The Unlucky Turn by Mark Twain 153
How could she have changed so much in just a month?
The more Zeus thought about it, the angrier he got. He dialed Josiah Sloan immediately.
“Josiah, I just ran into Leilani at the hospital! Do you have any idea what’s going on with her?” Zeus’s voice was grim. “She has a badge from Floyd Dillon of the Global Special Medical Team! She even got into our Classified Archives!”
On the other end of the line, Josiah’s voice was calm, almost indifferent. “Oh. And?”
Zeus paused, thrown off by the lackluster reaction. “What do you mean ‘And’? Do you know who Floyd is? He’s the Director of the Capital Military Hospital! How could a girl fresh out of prison have connections with someone like that? There has to be something shady going on between them!”
Hearing the title ‘Capital Military Hospital’ finally got a reaction out of Josiah. “What?”
Josiah didn’t know much about the Global Special Medical Team, but the Military Hospital implied high-ranking government connections. He immediately assumed Callahan Langley must have introduced them. Leilani’s relationship with Callahan was evidently much closer than they had realized.
“So? What do you want to do about it?” Josiah asked.
Since the last time Leilani had cut ties with them, Josiah had resigned himself to the situation. Leilani hated them—probably because they had failed her-and she had a sharp tongue now. Not to mention her bizarre combat skills. He could only complain about her privately; they couldn’t actually control her.
Zeus, choked by his brother’s apathy, gritted his teeth. “I’m going to tell Dad. He needs to discipline her!”
There was a two-second silence on the line before Josiah let out a cold laugh. “Zeus, are you really that out of the loop?”
“What?”
“She blocked the whole family,” Josiah said mockingly. “Including Dad.”
Zeus was stunned. “What?”
“She cut ties with the Sloan family a long time ago,” Josiah said flatly. “You never come home, so of course you don’t know.”
Zeus’s hand trembled around his phone, his voice rising in pitch. “She… how dare she?”
Even if she resented them, cutting ties completely? The Sloan family was a prominent name in Alloy City. Wasn’t she afraid of the consequences?
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“Why wouldn’t she dare?” Josiah sneered. “Haven’t you realized yet? The Leilani of today isn’t the little girl we used to push around. We all underestimated her. Right after she got out of prison, she bought a house in Celestial Heights-paid in full. Her network is probably stronger than ours right now.”
“What do you mean?” Zeus was confused.
“She’s very close with Callahan from the Langley Group. They both live in Celestial Heights. When Tamara and I went to find Leilani, Callahan was right there with her. This Floyd person was probably introduced to her by Callahan.”
Zeus stopped breathing for a second.
Callahan of the Langley Group?
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