章 1201: Vanish without a trace

He could tell that his friends were keeping something from him. But he could not ruin the evening by prying for more details. He could see the excitement in his wife's eyes when they told them about the good news.

He could not destroy her happiness by snooping around for information. He did not want his wife to worry unless he had confirmed his gut feeling about his sister's current situation.

Still, he knew something was not right. However, he had to wait until he saw Alex later to verify his suspicion. Until then, he could only hope that he was wrong.

"Alona." He greeted her on the phone as he called her directly. "Can you squeeze me into Alex's schedule?" He knew that his friend had a full calendar today. But he needed more than five minutes of his time.