90, A Dire Call

Chapter Ninety: A Dire Call

Just as Connor finished making his call and was heading back inside, he encountered Chris outside the private room.

He had overheard the disparaging remarks his friends had made about Chris.

“I’m sorry, Chris. I didn’t know they were going to react that way,” Connor said, his tone apologetic.

Chris just shrugged but couldn’t help but wonder why Connor was friends with jerks like Leo.

Normally, he would mind his business and not bother, but it seemed to him that Connor was a genuinely good guy.

Hence he had to ask, “Why are you friends with people like them?”

Connor hesitated for a moment before replying, “They’re not so bad if you get to know them.”

Connor’s brief response hid a more complicated reality.

How could he explain that his father worked as a personal assistant to Leo’s father in their company and that Leo’s family had significantly helped his family during a crisis?

When their house burned down, it was Leo’s parents who took them in and suppo