Lyrra sat in her office, and today there were no clients. She was waiting for Emily to finish up so they could talk. After a little while, Emily entered and took a seat across from Lyrra's desk. "You wanted to talk to me?" Emily asked while stretching. "Yeah, I need your help with something. You have a friend who knows a friend, who has a cousin that knows another friend who is a scientist, right?" "That's a lot of friends you just mentioned! But yes, I do know someone. What do you need?" "I actually need the scientist's help. Can you tell me how to reach him?" Lyrra said. "Sure! I have his number; I can just give it to you." "Really? Emily, you're amazing! I appreciate it so much!" Lyrra exclaimed happily. "Wow, you must really need his help if you're this excited and saying nice things to me! But what do you need his help for?" Emily asked with curiosity. "I'm not sure yet, but I'll let you know as soon as I find out," Lyrra promised. "Okay then." ------------------- Afte

Eryn felt unsure about what to do. Even though those two people gave him hints about what they were saying, he still struggled to decide whether he could trust them. He sighed and ran his hand down his face. Just then, his phone lit up with a notification, so he picked it up and read the message. "Hi, it's Aria." He was puzzled about who it was until he remembered the girl from the club. He was surprised to see a message from her because he had completely forgotten about her, and only one person could have shared his number. "Andrew," he muttered under his breath. Another notification came in. "I know you read my message and ignoring it, but I will keep messaging you until you respond." Eryn rolled his eyes and blocked her. "I'm going to get him when he comes back." "Oh, he blocked me? I'll just have to try again," Aria said with a smile. "Miss Aria, are you listening?" her assistant asked. Aria looked up from her phone. "No, clear my schedule for this week and next week; I wo