Chapter 381

"You read it right." He had checked out an hour earlier, probably having gotten wind of something, feeling unsafe, and quickly left. 'How dare Michael not heed Jared's warning, blatantly doing things he knew very well that they were against the law?' Claus looked up with a gentle smile, but his eyes had an inorganic coldness. He called and told Jared what he found and some of his own interpretation, as if he had witnessed what happened with his own eyes. 'He's good for nothing but tattling, emboldening Michael, even.' A long silence was on Jared's side before Jared was heard saying, "One at a time." Claus then hung up and was thrilled. 'One at a time; everyone gets their turn. Boss has his own reasons for doing things, and I'm not in a hurry.' Meanwhile, Nicole had walked Mrs. Wallace Sr. into the Riddle Mansion to meet her parents. It was her eldest brother who picked her up the last time. Daniel and Gloria had never met Mrs. Wallace Sr. yet, so she had to take Mrs. Wallace S