End Zone (SEU #3)

[ 19 ] ELEMENT (PREVIEW)

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END ZONE

[ 19 ] ELEMENT

MATTEO

I sighed deeply as my phone began to ring and Todd's name flashed across the screen. As the car came to a stop in front of my manor, I waited until Louis came around to my door to open it.

"Here we are, Mr. Wittstock." Louis said to me.

I nodded to him as my phone continued to ring, ignoring it completely.

"I appreciate you, Louis. Tell the wife back home that I said hello." I said to him.

He nodded to me, as he always did respectfully.

"I will. And I'll have your bags brought in shortly." He replied back.

I turned to make my way inside, but something caught my eye as we'd pulled up to the driveway of my manor. There was a truck parked here that I did not recognize. I wasn't sure if Lori got a new car but this was not the Mercedes-Benz sedan that I was used to being parked in front of my home.

The question of who was here continued to buzz around in my mind but I couldn't focus on it much as Todd's name flashed across my phone screen again.

I blew smoke out of my nose as I reached for the door and pulled it open.

With the constant vibrating in my hand, I was taken aback by the aroma in the air the moment I walked in.

I could hear faint chatter in the distance but couldn't make out the voices.

My phone continued to ring.

"Ugh," I outwardly expressed my annoyance. "Hey, Todd," I answered finally, attempting to push aside my frustration.

Todd sounded like he'd just had a worldwind of meetings and phone calls as he cleared his throat drastically and the sound of him sipping water filled my ears.

"Ah! The man I've been trying to reach! How'd it going, man? We have so much to discuss."

"I agree," Starting with how we were going to begin on the replacement of Brigette's position. "I just landed and am walking into my–"

"We can put it like this if you like," The sound of a man's voice in my home caught my attention. This was not Vinny or any male voice I recognized instantly.

I frowned, my voice cutting off immediately as my ears searched the voice that was lingering and laughing in the distance. 

Todd's voice became background noise and my ears seemed to muffle anything he was saying.

Tosha's voice became clearer to me but there was that voice again. That fucking voice. Who was that?

"So we definitely have to touch basis–" I cut Todd off before he could continue. I needed to see who was in my household right now. Todd could wait.

"Todd, I have to go. I just made it home. I'll set up a meeting with you later this week." I quickly rushed him off the phone, regardless of his lingering yapping to get more out.

I ended the call and my legs carried me to the kitchen. As I walked through the corridor and through the kitchen doorway, I was shocked once I saw my pregnant wife standing near the same man that was supposedly the chef she hired to assist in the revamp of her restaurant. 

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