When Zach and Benjamin returned to the Grand House, it was already evening, and as the seasons changed, the hours of daylight gradually lengthened, and Barton City was in the twilight of the sun and darkness at six o'clock.

The two returned late because after leaving James's attic, they took a detour to the only place where the police found the hijacked suicide man to work, trying to see if there were any clues to be found, but to no avail, so they had to bathe in the twilight and return to Grande.

The ambiguity of light and darkness should be cherished, but the Grande family seems to disdain such moments.

Old Hank was nowhere to be seen, and Kim Jong stood alone in the kitchen, enjoying the fruits of the afternoon he had been waiting for. Alice and Louise were sitting in Zach's room on the second floor looking at 'Cook's kitchen'.

Alice is an absolute fan of 'Cook', a few days ago, this cooking show was brought forward to the relatively unpopular five o'clock, and the simple banshee also wrote a letter to the TV station to protest: "At six o'clock, most of the working people have just finished work, and when they come home and turn on the TV, they can only see the freshly baked food, but they don't know the cooking materials and techniques, which is wrong!"

Of course, the Banshee's letter went unanswered, but the next day, a slightly chubby Cook expressed his optimism on the show: "It's also a pleasure to teach housewives to prepare a perfect dinner for their husbands and children before dinner." ”

The banshee melted.

Zach stood by the door, watching Alice reluctantly say goodbye to the people on TV, and promised to meet again on time tomorrow, and couldn't help but feel a little happy.

"There were a couple of phone calls. Louise waited patiently for Zach to sink for a while, "I didn't answer, I left a message." ”

Zach smiled and nodded, and the three of them left the room, and Alice was about to start preparing dinner. Apparently she pushed off Lola's celebration party at [Parker Elementary] for the sake of Cook.

Zach returned to the office, habitually poured himself a glass of 'wine' first, and pressed the play button on the answering machine.

Some of the regular appointments and consultation calls were jotted down on paper by Zack.

"Grande Funeral Home, Mr. Grande. Uh, I'm Wells from the Barton Land Planning Authority. ”

The voice coming from the answering machine was somewhat muffled, and the intonation showed the fatigue of the owner. Zach raised an eyebrow and continued listening.

"I'm calling because, well, the West End cemetery, which was once planned for the Grande House, has been repossessed by the city and is now in the pre-investigation phase of redevelopment. ”

Zach took a sip of 'wine', he underestimated Anthony, the mayor actually moved the land so quickly.

"Well, so, there are some information that we need to check, and we expect Mr. Grande's cooperation. Well, that's it, I don't know if Mr. Grande will have time tomorrow. Belch...... In short, I received a message to contact me, phone xxxxx. Oh yes, please contact me during business hours. Thank you. ”

The sound of the phone hanging up. Zach looked at the time and happily put the matter behind him.

The answering machine continues to turn.

"It's still me, Wells. You didn't call back, maybe you weren't there or something else. Uh, but I'm off work. ”

Zach sighed, still the same tired, feeble male voice. Zach listened helplessly.

"You'll come back in the evening anyway. Anyway, I'll be going to the Grand House tomorrow morning, so please don't leave. So be it, uh, thanks, goodbye. ”

Zach smiled helplessly, he had already heard the helplessness and impatience of this government worker. Zach put down his glass, thought about it for a while, and decided not to embarrass this guy and honestly wait for his arrival tomorrow.

Before that, though, Zach picked up the phone and dialed the private line in Anthony's office. The government workers were never muzzling, and Zach didn't know what they were looking for, so it would be helpful to ask Anthony.

"Who. "Anthony was always direct.

"Zach. Zach shook his glass.

With a heavy sigh, Anthony's tone on the earpiece was more impatient than any government worker, but it was understandable that it was past six o'clock, and Mr. Patton's mayor was still working diligently in his office, which was a good thing!

"What's the matter with you?"

In the earpiece, a woman's peculiar gasp could not escape the vampire's ears, and Zach curled the corner of his eye, it seemed that the beautiful secretary had been attacked.

"Did I disturb anything? Maybe I should wait a while to call. Zach chuckled in his tone, and he could even imagine Anthony on the other side of the phone!

The phone was hung up.

It's past seven o'clock when the phone rings, and let's give Mayor Patton, Anthony.

"Is there anything wrong with you. Anthony swept away his previous impatience and came from the earpiece with a hint of pleasure.

"Tomorrow there will be a survey of the West End cemetery by someone from the Barton Land Planning Administration. Although Zach was not happy for his friend, his tone unconsciously brought a friendly smile, "Should I pay attention to something?"

"Oh!" Anthony was reminded, remembering something: "It's nothing, it's just a regular investigation, you just have the funeral records on the West Side." ”

"It's simple. Zach remembered what he had seen at Ford's Cemetery this afternoon, where government workers were harassed, believing that the Ford's home, the former owner of the cemetery, was no better. Zach hesitated again: "Anthony, do you really want to move the land over there? You know that there are many big people in Barton City buried there." ”

"I know. Anthony put away the remaining frivolity: "That's why there will be an investigation, and you should know about the chaos on Ford's side, so we hope that the planning of the next few cemeteries can be stable." The specific work is not something you should worry about, you just cooperate. "Mayor Barton is clearly clear enough about the separation between public and private, and he doesn't reveal more because of his relationship with Zack.

To be able to get such a response, Zach is already very satisfied, Anthony will not let the legitimate rights and interests of Barton's citizens be violated, and Grande is also a member of Barton. Zach most appreciates Anthony's justice, and expects James to do the same.

"Okay. Zach nodded on the phone, thought for a while, and did not mention the small problems that James encountered, but reminded Anthony to protect himself as always, and hung up the phone.

Grande's night was no different from that of a normal home, with the breath of life and the steady continuation of his heartbeat in the dark. Inanimate, such as the coffin in the exhibition hall, the ornamental furniture in the office, the hay in Benjamin's warehouse, the vampire lying next to Louise, the earthbound spirit floating on the roof humming the Beaver song...... In short, everyone will find a way to rest themselves.

Until......

Old Hank opened his eyes before dawn, pushed open the door of the Grande House, hunched over, and greeted the early morning sun to collect today's newspaper. Alice is woken up by the Great Dane and enters the kitchen with her bewildered eyes. Benjamin stretched his body bare-chested in the sun, and the light hair covering his strong body was gilded in gold in the sun. Zach slowly waited for the blood to resuscitate all over his body, then covered Louise, who was still asleep, and finally chased away Ryan, who had the lewdness characteristic of teenagers.

This is how a day at the House of Grande began.

Less than nine o'clock, an old sedan pulled up in front of the Grande's house. Wells, a government worker, dressed in a faded dress that had been washed repeatedly, held a brown briefcase with the corners peeled off, pushed the large-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, and stood across from Zack's desk.

"Yes. Wells, who looked to be less than thirty, held out his right hand, and Zach held it and parted, "Thank you for your time." Wells spoke politely, but with a cold look in his eyes, in keeping with Zach's impression of all government workers. With his right hand, he pulled out a work card from his purse and handed it to Zach, "Wells Pitt." ”

Zach glanced at his work card and handed it back, "Nice to meet you, Mr. Pitt." ”

"Just call me Wells. Wells smiled a self-deprecating smile as he remembered that Grande wasn't doing well because he hadn't returned a call yesterday. But looking at it now, the other party is at least a polite guy.

"Then you can just call me Zack. I was out yesterday and missed your call, I'm really sorry. Zach smiled and apologized for yesterday.

"Uh, it's fine. Wells took out a few documents in his bag and handed them to Zack, who really didn't want to waste any time: "It's good that you're here today." Here's a description of this survey, you take a look. ”

Zach took the information and glanced at it roughly, removing the official rhetoric such as 'in order to better plan the land in Barton City', and the focus was to obtain the funeral records of the Grand House in the West End cemetery.

Zach nodded, "I've heard some news about this, and it was ready last night." Zach pointed to the side of the desk, neatly lined up in a pile of papers, "But I still need a search warrant from the court." Zach looked at the civil servant with a smile.

"Uh-" Wells' eyes behind the lenses stared blankly at Zach in front of him.

"You should know that when the funeral industry was privatized, this information has changed from public information to private information. If you want to see, I need a search warrant from the court. Zach looked at Wells, who didn't seem to understand, and explained.

"Of course, you can also count everyone's name directly in the cemetery, so you don't need that. "Zach was a kind reminder of the guy who had just developed a crush on Grande.

After a brief silence, Wells put away the documents he had just handed out with a broken face, and walked out of Zach's office without saying goodbye, and moments later, the sound of the old saloon engine sounded, away from the Grande House.

Just after nine o'clock, the phone rings at Zack's desk, and Zach picks it up, and it's Anthony's voice. It seems that the Mr. Mayor has finally received Zach's message to him last night.

"You, really, certainly?!"

"I was so sure I confirmed it to Hank. Zach said flatly.

"Where is he?!" Anthony's voice was tinged with eerie emotion, excitement, anger, and fear.

"North Park, east to the fourth column, second row, anonymous. ”

Yes, Zach didn't want to make things difficult for the ordinary civil servant named Wells, but felt that it was necessary to inform Anthony of what he had discovered, and the decision was not in Zack's hands, and he had to respect Anthony's ideas, so the planning progress of the West End cemetery had to be delayed.

You may wonder why people like Old Hank are so receptive to a bunch of inhumans. Here's the answer, because the elder Hank buried one with his own hands, and although he was engraved with 'Anonymous' on the tombstone, his real name was reserved for him out of respect in the data backup.

Who is he? The last 'Toredo' of the Vampire Hidden Alliance, Zach's first 'child', and the man who gave Barton Mayor Anthony the Federally awarded Purple Heart - Anthony's older brother Ian Anthony. (Purple Hearts are awarded to those who were disabled in the Union War, and if the granter is sacrificed, the family accepts.) ）