106 - Rejection

Officer Dickerson orders his men to pack up their equipment. He leaves with a very unenthusiastic look on his face. Either because he is so tired, or maybe he is so disappointed that Sofia doesn’t want to cooperate with his team.

Alex also decides to leave since he still needs to handle his business. So he just leaves with Boris. However, just like on the previous two nights, Sofia tries to hold him again, offering to stay the night in that house with the others.

“You could stay the night here?You know we have so many unoccupied rooms in this house.”

“Don’t get me wrong,” Alex replies. “I have a new business, and I handle this business during the night.”

“Running business during the night? Can’t you even leave your work for a while? Elly is…”

“Look! I’m not like you,” Alex interferes with her immediately. “I didn’t have a father who left me so much wealth that I could leave my job at will.”

Sofia's face turns a bit sour, believing that Alex is expressing his frustration at having to s
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