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?"

fixating on such trivial details at this point, but

He nodded. "Yes."

it. We can tell Casper that his skills are worth far more than a few thousand dollars a month. Zane's been shortchanging him. If he comes back, we'll double whatever Zane's paying

it was a decent idea but quickly spotted the flaw. "What if he asks us why we never paid him before? How do we explain

Pet

"We'll tell him we 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

"But once he's back, what happens next

"Why didn't I think

his mood visibly improved. His tone became unusually warm

and casually

Gary asked. His tone was uncharacteristically gentle,

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