Zach stood in the corner for five minutes, holding the receiver. During this period, Melody Riley drank water, ate snacks, withered the cactus placed on a certain table, and her breathing calmed down.
Zach glanced at Riley who was back to normal, hung up the phone, and slowly sat down at Riley's desk again with a thoughtful look on his face.
Madison's explanation is not complicated. It is roughly that he was inspired by Mr. Morris in the writing class and encouraged by his classmate (Ms. West), so he submitted an article to "Urban Legends", the only magazine that could accept his "whimsical" article. Submitted the manuscript.
Of course, Madison couldn't change his name for certain things in order to fit in with the magazine's consistent style, so his article, which was full of correct terms like vampires and alphas, was received by Riley.
So they met.
As a result, they found that they had too much in common. They both came to this small eastern town because of false rumors spread by the shapechangers, and they were all stuck in the same work situation.
But Madison was the one who had a smooth life after all. After all, the person he was following was Zach. Riley, on the other hand, can barely maintain a normal life, in every sense of the word, in a place like Becky where 'entertainment facilities' are developed.
Things seemed to be getting to a point where Madison could help Riley.
Madison quoted Riley on the phone call — "She said, 'Since you want to write about the Grande thing, write it! Give it to me and I can send it out, you know, how many 'people' are there in Patton?" , want to know what those two in Grande are doing?!'"
The 'people' are those aliens who are hidden in Barton and can no longer reach the level of Grande after only having an agreement ten years ago.
Looking back, maybe the disappearance of a ghoul is nothing, but these aliens know it. That's one of them, and they're going to want to know what happened. Just as the average Patton citizen would be interested in the mayor's agenda, these 'people' would be interested in Grande.
Sibella, who once served as the center for news about the foreign race in Barton, seemed to no longer play such a role after leaving Barton for the first time.
This is a fact, look what Sibella did after she came back. All her energy was devoted to balancing the demons and Indian hunters. He convened an Indian rally, canvassed at the Grand Child Church, and was busy giving weight to his Indians in front of Crowley (the Newton Demon stole Barton's soul in the Bishop incident).
After that, he fell into adjusting the relationship between Grande and John. Now, I simply go to the other side of the world to 'travel' abroad.
People desperately need a way to understand what's going on.
So who can provide this method? Madison, who stood at the center of it all, observing, and Riley, who was able to get it out into the open.
Then there is the current situation.
Zach finished his thinking and glanced at the enchantress Riley who had regained her energy. Without thinking about the confrontation he almost lost, he asked, "Madison, did you really bring any benefit to the magazine?"
"Of course." Riley also looked at Zach. It was better to start the game again than the vampire bringing up the confrontation between the two. "At least after I let someone from Grande be our author, our subscriptions exceeded 100. ”
Zach's mood was a little complicated and he was a little complacent. Because those subscriptions are for attention on Grande, which is vanity. There was also some weird discomfort. Grande doesn't like the attention. He adjusted his posture, "Then they will be disappointed. This issue of the magazine does not seem to mention Grande in any way."
"They won't." Riley was sure, "Should we make a bet? At noon, I will receive many letters asking questions. They will ask the same questions as you, who is the 'Piecing Medicine' last night? What happened and was Grande involved?"
Zach raised his eyebrows, this is the end of the article. The author spoils the atmosphere by calling on people to write the letter.
"Considering Madison's identity, we chose to hide his true identity. All letters will go through me first. You should thank me. I also protected you Grande in this way."
Zack smiled and shook his head, not too concerned. Grande didn't need her protection.
After laughing, Zach frowned, and he began to realize that his time this morning was completely wasted.
Look at what he did. He went around in a circle for a meaningless purpose. He met a few people he had no intention of meeting. He heard, saw, and discovered some things that he didn't even expect to know. Feeling good but accomplishing nothing.
At least, that's what Zach thinks.
Zach looked around the newsroom again, stood up with his lips curled up, "Then, farewell."
Riley watched Zach stand up and turn around, "Don't you have anything else to say to me? Aren't you curious who subscribed to the magazine to pay attention to Grande?"
Zach waved his hand, "No."
"Then Madison is right, you are really self-centered."
Zach turned his head and did not sit down. He held the back of the chair with his hands and chuckled, "Why did he say that."
Riley shrugged, "He may not have used those words, but it can be seen in many of the things he said. You only care about yourself."
Zach raised an eyebrow. There is nothing wrong with this. Perhaps it can be argued that Zach also cares about Grande, his gray career, and Anthony. But seriously, aren't these all for himself
"I was a little skeptical at first. After all, he described you as a Toledo who is used to only being for himself." Riley also raised her eyebrows, "You have survived until now and survived the siege by the Secret Alliance. , it’s not a bad thing to just do it for yourself.”
Zach thought for a moment, smiled and nodded.
"But still, hum, I was still surprised by our first real meeting." Riley shook her head, "You are rude, narrow-minded, irresponsible, and self-righteous..."
Zach raised his hand and interrupted Riley, "Am I rude? You can't possibly want to blame me again for stopping you from charming an ordinary lawyer." Haha, in what Riley said, Zach wanted to refute this. .
Riley looked away, too lazy to respond. She really wanted to blame this thing, because Zach interrupted her on his own initiative without even asking the reason, causing her to now have to face huge compensation.
And what we should have expected is that since the incident last night, when there was no news from any official channels of Barton, Madison used the information from the devil Leon, made up a story, and finally wrote it into an article, so that Riley had to In the early morning, revising the sample book before printing...
These are obviously things that Zach considers to have nothing to do with him, which is not rudeness, but all of the above.
Riley didn't want to say any more, so she directly picked up the piece of paper in front of her and said, "Aren't you even prepared to take care of this?"
Zach glanced at the word 'Bishop' written at the end of the paper, pursed his lips, and finally gave a smile, "Do you want me to give you some advice?"
Of course not, it’s just that Riley still has some expectations for Zach. This is a decision that will obviously affect the West Enders. Will Zach be the friend and helper of the West Enders as he maintains externally
"Well, obviously, Bishop doesn't like strong women (Ms. Scheer), but he also doesn't like women who make things difficult for him (Hayley, who was instigated by Crowley, in the period before her death)." Zach recalled the weak, powerless man in his impression and raised his eyebrows, "He probably likes the kind of woman who is content with the status quo and will give up on a little favor, probably."
It seems not.
Riley put down the paper in her hand and shook her head, "Thanks for the reminder." (...)