Chapter 1270: The Prayer Beads

The front desk clerk had tactfully left, leaving only Callie and Grape in the room. She stood there for a long time, her gaze fixed on something indiscernible, unable to look away. Nelson didn’t have many friends. Bridger Kaiser and Davian Hudson could be counted among them, but female colleagues in high positions were even rarer, let alone ones who could be considered friends. For someone to borrow his custom-modified car and share dinner in his office, their relationship couldn’t be shallow. It was an entirely reasonable situation. Someone in his position could easily have ten such acquaintances. Yet Callie found herself wondering: during the time she wasn’t part of his life, who had he met? What had happened to him? Why did she feel this strange sense of loss? It was absurd. The dinner looked good. Allyson Fisher was eating heartily, but Nelson barely touched his food. His eyes kept drifting to the phone sitting on the nearby table, its screen dark and silent