Frank walked up to greet Ned and thanked him, but he soon received a surprise call from Gavin Lane, Helen Lane's eldest uncle.

Gavin was a lot more cordial than Glen, asking politely after Frank answered, "Mr. Lawrence, may I ask how are things progressing with the farm? The financial statement is due in a little over a month. If you're in a bind, I could ask my father to give you an extension—"

"An extension?! Why do you always have to side with outsiders, Gavin?!" Jade Zahn could be heard snapping from the other end.

"Shut up. It's boy's talk!" Gavin snapped at her before telling Frank softly, "You can sell the land if push comes to shove. I'm sure my father won't argue as long as we recoup some of the costs."

On the other end, Jade was still not letting up. "It's Frank and Helen who were boasting about making money from the farm. Why should we help them—"

"Jade!" Gavin barked, promptly silencing Jade.

cleared his throat. "Sorry about that, Mr.

have everything all planned out for the farm. You'll be hearing about it in a few days, and I definitely won't

in delight. "That's good... That's very good. And I

that, but I have something else to do at the moment,

a little softly, "I've heard that you'll be in Morhen for a

as he was curious as to who told Gavin about that, though he

Helen told me that in case you're wondering. Also, she and Luna will be going there as well for

for

would take a few days before he could settle things with

so he smiled and nodded. "Sure. I

all I've called to speak

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