"She hasn't changed much. She's still young and beautiful, but there was something very different about her temperament."

Chad reported to Elliot what had transpired when he had met Avery.

"She's a lot more composed than she used to be. She has the air of someone who has made it. I wonder how she has managed to make that much money in a few short years."

Ben pulled out a stack of files, then said, "I looked into it and found out that she had started a company called Alpha Technologies with a business partner three years ago. The company mainly sells drones. I'm guessing she used the program that her father had left behind. I heard that the program itself wasn't complete, so she probably found someone to perfect it for her. Otherwise, sales wouldn't be through the roof."

"She's no longer the same helpless, little Avery Tate from four years ago."

"I never found her to be helpless. She might not have had much money four years ago, but she had a mind of her own. How did you think s