?!" "That's not all," Godwin remained haughty and authoritative, pausing a

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