After a moment's consideration, Elliot decided to head to Rosacus City to check things out for himself.
If Chelsea truly was dead, then he and Ben can bury her together.
The only worry was that Chelsea was still alive and Ben was the one who was in trouble.
At ten in the morning, the vice president of Sterling Group knocked on Chad’s office door, then walked in and asked, "Is Mr.
Foster not coming in today? Why haven't I been able to contact Mr. Schaffer since yesterday?"
"Mr. Foster is busy, so he won't be in the office today. As for Mr. Schaffer, I can't contact him either. I don't know what's going on with him." "Oh, could Mr. Schaffer be in some kind of trouble? This has never happened before," said the vice president worriedly. "Is Mr. Foster going to look for Mr. Schaffer?"
"Probably! He didn't say for sure." Chad adjusted his glasses, then said, "Don't worry. There’s shouldn't be a problem. Mr. Foster would tell us if something really happened.”
The vice president nodded, then suddenly thought of something and said, "That
Sierra University that Mr. Foster went to for the training course a few days ago just announced its permanent closure today."
"Oh? I haven't heard about it yet. Where did you hear the news from?" Chad asked.
"A friend of mine from Mount Sierra told me about it." Then, the vice president lowered his voice and said, "He said that Roger Goldstein offended everyone who went for the training course a few days ago. Nothing dangerous happened at the time, but everyone saw Goldstein's true colors and cut ties with him. Even if he didn't shut down the course, I doubt anyone would ever sign up for it again."
"That's true. Goldstein must have been out of his mind to have been used as someone's puppet like that."
"Do you know who was inciting him?" asked the vice president.
Chad shook his head and said," I don't know."
"That person sure has guts. I can't figure out who it was at all! Let me know if you find out," the vice president said, then strode out of the room.
Once the vice president left, a lightbulb lit up in Chad’s head.
Could Ben's radio silence have something to do with whoever was behind the Mount Sierra fiasco?
Could that person be... Chelsea Tierney?
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