On the morning after the bonfire night at the farm, Lance finished his breakfast and set off on his journey back to Golden Port City, while others would stay at the farm for a few more days.
William also took his car back together with him.
It was obvious that William had some matters he wanted to discuss with Lance privately, and he chose this moment to do so.
Lance did not refuse, and only after the car left the farm did William start to talk about what he wanted to say.
"Before we came to the farm, a few representatives of the Federal Party from our state contacted me; they want me to go to Manteno to chat with them."
The Federation people don't really emphasize the concept of "son-in-law," and often the son-in-law would call the father-in-law by first name, and no one refers to them as father-in-law or father, and so on.
So, the relationship between the two is often very subtle—
