Chapter Thirteen

Mariko arrived at Reed's mansion. From the garage, he could hear the crashing sound of vases and the voices of two men arguing upstairs. ‘What was that?’ she wondered with her.

Mariko became alert to what might happen and hurried inside, thinking that maybe someone had broken in. She saw Matilda, one of the servants, trembling with some other servants while looking up at the second floor of the house. “What is happening here?” she asked.

“Master Ethan and young master Marcus are fighting, miss,” Matilda informed her.

“What? Then why don’t you stop them?” She asked.

“We don’t want to get involved in their fight, Miss. We don’t want to lose our job.” Matilda informed her, worried was evidently written on her face.

“What really happened? Why are they fighting?” Mariko asked.

“Master Ethan went home drunk last night. And he brought someone over. Master introduced the woman to the young master earlier. And now they are arguing.”

“Where is the woman?” Mariko asked. ‘Sir Ethan must have been