76. Exposing Krystal's Rottenness

Richard's POV

"Can you come to the Goldman Inc. building?" asked Krystal across the line. I glanced at Nikkie, who was still falling asleep in bed. It was already 8 am, and Nikkie hadn't woken up since she started sleeping at 10 pm.

It's obvious how tired Nikkie is. With all the terror over the past week or so, it was only natural that Nikkie was sleeping this soundly when she was getting some quiet.

Remembering who was behind all the terror made my anger at Krystal surge even more. I chose to exit the room as quietly as possible before answering Krystal.

"Why should I comply with your request?" I asked back.

I could hear Krystal's long, heavy breaths from here. The kind of breaths she often took when she was holding back anger.

"You could not have come. I just wanted to make sure that you were coming. Grandpa must have called you too, right?" said Krystal.

Yes, with such thin patience, she certainly wasn't going to stick around to persuade me for long.

"You're right. I still haven