"Can you sleep in peace not knowing what has happened?" Elliot asked. "You need to be here for the annual dinner, so go back to your seat! I will return once I have a handle on what has happened." Avery nodded. "Call Isaac and ask him out to a restaurant nearby. It''ste, so don''t wander too far."


    "Yeah. I''ll go now," he said and shot his bodyguard a look.Text property ? N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org.


    His bodyguard followed Elliot, and, once they left, Avery returned to her seat.


    "Mom, where''s Dad? Where did he go?" asked La, noticing that Elliot had note back with her.


    "Your dad needs to handle something."


    "What''s wrong? Is it dangerous?" La asked worriedly.


    "It''s not dangerous. I wouldn''t have let him go if it''s not safe," Avery reassured her. "If all goes well, he should be back soon."


    As soon as Elliot walked out of the hall, he called Isaac.


    Not sensing the crisis awaiting him, Isaac answered the call and asked brusquely, "Do you need something, Mr. Foster?"


    "Come out. There''s something I need to talk to you about," Elliot said calmly.


    Without a second thought, Isaac immediately headed out. "Of course, Mr. Foster. Let me know where. I will be there as soon as possible." Once he hung up, Elliot sent Isaac an address.


    Half an hourter, Isaac arrived at the restaurant Elliot had reserved a table at.


    Isaac was wary when he saw Elliot. "Mr. Foster, I thought that you were participating in the Tate Industries'' annual dinner?"


    "Yeah. Something happened, so I left."


    "What happened?" Isaac asked. "What do you need me to do?"


    Elliot tightened his hold around his coffee mug and stared at Isaac coldly. "What deal did you make with Natalie?"


    Isaac paled at the mention of Natalie''s name.


    "Do you know why I came to you, instead of her?" Elliot drawled in a dark tone. "Even if I threatened to kill her, she wouldn''t tell the truth because she is not afraid of dying. If you are as fearless as she is, you can try to y tricks."


    Isaac shook his head. "Mr. Foster, can you tell me how you know about me and her?"


    "I''m the one asking the questions. You only need to answer me," Elliot said impatiently.


    "Mr. Foster, I don''t know Natalie that well. She reached out to me through amon friend. She knew that I wasing back to Aryadelle and told me that she could help me get into the Sterling Group." Sensing the severity of the situation, Isaac confessed, "She told me to keep an eye on a woman with scars on her wrists."


    Instantly, Elliot thought of Juliet, as she was the only person with scars on her wrists that he knew.


    "Natalie didn''t tell me why she was looking for this woman. After I got the offer letter from the Sterling Group, I called her and told her not to contact me ever again. Mr. Foster, I really value this opportunity. I''ve never done anything that would


    bring harm to you or thepany. You can look into it."


    "You saw the scars on Juliet''s wrists, didn''t you?" Elliot questioned.


    The first time Juliet met Isaac, she had acted coldly toward him, and it was clear that she was not


    interested in Isaac at all, nor did she intend on getting involved with him. She had referred to Isaac by


    his


    given name in the audio with an extremely gentle voice, yet she had recorded their conversation in secret


    to send to Avery, which meant that she could not mean to date Isaac.


    Elliot came to the conclusion that Isaac must have threatened Juliet.


    "Mr. Foster, how... how do you know?" Isaac had not imagined that Elliot would know about this, as Juliet had returned to Ylore.