Chapter 86

• Everyone else in the ancestral hall had arrived and taken a seat, but for the vacant one next Stella. Evelyn remarked, "Sadly... How is Alex doing? Is traffic present?"
• She then turned to Stella and said, "Stella, I should have brought my cell phone. Please, could you give Alex a call? Find out where he is right now.”
• She winked complacently at the neighbors sitting next to her as she was speaking. Stella couldn't say anything. Evelyn's plan was just too clear, wasn't it?