Seeing his sinister smile, Lilian hurried to explain,
"My mom is really sick. You can ask my brother if you don't believe me. And you probably already know, she's been in a bad mood lately…"
She was referring to the chaos Bert had caused after returning to Burg Eltz.
Morrison didn't respond. He was too irritated to bother with her, but at the next intersection, he turned straight toward Tiffany's apartment. Lilian quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
However, it was rush hour after work, and the traffic was terrible. Apparently, there had been an accident at the intersection ahead, causing the entire road to come to a standstill. They crept forward slowly in the jammed cars.
After nearly half an hour stuck in traffic, no one knew how long it would take to clear the mess.
