บท 1175: Friends and traitors (3)

Three days later…

12:21 PM

In a high-end Italian restaurant in Los Angeles…

Christopher, Bradley, Jasper, Vincent and Russel are seated around a large round table. They are snacking on the appetizers while waiting for Jeff to join them for lunch.

Jeff organized this lunch, inviting them with a vague description that he needs their assistance. They all know that Marcus is challenging Jeff's authority, and they guess that is the theme for this lunch.

All of them traveled to Los Angeles to answer his summons. Jeff told them to come at noon, and he is twenty minutes late already!

"It's been a while since we all met like this.", Vincent said while drifting into memories.

Christopher gave a meaningful look to his four friends before saying: "Not all of us are here."

"It's not like Jeff to be late.", Russel commented. "It must be something important."