CHAPTER 55

"Is that Eli?" I immediately hung up when Papa spoke from behind.

"Oh... My manager, pa. I have an important appointment today." I approached him and then kissed his cheeks. "Gotta go, pa. Just call me if you need anything. Love you!"

As soon as I went outside of the house, I entered the car and headed home to my condo. Yeah, I already have my own house, so it's just not the perfect time for me to live in that house with Papa. The location of the house is too far from my workplace, so I decided to just get a condo.

During my free time or if I'm on vacation, I'll go and be with my father, of course.

Going back to my conversation with Theo earlier that was cut short because of my father, I was happy when he announced that he succeeded in what I did to him. I just asked my dearest manager to think of a better plan to close Gretchen's salon.

According to him, Theo paid double the person Gretchen had loaned to him to build his business. Theo pays that person to force Gretchen to pay the ba