"Yes, Mr. Lawrence." Trevor agreed to it right away without asking any questions.


    Frank then returned to his Maybach to find it congested, with thedies arguing endlessly on who got to


    ride shotgun.


    Eventually, Winter triumphed, not because Vicky or Helen actually lost, but because neither woman


    could stand the thought of the other riding shotgun.


    "Hmph. I''ve ridden shotgun with my darling many times anyway," Vicky huffed, folding her arms before


    her chest.


    "Who''s your darling? How brazen," Helen snapped, her ice-like beauty persona long forgotten.


    "Oh, just stop it already..." Frank was left rubbing his brow—his days of peace were long gone.


    "I won''t be going back to Skywater Bay," Kiki said, standing outside the car and waving him goodbye.


    "The Soranos have given up on me after Hubert Sorano''s death, and I can live the way I want to now."


    "Are you going to be alright?" Frank frowned, somehow worried.


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    "Don''t worry. Vicky has my back!" Kiki grinned and winked at Vicky, while Vicky smiled in turn.


    "Then take care." Frank nodded. "You can still give me a shout if you run into trouble again."


    "Sure." Kiki smiled as she parted ways with them.


    Even as Frank drove back to Riverton, listening to thedies squabble in the back, he somehow found


    cheer instead of annoyance.


    Sage Lake Sect was no longer a threat after this. Even their sect chief Dahok Ocean made it clear that


    they were all at Frank''s disposal if he just said the word.


    As for Quinn, she was taken to the sect after avenging her father under Dahok''s grooming. If there


    were no surprises, she might well be the next sect chief.


    And then there was Silverbell...


    Frank had left her at Sage Lake Sect since he was reluctant to get involved any further.


    It had been an awkward encounter from the start, and Frank was not about to forget it anytime soon. -


    The journey back to Riverton was smooth, and things were peaceful again.


    Winter and Mona were attending college, while Helen and Vicky were busy with work since they now


    shared a new factory and precision equipment. It was even rare for Frank to see them at times, as the


    partnership between Grande Pharma and Lane Holdings meant a truckload of work to be done.


    As for Frank, he continued his usual routine while waiting for word from Trevor. He even made time to


    give a lecture at Riverton University, as the week passed by in peace.


    One day, Helen came to him early in the morning with a dead serious look.


    "Hey, bum." She smiled. "I see that you''re restless from too much free time... and I have a job for you."


    While her smile was rare before, Frank was getting used to it recently, since she was in a perpetual


    good mood ever since she moved into Skywater Bay.


    Shrugging, he said, "Just cut to the chase. Honestly, you talk like Vicky these days."


    "Huh.?"


    Helen''s smile stiffened, and she frowned as she wondered if Frank was right.


    She eventually sighed because he was indeed right—Vicky was having an influence over her since


    they had been hanging out a lottely.