Chapter fifty one: it's a movie titled the back stabbing bastards

Aiden checked on his phone to see the time and it was only two hours left for the auction to start. He sighed tears brimming in his eyes.

"We will lose it all in just two hours," he said looking at the seat next to him only to find it empty.

'Huh, I thought she was sitting right here,'

" Mel?" he call but there was no response.

"Did I zone out for that long that she went upstairs or something?" he asked himself getting off the couch and stretching his limbs.

He started by checking the kitchen to see if she was having a snack but she wasn't there,

" She's probably sleeping, let me not disturb her or else she will lash out on me,"

He went back into the living room and sat on the couch fixing his eyes on the TV again until he dozed off.

An hour and half later, he woke up checked the time and only thirty minutes was left for the auction.

Wanting someone to talk to about the incoming trouble, Aiden decided to go upstairs to c