FINDING OUT THE TRUTH (I)

CASEY woke up early. He planned to leave as fast as he could before Nicol woke up. Because if he waited until that nephew of his woke up to leave, he would definitely be forced to have breakfast with the duke.

As he walked out of his room, he contemplated whether to say goodbye to Tommy. In the end, he decided that he should. Because if he did, he could also leave a message for Nicol. But when he went to the other's room, he found out that Tommy was called by the duke to the study.

His first thought when he heard that from the butler was, 'why?'.

Was there a need to call Tommy over this early in the morning?

And then he felt curious. Knowing that the duke, he wouldn't have done this unless there was some serious problem. More likely involving the family. Was that why the other was overly silent during dinner last night?