Ethan sighed and shook his head slightly. "You know you don't have to do that"
Hayley quickly replied. "Ethan, Anyone comes for you, they come for me too."
Ethan said nothing for a moment, just stared at her with a casual smile on his face before nodding in acknowledgment.
Hayley turned toward the car then, but right before she opened the door, she glanced back at him and winked with a smile on her lips. Then she climbed inside, and drove off.
Ethan remained there a moment, watching the car disappear into the evening light before turning back and walking up the slightly elevated platform leading into main house, where Eduardo waited.
Actually, the butler had only just returned a few moments ago, right as Hayley was about to leave.
Eduardo began speaking immediately as Ethan approached. "I apologize, Master Ethan. I bear the blame for not being here when they came."
