Chapter 393


    “Ethan, am I your all-around-nanny?” Garrett continued whining over the phone. “I only get paid for one


    person’s worth ofbor, but I put in twice as much time.”


    “You want a raise? Wait, you don’t need money at all. What you really want is a vacation, don’t you?”


    How could Ethan not tell what Garrett was thinking? He was like an open book.


    Garrett raised his eyebrows and said, “Do you realize how long I’ve been working for you without


    having a proper vacation? Years!”


    “Fine. Once you finished the task I assigned to you, I’ll give you some time off.”


    “Now we’re talking,” Garrett replied, obviously pleased with what Ethan said. But he had to be honest;


    the fire incident was really weird.


    “I’ll call you once I find out something.”


    *******


    For starters, Garrett visited the other residents of the building Ethan lived in and asked around about


    the truck.


    It didn’t take long until he found some clues.


    The fire incident happened on the day it stopped snowing in Seacisco.


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    Was it truly just a coincidence? If the fire broke out during a snowy day, it wouldn’t have spread to the


    rooftop that fast and cause injury to Ethan.


    Soon, Garrett told Ethan everything he found out.


    They had their own theory about who had hired that truck driver. The man had once delivered seafood


    for clients who lived in high-end gatedmunities, and the Lester family was on his customer list.


    But still, it couldn’t really prove anything. The Lesters could argue that he was just a delivery man and


    they didn’t even really know him.


    “Without concrete evidence, it’s impossible to link the fire incident to the Lester family.” The case was a


    littleplicated.


    Although the clues seemed to lead to the Lester family, it was not enough.


    For a moment, Ethan fell silent. Then he put down the documents he was holding and looked ahead,


    expressionless. Garrett couldn’t guess what he was thinking. “Elissa has always liked this kind of dirty


    trick. I have long expected that she would make a move since the day we came back from Grandma’s


    birthday party.”


    Elissa had always wanted to get rid of Ethan ever since she first knew his existence. Ethan had been


    keeping a low profile through the years, so that Elissa wouldn’t feel threatened and just let him be.


    However, when he was at Nora’s birthday partyst time, Elissa must have sensed something about


    him had changed and she was all vignt again.


    “You think Elissa is behind this? Do you think they have found out how you are rted to the Larson


    Group?” Garrett looked dead serious as well.


    Having no idea what Ethan had been through during childhood, he didn’t know exactly what Elissa


    could do to thetter.


    “I don’t think so. But one thing is for sure; Elissa won’t stop here. Sadly, we don’t have any conclusive


    evidence yet. And even if we do, it will be hard to put Elissa behind bars because of the Lester family’s


    influence.”


    Looking at Ethan, who was lying on the bed with an indifferent look on his face, Garrett asked with


    doubt, “Do you mean that we should do nothing? This isn’t you.”


    Ethan’s most terrifying and frustrating quality was that he could conceal his thoughts and feelings so


    well that no one could guess.


    “Are you going to let them go just like that?” Ethan closed his eyes for a few seconds and opened them


    again. This time, they looked sharper than swords. His smile also added to his domineering aura. “The


    Larson Group will hinder the Lester family’s business from now on. We will leave them nothing.”


    Out of all people, he should know that the best way to get back at Elissa was to bring down the Lester


    family first. Ethan had been doing it for a decade now. The Larson Group was his most powerful


    weapon, and he must be very careful with what he was going to do next.


    When Ethan was trapped on the rooftop, he had to call for the Larson Group’s helicopter. The news


    would reach Elissa for sure. She probably saw him as a bigger threat now. If she knew he didn’t die in


    the fire, she would make a move again. When that happened, Ethan would make sure he was fully


    prepared to fight back.


    “Okay! This is more like it, buddy! We haven’t done anything big in the past few years. It’s getting


    boring. But now!” Garrett said with a grin.


    One thing he liked about Ethan the most was his determination. If it was someone else who told him


    about taking down the Lester family, he would haveughed at that person.


    But since it was Ethan who said that, Garret believed in him. He knew that the former never failed once


    he set his mind to something.