He said he was working overtime half an hour ago, and then I couldn’t reach him no matter what I did. That was impossible. I stood before the door and went through my call record to call back.

The phone kept beeping, but nobody picked it up until the end. Ashton had always been a light sleeper, nor would he leave a personal call hanging for no reason. I knew it. He’s in trouble.

I pondered on the matter for a short while before video calling Joseph. He took it a while later, his background a great scenery. “Do you need anything, Mrs. Fuller?” His face was deadpan as ever.

“Where’s Ashton?”

“He didn’t tell me where he’s going,” he blurted without thinking.

“Is that so?” Nope, that was obviously a lie. Ashton wouldn’t keep him around as his assistant if he didn’t even know where his boss went. “Fine. I won’t look for him then, but I’ll have to see you. Where are you right now?”

it for a moment before answering, “I’ll go over to

in Ashton’s office. You have twenty minutes.” I hung up before he

great control over his emotions, so he wouldn’t show any

powerless a patient was against their illness since I had experience with it. The pain was more than enough to

Maybe Ashton was just handling a tough issue. For our sake, I hope it was the latter since his life was

him twenty minutes, Joseph only came after nearly half an hour. “I’m sorry for being late, Mrs. Fuller.

him coolly. A long while later, I

didn’t meet my eyes. “You’re reading too much into it, Mrs. Fuller. I was held

told him many times that Joseph should drop everything if he or I needed him. Joseph had never gone against that

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