Chapter 855

"Hey, Beth, what's going on?" Frank asked over the phone. "Frank, are you out at the moment?" Bethany asked, smiling. "Out? What for?" He sounded somewhat helpless. "I just got back to the manor after accompanying Uncle Sawyer to go house-hunting. Beth, is everything okay?" "Nothing, I just saw someone and I thought it was you." She chatted with him for a bit before hanging up. She was convinced that Mateo had lied. She knew how close he and Frank were, and if a colleague had contacted him, Frank would have joined them. "Mommy?" Elysia saw Bethany was distracted and called out tentatively. "Here, you go talk to Ash for a bit." Bethany handed the phone to her. "Fifteen minutes, and then you're going to sleep, alright?" Elysia nodded and took the phone to her room. Meanwhile, Mateo hailed a cab and went to a quiet bar, where he intended to have a few drinks and talk to someone. When he arrived, Jenny was already there, waiting for him. "Mateo, over here!" She stood up and waved