Chapter 241

So much went down with the Smith Group lately, Marilyn Gray was almost losing sleep over it. She’d been selling off both her own fixed assets and parts of the Gray family’s businesses to deal with the mess. Meanwhile, Ethan Smith? Still acting like it’s business as usual. He seemed to have all the faith in the world that his son would pull through, no worry lines on his face—still eating, drinking, heading out for fun like nothing ever happened. You’d be lucky to catch a glimpse of him once a week. Nobody had the guts to tell Grandpa Smith about the riot in Harmony, City S. That day, when I went to see the old man in the hospital, I ran into Eli Watson and Vera Clark. Eli was there to take Vera for her eye check-up. She had her sunglasses on, as always, so I had no clue how her eyes were doing now. As she went into the doctor’s office, Eli and I bumped into each other in the hallway. I looked at him and said, “You really gonna stay mad forever over this and just toss a friendship?” Eli