Rees was searching Ruth everywhere. Zoe's message had set his heart in the turmoil of panic. Elsie paced in worry. She only hoped that Rees gets Ruth before Edwin got to know about it.
Edwin, Lester and Augustus were still locked up in the meeting room, surrounded by scattered bunches of papers.
Edwin was tired of repeating the same course of incidences and going through the same facts over and over. He tried reaching Rees, but he had closed his mind link, which made Edwin have a bad feeling about it.
He tried to reach Elsie, and she assured him that everything was fine. And, Rees went to see Ruth and try to convince her again to accept his suggestion of working in 'the great manor'.
But Edwin was not stupid to fall for that lie. He had seen and experienced how strong-headed Ruth was when she decided to act that way. She was as firm as a rock when she puts her mind to something.
