But Elrod didn't believe it.
He yelled into the phone at William, his voice dripping with mockery, "What the hell is going on? You're playing some kind of sick game, aren't you?"
But William, on the other end, angrily shot back.
"You bastard! Do you think this is some kind of joke? Do you want to see the Melville family go bankrupt because of your reckless actions? You have no idea the trouble you've caused us!"
Elrod gripped the phone tightly in his hand, his knuckles turning white from the fury building inside him.
"My actions? This is all because of that treacherous Roberts family and their schemes! And you're just going to cooperate with them?"
His father sighed deeply, his voice filled with exhaustion and resignation.
"You don't understand the political games at play here, Elro
