Chapter 3: The Old and the New

Back at the Grande House, where the reporters had been dispersed, Zach sat back in front of his office, took out the check from Mrs. Quinn from the drawer, and began to settle the accounts. Although it was a legacy of the previous generation of Grande, Mrs. Quinn still did not treat the Grande House badly.

Zach looked at the records of Mrs. Quinn compiled in the ledger, except for the first real funeral of Mr. Quinn and the items scheduled to be combined, and wrote all kinds of miscellaneous items with inexplicable words below. And the amount of this miscellaneous item has far exceeded the amount consumed by the funeral body. Zach shook his head helplessly, and could only continue to add new miscellaneous items to the end.

Perhaps it is worth asking Old Hank how the former House of Grande handled the extra income.

The tomb should have been done yesterday, but it took time and secrecy to replace the 'things' in the coffin, and Mrs. Quinn dragged it out all night until this morning. For Zach, this is not necessary, but he doesn't say much, after all, if Grande's efficiency is too high, Zach is also worried that he is too conspicuous.

The phone rang, Zach put down his pen and picked up the phone, the other party's voice has been around Zack's ear lately, making the vampire a little annoyed, it was Quest.

"I've found that Daniel!" the voice of the person on the other side of the earpiece was low, and finally it was no longer a blind question, but it became a declarative sentence, but Zach could already hear from the suppressed breathing in the earpiece, how much anger was contained in this sentence!

"Congratulations. Zach raised an eyebrow, looked at the colored light that suddenly appeared in the office, and made a helpless expression. The phantom Daniel also smiled helplessly and shook his head, not caring.

After congratulating him insincerely, Zach continued, "It's good that Mr. Quest has found it, you don't need to inform me, if you harass the Grande House like this again, I will have to go to the court to apply for a restraining order." ”

The sound of breathing in the earpiece seemed to leak out of breath and turned into a loud laugh with an airy voice, "Grande! Are you-playing with me! That Daniel has been missing for almost three weeks!

Now I can confirm that the other party is talking about a phantom person, and 'Daniel' is not an uncommon name. Usually Quest's phone call is to burst out a bunch of surnames and ask Zach which one he is, of course, Zach will listen 'seriously', politely say goodbye, and then hang up the phone.

"It's a shame. Zach said in a straight tone, "If Quest has nothing else to do, it's time to say goodbye again." Pleasant conversation with sir and goodbye"

Zach hung up the phone and pouted at Daniel, "At that time, it was just to get rid of him, I didn't expect him to be so persistent." ”

Daniel waved his hand, the sliding of his arm in the air was no longer the afterimage of before, he was almost recovered, today's group of disgruntled reporters is a very good tonic for the phantom, "It's okay, I'm not going to fix my identity anymore." ”

Zach stared at Daniel's face, which had changed in the past few days, no longer the handsome face that had been exemplary, but seemed to have half Indian blood and half Grande blood.

It's not hard to understand that Alice's heart is disturbed by Ryan, and it is clear that the banshee's heart has been thinking of her real parents frequently. And in the other human old Hank in the Grande House, there is no need to guess that this strange old man's memories of life with old Grande have also 'contributed' to the appearance of the phantom.

One is Alice's upper echelon, and the other is Zachary Grande's upper echelon in the legal sense, and Zach has somewhat mixed feelings about this face......

Now even if Quest is brought to Daniel, he can't recognize the other person.

"Do you want a different name?" Zach asked tentatively, and Anthony probably wouldn't refuse such a small favor.

"No, I don't. Daniel shook his head, a hint of persistence flashing in his eyes, "This is my real name." ”

Zach nodded, among the countless others, the phantom must have a sustenance to keep his heart, it seems that this name is Daniel's sustenance, so that he can keep himself not lost in the whirlpool of *.

"Well, we all need to remember our real names. Zach smiled, remembered the 'guarding the palace', paused for a moment, looked at Daniel, who had never meant to leave, and asked, "Is there anything else?"

Daniel's expression was a little hesitant, and his gaze shifted to the ledger in front of Zack, but Zach knew that he wasn't looking into anything, just thinking about his own business. Of course, even if the phantom is watching, there is no need for Zach to hide it, this is the business of the Grande House, and it is the joint work of everyone or non-human under this roof.

"My friend, I want to get in touch with him. Daniel hesitated for a moment, but said it anyway.

Zach thought for a moment, and a smile appeared on his face, "Is that the neighbor boy?"

"Yes. Daniel nodded.

Zach pushed the phone over, stood up with a smile, and patted the phantom on the shoulder, "He's a very nice boy, and you're lucky to have such a friend." ”

Daniel smiled appreciatively at Zack. For the phantom man, when he knew the existence of the Grande House, he wanted to enter, and the weak alien race would naturally move closer to the strong alien race, which was survival. Just like the former Kim would look after Louise for 'David' as James.

It's just that the composition of the Grande House is too strange in the eyes of Daniel, a marginal alien, which makes him hesitate. Now that he was able to get rid of the demon's pursuit thanks to Grande, there was no need for this hesitation.

Daniel dialed the number with anticipation, and as Zach exited the office, he glanced at Daniel, who was a little nervous, smiled and shook his head.

When Zack and James appeared, the first thing the teenager in the wheelchair did was to defend Daniel, and after being exposed to know Daniel's 'specialness', he reflexively entered a defensive mentality to get rid of the two. Whatever the reason for the teenager to become friends with Daniel, he at least candidly accepted Daniel's inhuman identity. This is something that most people don't have, and the 'majority' is James!

James, the detective, hadn't been in contact with Grande since he met Crowley, and Zach estimated that the process of his mental construction was almost complete. Zach himself can't do it because of his agreement with Crowley, but he desperately wants to teach James a lesson on 'a hundred and one ways to take out demons'!

Walking out of the back porch, Zach reached out to block out the increasingly strong sunlight near noon, and walked towards Benjamin's warehouse. As he passed through a certain piece of land in the backyard, Zach stopped, his fingers running through his fingertips, bright red blood seeping into the dirt, and the terrible howl of the ground was not perceived by ordinary people.

The vampire curled the corners of his mouth in satisfaction, and unlike the inclusion of new members, this was a game that vampires used to play with one of Grand's old members these days, and the name of this game was called: 'Punish the Groundbinders'.