A call came in on Odel's phone, suddenly breaking the silence. The call from Adrian instantly drew scornful looks from her three vampire fiancés. Clayton even immediately asked if it was from Adrian.
"Yeah, it's from him," Odel replied half-heartedly.
"What did he want?" Emilio asked.
"Nothing. He just wanted to make sure this police officer was still alive. "That's all," Odel replied.
"Ugh! "How annoying!" Daffin snapped.
On the table lay an agreement letter prepared by George, and the police chief had just signed it. With a triumphant smile, Clayton immediately took the document and tucked it into his jacket pocket.
"Pleasure doing business with you," he said in a low, victorious voice, making George nod rapidly like a bobblehead doll on a car dashboard.
With a relaxed gesture, Clayton stood from the police chief's chair—which, of course, wasn't his—and patted his knees as if he'd just risen from a throne.
