Chapter 38 Sent Her Away

In the end, William didn't respond to Elias' suggestion. Instead, he continued drinking until way past midnight. Elias spent the night at Westward Club while William had one of the servers drive him back to Eastbay, being the clean freak he was. William was nearly drunk at this point. He stumbled even as the server carefully helped him upstairs. William then lay on the couch, resting his aching head on his hand. The server was afraid William might fall ill if he left just like that. He didn't want to bear such a burden, so he asked William hesitantly, "Mr. Middleton? Do you need me to call your housekeeper over? Or do you have any hangover medicine at home? I can help you." William grew irritated by the server and tossed him his phone. "Call Emelie Hoven and tell her to come over." The server flipped through William's call history and called Emelie's number. The first call went unanswered. The server surmised Emilie had fallen asleep by now, given it was nearly 2:00 am. The serv