It was a call from Nathen. Darlene walked out of the private room and answered the call. Immediately, Nathen's voice rang out. "Happy New Year, Darlene. It's a little late, but it's better late than never, isn't it?"
Darlene walked toward the floor-to-ceiling window at the end of the corridor. When she turned around, she saw Marcel following her as expected.
He followed her, but he was not in a hurry. He was just following her from a distance, and no one could tell that he was following Darlene.
Darlene replied absent-mindedly, "Happy New Year, Dr. Elicott. I heard that your company is having an annual dinner today. You must have been busy all day, right?"
There was a bit of noise over there through the phone, and he could not tell something was wrong from Darlene's voice.