Charlie was at the Champs Elys hot spring villa, and while surprised for a moment as to why Zachary was calling him, he soon had an inkling why.

Answering his call, he chuckled, "To what do I owe the pleasure, Zachary?"

Zachary's tone was at once fearful and remorseful. "Master Wade, I've called to apologize to you…"

"Apologize for what?" Charlie asked despite knowing the answer.

Zachary sighed, his voice choking with tears, "Master Wade, I must have lost my mind… When I found out that Raymond Cole had returned, I remembered that he had hurt your father-in-law and that your father-in-law must still be holding a grudge. So, I reached out and tried to hatch a plot for revenge, but it all went south…."

With that, Zachary told Charlie everything without missing a single detail.

And Charlie listened, after which he asked, "So, Zachary—you never thought to tell me before, during, and after you succeeded in your plot, yet now you're telling me when everything has spiraled beyond your co