First thing the next morning, Neil sent his assistant to check where the photos and payments had come from. Lucas's mom, the woman who had hired me as a tutor back then, still remembered me. She said I went there three times a week on a fixed schedule, and I was paid monthly.
As for Rick in the photos, he was their driver. Their home was far from my university, and my lessons often ran late. Lucas's mom was worried it wasn't safe for a girl to go back alone, so she had Rick drive me to my dorm.
Those payments to my mom's card weren't "living allowances" either. That year, my grandma was hospitalized, and I gave my bank card to my mom for safekeeping. When Lucas's mom learned about it, she paid the next two months in advance.
After hearing this, Neil was silent for a long time. He finall
