Chapter 127

Ari glanced over and saw Elodie slumped further down in the front passenger seat. He noticed the dark circles under her eyes. ‘You should take a nap. I’ll wake you up when we’re at the hotel.’ Elodie nodded her thanks, and within seconds, she was out cold. Ari slowed the car down to make the ride smoother for her. He glanced at her again. Her past intrigued him, and her doggedness at finding answers impressed him. Ari congratulated himself silently for picking Elodie as his girlfriend - she proved far more interesting than he’d originally thought. As a habit, his gaze shifted to the rearview mirror, checking for any cars tailing them. After a few moments, he returned his focus to the road ahead. His mind drifted to the conversation he had with Theo earlier that day. Raymond Fontaine was a mystery. His rise in the business world in Los Montical had been nothing short of meteoric. About twenty years ago, the media, both broadsheets and tabloids, were filled with his interviews and appear