Opening the information handed over by Bishop, Zach looked at the photo on the first page.
Blonde hair, blue eyes, looks like a beautiful middle-aged woman, no older than forty. The woman in the photo is smiling happily, facing the camera, holding a baby who is no more than one year old in her arms. The woman tilted her head and raised the baby's short hand, seemingly teasing the child to look at the camera.
Zach raised his eyes and saw Bishop leaning forward slightly, and there was an unspeakable softness in his expression as he also looked at the photo. Zach withdrew his gaze and kept a calm tone, "I think you are the one who took the photo."
Bishop's wife doesn't look like this, nor does she dress like a servant.
Bishop withdrew his gaze, and the softness on his face was no longer there. He frowned. Just because he didn't hide something didn't mean he wouldn't be ashamed. He nodded slightly.
Zach felt that his career had been downgraded in an instant. Did Grande now have to deal with such trivial matters as extramarital affairs? And from the looks of it, it doesn't go anywhere 'outside' at all. Look at the woman and baby in maid outfits in the photo. Bishop across the desk not only sourced the local ingredients, but also cooked the duck.
Zach flipped through the information and found that the woman's name was Haley Percy, a maid at Bishop Manor. Family members, friends, biographies, and even medical records were listed one by one in the document.
Our vampire is a little confused and everything is fully documented here. The most inexplicable thing is that the person sitting in front of Zach is not Bishop's wife, but the man himself. Zach is really confused about what this commission is for.
"This is not about my reputation." When Zach finished scanning the documents and looked up at the other party, Bishop took a deep breath, collected his emotions, and spoke calmly, "I am doing it for the Bishop family. For the descendants of Bishop, Bishop’s legacy.”
Although what the other party said seemed serious, Zach didn't understand it. He closed the file, moved his fingers on the folder, and looked at Bishop, "Tell me first. What do you need Grande to do, what is the entrustment. Then tell me the details, how about it?"
Bishop nodded, "Jackson will be sixteen soon." Jackson was the boy who impressed Zach very much in the kitchen of Mrs. Quinn's banquet, and he was Bishop's true future successor.
"As my son, some preparations have also begun. His status gives him the rights that 'Bishop' should have as a matter of course."
Zach's thoughts began to clear up, he opened the file again, and looked at the baby in the photo who didn't realize he was being photographed. It seems. No one in the Bishop family wanted to prepare for the rights that this unexpected baby should receive.
In some legal documents, changing 'my son' to the specific name 'Jackson Bishop' is nothing special for such a family.
"I don't know who said something that shouldn't be said around Hailey, making her start thinking about things that she shouldn't think about." Bishop's brows furrowed, and his expression showed irritation. "She started asking for impossible things, like..."
Zach smiled. He raised his hand to stop Bishop, "I don't need to know this." Zach glanced at the unconscious baby in the photo and the woman who should be very satisfied with everything at the moment of taking the photo, and twitched the corner of his mouth, "Tell me My real commission. Do you want them to disappear. Or..."
Zach did not finish. He was curious whether Bishop was like Mrs. Quinn, who was too hesitant to make a move, or whether he was like Mrs. Barton. Decisive and direct.
Bishop's face suddenly darkened. He shook his head and was silent for a while. "They, mother and son, have disappeared." He took a deep breath and collected his emotions again. "They are missing."
Zach raised his eyebrows and said, "Please be specific."
"Yesterday, everything was normal." Bishop looked at Zach, "She didn't show anything wrong, working, resting..." There was a short pause, "Meet me at the usual place."
Zach pursed his lips, raised his hand, and signaled the other party to be so careful.
Bishop nodded and skipped this paragraph, "Until night." Bishop's expression changed a little, as if he was confused, "As usual, after the break, I will go check on him." Bishop was referring to Baby in photo.
"I found that he was gone." He looked into Zach's eyes, "Hailey disappeared too. She left, she took our son with her."
Zach frowned, Bishop's tone was strange. Let's not talk about the relationship between this ridiculous man and his maid. Every time Zach noticed the other person's look at the photo, as well as 'our son' at this time, Zach had a faint feeling that the other person didn't seem to be. I don’t want this mother and son to disappear.
The vampire's self-conceited mission of simply clearing obstacles to family inheritance seems to have been reversed.
Bishop had said in an irritable tone before that "it is impossible to achieve things by asking for things". Could it be that he was determined to clear up the name of this baby and made efforts, but in the end he encountered irresistible resistance and was forced to give up
Zach picked up the photo in the file and stood in front of Bishop. Analyzing the struggles within a large family is not something that would be interesting to a vampire, so Zack asked directly, "What is a commission?"
"Find them." Bishop stared at Zach, "Protect them."
Zach must ask, "Why protect?"
"Because the Haley I know..."
Well, Zach really couldn't establish empathy with the person in front of him, so he didn't quite understand where the other person's current emotions that were so overwhelming that it made people choke came from.
Bishop continued, "The Hailey I know never asks too many questions or forces anything for herself. She, she is the most..."
Zach raised his hand to stop the other person. Zach didn't need to know this. "You want to say that someone is influencing her." Zach paused. "It's other people who want her to disappear. Not you."
"yes."
Ordinarily, Bishop has been interrupted by Zach many times. With his status, no, someone with a little self-respect would probably just leave. Note that Grande is just a 'helper', the other party is the employer!
However, he still sat here and kept revealing unnecessary information. Many people, such as Novo and the media, would be willing to pay a large price to buy the news!
If Zach hadn't reminded the other party of the topic of this conversation from time to time and set the direction, the topic would have gone astray!
Zach frowned, looked at the man in front of him, and thought for a while, "Bishop, let me do it step by step, how about." Zach put the photo back into the file, stood up, and tapped the table twice, "First Find the mother and son, and then we’ll talk about the rest.”
Bishop looked at Zach, "So you accepted the commission?"
Zach nodded.
Grande's relationship with the people of the West End is actually her relationship with Mrs. Quinn's group of old people - the first generation of the West End.
After listening for a long time, Zach had already judged that there was a serious problem in Bishop's home. Not only are there two third generations of the Bishop family here, but there are also words and behaviors that Bishop himself showed that are inconsistent with his identity.
It's a troublesome situation.
When things got complicated, Zach followed a simple principle and returned to the original reason: Grande needed to maintain a relationship with the original West End group. The first generation is looking for the future of their family's descendants, so they no longer care about the complexity of the entrustment background, and use 'whether it is for the future of these families' as the only criterion.
The hint was very clear from the beginning, and Bishop said it right away that this was not for his own reputation, it was for Bishop's legacy, Bishop's future.
This man represents the old guys from the first generation of the West End. When Grande accepted the commission, there was no way he could go wrong. The only problem was that the old guys had brought someone in to talk about things that made it difficult for Zach to concentrate. This is more tiring than those old guys coming in person.
"If you need anything else, contact me directly." Bishop leaned forward and told Zach.
Zach smiled slightly and said nothing. The documents on the table are already too detailed. If there is anything else needed, Grande will have no need to work.
Zach stood up and stretched out his hand in front of Bishop. It was a small ceremony of accepting the commission and wishing happy cooperation.
Bishop also stood up, took Zack's hand, and shook it gently. The two hands parted, and Zach walked directly around the desk. Guided Bishop with one hand, he walked out of the office.
"I can't give a specific time yet." Zach kept smiling, "Please be patient."
Bishop didn't say much. He didn't seem to have any reaction to the lack of transition. He walked beside Zach and nodded silently. Already walking to the showroom, he seemed to remember something, waved to the people around him, and took the checkbook and pen.
This guy is not bad, at least he didn't forget to pay the deposit first.
Zach watched the other party sign the check skillfully and handed it over. He seemed to be worried and added, "If you find them..."
Zach took the check and smiled, "After I find them, I will ensure their safety first and then discuss the next steps with you."
Bishop nodded, but looking at him, he was not very reassured. He glanced at the brightness outside the Grand door, took a breath, and stepped out.
Zach didn't blame him, because Zach's words weren't very sincere. He watched the other person sit back in the car, and the extended limo slowly turned around and gradually disappeared on the gravel road in front of Grande Gate. Zach glanced at the check in his hand, curled his lips and shook his head.
Looking for someone? Grande is not good at this kind of work, such as Delphine and Neil. If you're looking for a dead guy, it's relatively simple. Just rub it in Walter's place for a few times, and if that doesn't work, just ask Crowley directly, and you'll be done.
Living person? After Barton was released, Grande had no choice. And to be honest, it would be too insincere for a maid to run away from Bishop's house and still stay in Barton.
Zack waved the check in his hand and asked a real professional for advice - Nora. (..)