"I have such a big family business. You, as an underling, can't buy them all."
After that, he called the security department, where my brother had worked. After several calls, he got the same reply.
"Mr. Lawrence, Brian Patton is indeed dead."
"He went to the underground city with an illness that day. He had injured his foot before he left."
"His body was buried by Miss Natalya alone. It seems that Miss Natalya was not in a good condition that day."
The successive replies made Joe look gloomy little by little.
In a fit of anger, he slammed his cell phone on the ground and shattered it.
"Nonsense! You must have conspired together to deceive me!"
Suddenly, Joe's childhood friend exclaimed and picked up a crumpled piece of paper from a corner.
I looked down and realized that the thing I had been holding in my hands was gone.
With a trembling hand, he handed the crumpled paper to Joe.
"Joe... this..."
Joe frowned and snatched the paper from him.
After he unfolded it, the name of my brother appeared in front of his eyes.
He was thunderstruck, stunned in place. Then he looked at me in disbelief.
"How could this be..."
The death report slipped through his fingers and fell to the ground.
Looking defeated, Joe rushed towards me in fear as if he were a child, who had done something wrong.
"Natalya, I don't know that Brian will... I didn't mean it. We were just playing a game for fun..."
