Casper knew Zane always had a purpose behind his actions, so he took the

phone and played the recording. By the time he finished listening, his expression had darkened. "How could he do this?"

Zane explained, "He tried to go through me and failed, so I'm guessing he'll come up with another plan. You'll need to be careful from now on. I'm sure they'll try something else."

"Okay," Casper replied.

Gary stared at his phone, unable to muster a response.

Julia asked, "He didn't agree?"

"No," Gary replied, rubbing his temples. "As long as Zane doesn't fire Casper, he'll have a job and a salary. There's no way he'll come back."

Upon hearing this, Julia suddenly had an idea. She smiled. "Casper's working for Zane because of the salary,

right?"

was fixating on such

He nodded. "Yes."

are worth far more than a few thousand dollars a month. Zane's been shortchanging him. If he comes back, we'll double whatever

it was a decent idea but quickly spotted the flaw. "What if he asks us why we

Pet

used to think it was necessary to pay him since we're family. But now we've realized that even family needs to keep things clear. And once be comes back,

smirked. "But once he's back, what happens next will be up to

think of this before? I'll call him

unusually warm and fatherly as he quickly dialed Casper for a

was busy with work and casually set

days?" Gary asked. His tone was uncharacteristically gentle, a stark

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