Gary took out his phone and sent a message to Yandrea. "It looks like Xyrion knows about Janice's whereabouts, but I think she has already returned to Northern City."
As soon as the message was sent, Yandrea returned Gary's call.
Gary slid the answer button to the right.
Yandrea's voice came over the phone, and he sounded a little helpless. "You're right."
Gary raised his eyebrows. He laughed softly and said, "Why? You sound like you've figured that out a long while ago."
Yandrea said, "Xyrion really did have a hand in this, and he played a huge role too. I thought you wouldn't think of him, but since you have, I'll tell you the truth."
"Does this put you in a difficult spot?" Gary asked.
Yandrea gave a wry chuckle. "It's alright. Not to worry."
Even though he said this, Gary knew very well that Xyrion and Yandrea were on good terms.
Yandrea was a joker most times, but he took good care of his younger brother. However, Xyrion was not appreciative of this.
It was not an exaggeration to describe the relationship between the two brothers as complicated, but Yandrea hated Janice very much because of Xyrion.
Xyrion was obsessed with Janice, but Janice did not like him back.
Once, Yandrea was so angry that he went to confront Janice, but Janice humiliated him instead.
From that day on, Yandrea's hatred for Janice grew even more.
He thought that this woman was a hypocrite. She didn't like Xyrion, but she still stuck close to him.
She was just using him.
From Yandrea's point of view, Janice made use of her good looks to capture a man's heart in order to use him for her own gains, thus making her a cold, cruel woman.
Yandrea had once warned Gary and Lowell to keep their distance from this woman. However, at the time, Lowell and Gary had written Yandrea off as being too stubborn and even a little paranoid.
Besides, Janice had an adorable and lively personality back then. She made friends with great ease.
However, there was always another side to a person.
Gary was exasperated as he thought more about this, and how reality was a hard slap in the face.
"Since there's nothing to worry about, then I can rest assured." Gary said softly, "By the way, your brother is still obsessed with Janice."
"That's why I'm wondering what sort of black magic Janice has at her disposal. Lowell liked her, and you've been swayed by her charms before."
Gary immediately interrupted Yandrea, correcting him. "Don't talk nonsense. When have I ever had any feelings for Janice? I only took care of her because of Lowell."
"Alright, I know you won't admit it no matter what I say." Yandrea chuckled and said, "I'm investigating Janice's flight. If I'm right, she should've gotten on a chartered plane. Xyrion used my old man's money to charter a private plane for Janice to Northern City, so it's hard to see where she is from immigration."
"I've also checked with immigration but I didn't see Janice's name." Gary didn't intend to hide anything from Yandrea. "I just called your younger brother and found out that Janice is really back in Northern City." "Great. Let's attack on two fronts. You handle things in Northern City while I'll see what I can do here. I'll have my dad freeze Xyrion's bank accounts," Yandrea replied.
Without money, Xyrion would lose any value he had in Janice's eyes.
Yandrea's actions were quite vicious indeed.
Cutting off Xyrion's finances meant robbing him of his ability to flex his riches in front of Janice. As a result, Janice would detest him.
One would see the true colors of others once they ran out of money.
Xyrion had lacked such an opportunity thus far.
Gary seemed to have thought of something and said, "I do have to remind you of something. Janice is rather wealthy herself. If she's not only using Xyrion for money, then I don't think freezing his accounts will do anything in the short term."
"It doesn't matter. We have time to keep playing this game with Janice."
Then, Gary hung up and logged back into the airline company's website. After several keystrokes, he found the list of chartered aircraft for that particular day and a few days after that.
He sifted through incoming flights from Europe for clues as he had a hunch that Janice would try to avoid being found.
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: True Fated Marriage