14.24

"Hello, Gaius, why do you call?"

"Reed… I need you to replace Clarke…." 

"Replacing Clarke? What do you mean?!" Reed sounded surprised, and Gaius also felt guilty for asking this.

But the kids' happiness was his priority over anything else, including his own guilt to Clarke. 

"I've set up a movie day with the kids tomorrow morning. It was intended to be only four of us, the family. But it seems that Clarke is uncontactable. He must've been very busy in the office, so…" Gaius gulped as if he was about to say something terrible. "I'd want you to replace him for the movie day. Don't worry, you don't need to do anything, just… sit there and watch a movie with us."

"Oh no, what happened with Clarke? Is the company really in that big trouble?" Reed asked, full of concern.

"That… I don't know. He's just uncontactable…."