Frank walked up to greet Ned and thanked him, but he soon received asurprise call from Gavin Lane, Helen Lane's eldest uncle.

Gavin was a lot more cordial than Glen, asking politely after Frankanswered, "Mr. Lawrence, may I ask how are things progressing withthe farm? The financial statement is due in a little over a month. Ifyou're in a bind, I could ask my father to give you an extension—"

"An extension?! Why do you always have to side with outsiders,Gavin?!" Jade Zahn could be heard snapping from the other end."Shut up. It's boy's talk!" Gavin snapped at her before telling Franksoftly, “You can sell the land if push comes to shove. I'm sure my fatherwon't argue as long as we recoup some of the costs.”

On the other end, Jade was still not letting up. "It's Frank and Helenwho were boasting about making money from the farm. Why should wehelp them—"

"Jade!" Gavin barked, promptly silencing Jade.

"Ahem." He then cleared his throat. "Sorry about that, Mr. Lawrence."“It's alright.” Frank chuckled. "And don't worry—I have everything allplanned out for the farm. You'll be hearing about it in a few days, and Idefinitely won't disappoint you."

"Haha!" Gavin laughed in delight. “That's good... That's very good. AndI have faith you won't disappoint us."

“Yeah. And thank you for calling just to remind me about that, but I havesomething else to do at the moment, so..."

"Oh, hold on for a moment!" Gavin promptly stopped Frank, asking alittle softly, “I've heard that you'll be in Morhen for a while?"

"Yeah," Frank replied, raising a brow as he was curious as to who toldGavin about that, though he soon realized it was probably Helen.

And to no surprise, Gavin chuckled. "Well, Helen told me that in caseyou're wondering. Also, she and Luna will be going there as well for anon-site assessment of a subcontractor. You can drop by to check onthem if you have the time."

"A subcontractor...?" Frank paused for a moment, rubbing his chin.

It would take a few days before he could settle things with theTurnbulls, since he was waiting for Ciaran to contact him.

That meant he would be free for a few days, so he smiled and nodded."Sure. I can make the trip."

"Alright, that's all I've called to speak with you about. I'm hanging upnow."

"Yeah."

With that done, Frank eagerly called Helen.

"Hey, Frank. Are you done with Vicky's problem? When will she comeback to Riverton?" Helen asked immediately.

Frank was a little miffed she would ask about Vicky at length. "Hey,shouldn't you worry about me first?"

"Hehe..." Helen appeared nonchalant. “Would you have the time to callme if you're not fine?"

Frank could hear that she was in a car and laughed exaggeratedly. “Iheard from your uncle that you've come to Morhen to review asubcontractor or something. I happen to be free, so why don't we meetup? I have a story to tell since it's been an exciting few days for me."

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