Outside the Gray Whale Restaurant, the car had barely come to a stop when Cooper, drenched in sweat in the back seat, frantically patted the driver on the shoulder, "Stop the car! What the hell is taking you so long?"
As he spoke, Cooper glanced at his watch, his face changing instantly. Under the driver's terrified gaze, he opened the door and jumped out of the car. Due to the momentum, Cooper stumbled and fell to his knees.
"Dad!" Noah rushed over to help him up. "Are you okay?"
But Cooper pushed his son away, ignoring the pain in his knees. He sprinted toward the private room as fast as he could. When he burst into the room, he saw Alice unconscious on a chair and Roy lying at Liam's feet like a pile of mud. A terrible suspicion instantly formed in Cooper's mind.
Roy's fondness for
