The two foreigners quickly told the whole story. "Alaric Walker racked up a debt of 12 million at our boss' casino and he promised to pay it off in a month, but he's delayed payment for six weeks now and hasn't paid us anything. He even cut off contact with our boss, so our boss sent us to Astonville to find him!"
It finally dawned on Sarah as to why Alaric stayed low despite having returned to the country a month ago. He was hiding from his debt collectors.
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