Chapter 40 – The Hunt Begins

Fallon

It had been 3 days of solitude and I was starting to grow impatient.

What is happening? Was my message intercepted somehow?

I've been staying in the mansion, painstakingly waiting for a response. All I've been doing is tending to the garden or helping with the house chores. There has also been no social gathering given the crises the other big mafias are going through.

Perhaps, Fox is gone? Did we lose our tech specialist without anyone informing me?

I stayed staring at the blank ceiling wall with my back on the bed, overthinking every possibility and preparing for the worst. Until a knock outside woke me up. I immediately stood up and opened the door. Old Barry's calm face greeted me.

"Old Barry," I acknowledged with much surprise. "What do you need?"

He smiled. "Do you have some time to spare?"

I immediately nodded.

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I quietly sat with Old Barry in the library, warming my palms with the cup of coffeee he prepared. Like always, he had his small bowl of grapes and he qui