Trying Again

Zyran sat in his office, going through the chart and data of the company's statistics when his phone beeped. It was a message. He opened it and frowned, then dialed a number.

Cher picked up on the other end after two rings. "If it isn't the traitor. I asked you to take her to the hospital, and you—"

"Cher, listen to what I'm about to say to you right now." Zyran spoke through the phone with a very serious look on his face, and Cher listened.

Done with the call, he closed the files on his desk and picked up his jacket, leaving the company. As he made his way out, Zyran thought about the message a reporter had just sent him.

It said that Mila's father had been detained, he was a criminal, and the news was everywhere. The last time Zyran had visited the family, he hadn't noticed anything about that man being a criminal.