Chapter 58

Martin frowned, “What do we need this for?”

Brandon replied, “Just in case.”

“Alright. I’ll send it to you tomorrow.” Martin nodded agreeably.

Brandon said, “Thanks for the trouble.”

Martin chuckled, “Come on, there’s no ‘trouble’ between you and me.”

Glancing at his watch, he added, “Gotta cut this short, or it’ll be daylight here before we know it. You should hit the hay too.”

With that, he hung up the call.

As Martin put away his phone, the smile on his face also vanished.

He had known Brandon for years, and Brandon was always a man of decisive action. This indecisive side of Brandon was new to Martin.

His gut was telling him something fishy was going on.

After mulling it over for a moment, Martin stood up and made a call to his assistant, “Book me a flight to Wye City for tomorrow.” After hanging up, Brandon stayed put.

He stood by the window, gazing at the myriad lights outside.

Martin as well as he did, he doubted that Martin would be swayed so easily. The more swiftly Martin agreed, the

asking how the childhood background check on Sophia

the message the next morning, and it gave him

How could Kent have made any progress so quickly? His own

pushing for an update, Kent couldn’t drag his feet. He shot back a message saying he’d have an update

weren’t locals, having moved from the north when she was a

side for years and knew what he was after. It wasn’t just Sophia’s childhood. It was her

for a background check was unrealistic. The people who knew her best were her

some fine wine, coffee beans, and a selection of appetizers, and made his way over to Sophia’s family

the Yearwood residence, only Sophia’s father Haley was home, drowning his boredom in alcohol.

man who always nodded along to his domineering wife, scarcely daring to voice his own opinions. He probably figured a peaceful home trumped all, so he had grown. accustomed to taking it on the chin, yet deep down, he harbored

wasn’t bound by time; breakfast with

arrived, he found Haley drinking with

one hand and utensils in the other, was absentmindedly nibbling on

early, are you?” Kent greeted with a smile as he entered the room, taking a quick Inok around, “Is the

him in, “What

dealings between their families being

a slow day, and I thought of you. Figured I’d come over to

setting them on the dining table and serving them up as if he were in his own home. He called out to Haley, “Come on, Mr. Yearwood, let’s

eyed him suspiciously, “They say you don’t visit the temple without a reason. Spit it out, Kent, you’re making me

“Someone gifted Mr. Crawley some nice liquor, and he remembered how much you enjoy

Mr. Crawley I’m grateful. Kind of him to

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