Chapter 22

The water droplets slid down Scott's hair and landed on the wet ground, then flowed into the shower drain and disappeared into the darkness. Scott stared at the shower head for a long time before finally putting on his bathrobe and leaving the bathroom. It was already dusk, and since he turned on the lights when he came in, he expected the room to be brightly illuminated, but the entire house was pitch black. Scott took out his phone and dialed Jay's number. "Yes, Mr. Lawson?" "There's a power outage." Jay froze. A power outage? What was he talking about? Before Jay could ask, however, Scott added, "Who was the one paying the electric bills at my house?" Jay finally understood what Scott was talking about. The day that Naomi filed for divorce, she emailed Jay with some instructions about the mansion's general upkeep. She filled the entire email with detailed instructions that she knew Jay would need, but Jay was so busy that he forgot about it. Naomi already took care of any