Chapter 195

Chapter 195 The Person Within Reach

Laura didn’t even pause to think. She simply said, “We really need your help, Zach. Can you come over! The movers are here, but my husband and I think their charges are a bit unreasonable…

“All right. I’m downstairs now. I’ll be up in a moment. Please wait for me.”

“Okay, okay.”

After hanging up the phone, Laura felt as if she had been pardoned. Clutching Lysander’s hand emotionally, she said, “It’s okay now. It’s okay now. Everything will be fine once Zach arrives.”

Although Maverick didn’t display the same level of exaggeration as Laura, he, too, breathed a sigh of relief.

In just a few minutes, Zachary arrived.

Upon entering, he noticed a few workers squatting outside the door, with a few more standing inside.

“What are you guys doing?”

Upon hearing the sound, Laura immediately rushed out, her face filled with joy. “Zach,” she exclaimed, “you’re finally here.

Zachary smiled and nodded. “I apologize, Mrs. Thorne. I should have arrived earlier, but there was a bit of traffic on the road.”

“No worries. No worries. It’s good that you’re here.”

Zachary was quite tall, and his attire clearly marked him as a white–collar worker. When he furrowed his brows, he could be quite intimidating. “Mrs. Thome, is this the moving company you hired?”

Laura nodded. “Their charges are too high. Mr. Thorne and I thought it wasn’t worth it, so we decided not to use their services. However, they demanded compensation for lost work.”

The head worker’s confidence faltered upon seeing a young man in the house. “Well… we definitely need to be compensated for the lost work time,” he said. “Your place is so far from the city, and we’ve made a wasted trip. We surely need some sort of compensation.”

Zachary asked, “How much compensation is needed?”

Before the worker could utter a word, Laura quickly interjected, “They’re asking for a thousand.”

Zachary remained silent. He dialed a number straight away. “Hello, is this the customer service department for Elephant Movers Company? Yes, I want to ask how do you calculate the compensation for work disruption? Yes, okay. Please hold on for a moment….

Laura asked, “What’s the matter, Zach?”

“Mrs. Thorne, where did you find them?”

“It was the flyer posted downstairs that led me to dial the number.”

“All right. Hand me your phone. I’ll have headquarters verify the calculation for the lost work compensation, and then they can communicate with them.”

“Okay, I’ll give it to you right now…”

Suddenly, a pair of large hands covered the phone.

The lead worker chuckled. “Young man, it was all a misunderstanding. The lady simply misheard…”

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Chapter 195 The Person Within Reach.

Zachary glanced at him, didn’t utter a word, and promptly brushed off his hand. He took back Laura’s phone. and handed it back to her. “Mrs. Thorne, check your phone.”

“Oh, okay, then.”

“Wait a minute. Wait…” The lead worker instantly put on a different face, wrapping an arm around Zachary’s neck, grinning like they were the best of pals. “Let’s not mention this to the headquarters, okay? How about this? We won’t ask for any compensation for the work delay. We’ll leave right now. Is that acceptable?”

Zachary wore a stern expression, forcefully shaking off the hand that had been placed on his shoulder. “Buddy, I understand that you guys do manual labor and earn your money through hard work. We respect that. But does that mean you can take advantage of the fact that this house is filled with elders and women to inflate your prices? If I hadn’t shown up today, were you guys planning on pocketing the thousand behind our backs?”

“No, no, it was all in jest. I was just joking with you, but it seems you took it seriously. Let’s just drop it. I’ll take my guys and leave now. You know, young man, we earn our living the hard way. If the headquarters found out about this, we’d be fined hundreds. That would mean a whole day’s work for nothing. Do us a favor. We’ll leave right away, and you can stop making that call.”

Maverick had gained confidence now. Standing next to Zachary, he spoke with conviction. “Weren’t you just trying to intimidate us? Let me tell you… I have your number. I can call your headquarters anytime.”

“Dad…” Lysander tugged at her father’s sleeve, shaking her head.

Maverick had always listened to her. Seeing her give him a signal, he didn’t pursue the matter any further. He said, “Forget it. Just go.”

A few people came bustling in, and just as quickly, they bustled out again.

Laura’s face was pale. She plopped down, her hand over her heart as she took a deep breath. “Finally, they’re gone. That was terrifying just now.”

Lysander walked over, comforting her mother, “Everything is okay now, Mom.”

Laura was still shaken. “Lysander, it’s not that I don’t trust your capabilities, but in this society, there are far too many who would take advantage of the weak and fear the strong. No matter how resilient you are as a girl, you’re still at a disadvantage when up against so many strong young men! If Zach hadn’t arrived in time today, I would have been scared to death.”