Chapter 61: Is it Beatrice?

The moment Briella said that, I frowned automatically. She realized she'd slipped and clamped her mouth shut, then asked quietly, "Uh… why are you looking for Beatrice, Wayne?" "Oh. She's a friend's mother. We can't reach her. Since you and Beatrice are at the same university, I thought I'd check if you know her." "I know her, just not well," Briella said. Beatrice was in her early forties; Briella was barely past twenty. Of course they weren't close. I asked patiently, "If you're not close,...