"I see," he said with a tight-lipped smile. And in the meantime, Michael had a perfectly good estate 45 minutes drive away and it was just rotting away along with all the old furniture and ghosts in the hallway. Maybe he didn't see - couldn't understand that kind of predicament at all.

Ultimately, that didn't explain why Aleksei chose the Deck, but that was enough for now.

"I hope this place is what you've been looking for."