Chapter 263

After Evan Smith got back to City H, he didn’t see Jason Smith at all, which totally killed his mood. The old man noticed but didn’t say anything—probably because of his status—just told Henry Smith and me to handle it carefully and not let it affect the kid too much. We put out the word that Evan had been found, hoping Jason would come back to see his son and have a proper talk. But four days flew by and… silence. Not a single word from Jason Smith. What caught me off guard instead, was that Ella Reid suddenly showed up in City H—completely out of the blue. That day, I’d just finished my break and returned to work at Quying. I had just stepped out of the elevator into the open office area and hadn’t even made it to my own office when I overheard some coworkers chatting about a last-minute change in upper management. That news hit me like a brick to the head. I was still processing it. Xander Lewis had been in charge of Quying for years and had always done things by the book. Why would