"Landon Lockwood came to Quillan this time to advance the 'Clean Up Plan'."
She pronounced each word deliberately, her tone cautious.
"He wouldn't joke about something like this."
"Even if you two never got along before, when has he ever messed around on major issues?"
Julian West fell silent.
It was as if a wad of cotton was stuck in his throat; he wanted to argue back, but couldn't find any solid grounds to do so.
He knew Cora Lowell was right.
But that feeling of suffocation and anger surged like a tide in his heart.
When it came to Landon Lockwood, there was one way to describe him.
His ways were always extreme and obsessive.
Incomprehensible to ordinary people and utterly unpredictable.
He was the most reliable in dangerous situations but the most anxiety-inducing when things were calm.
In moments of crisis, as long as he was around, the situation would quickly be brought under control.
No matter how chaotic the situation, it could be forcibly turned around.
