Five Years Wasted Now They Beg Her Back novel Chapter 554

A strange man had been looking for Ethan?

"Weird how?" Elliot asked.

The girl tilted her head, struggling to find the right words.

"I mean... when he showed up, Mr. Ward looked like he'd seen a ghost. He clearly knew the guy, but... he also seemed terrified of him."

Terrified?

Grace's heart skipped a beat.

Ethan was a classic bully who picked on the weak and cowered before the strong. There were very few people on earth who could genuinely scare him.

Was it Julian?

"Then what?" Ivy urged.

"The man came back two more times," Ms. Lowry continued. "Mr. Ward personally escorted him upstairs to his office every single time. They would talk for over an hour behind a locked door. And... well, Mr. Ward never handed me any new renovation contracts after those meetings."

Grace's breathing quickened.

"Did this man have any defining features?" she demanded. "His height, an accent, anything stand out?"

Ms. Lowry thought hard. "He was maybe five-foot-eight, pretty skinny. His accent sounded local, but also a little off. Oh, wait!"

She suddenly gasped. "He had a burn scar on the back of his left hand! I noticed it when I brought him a glass of water. It was all mangled and puckered... really creepy."

A burn.

Mr. Zollinger's words flashed through Grace's mind.

*That very night, the lab caught fire.*

Was this middle-aged man connected to the fire from all those years ago?!

If that was true, then Gianna's disappearance wasn't just some petty revenge plot by Ethan. This was infinitely more dangerous.

"Let's go."

Grace spun around and headed for the door. "Elliot, please text those details to Damien."

"On it," Elliot agreed.

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