Axel sat quietly, his mind continue drifting back to that conversation in the hospital.
He could still clearly hear Jayvaughn's voice as though it were happening right now.
"No, it's not one of our cooks," Jayvaughn had said with calm certainty. "They've been with us for so long. Although I won't dismiss them completely, which is why I'll carry out my own investigation before apprehending anyone. But I still think the person I'm thinking of is the one who hired those killers to come after you."
Axel remembered how he had put on an expression of fake confusion, tilting his head as he asked, "So who did it then? If it's not the cook, you can't tell me that the person who did it is one of your parents. I'm telling you now—if you say that to me, I won't believe it."
