Lucas wasn't sure if he had misheard or if Barrett, after his recent coma, his brain was acting up again.

He found it hard to believe. "What did you just say?"

Barrett's voice gained a sense of certainty. "If these recent incidents were deliberate acts of retaliation against me, the newly returned Blake Cannon might not have a motive, but Zoe Taylor certainly does."

Zoe harbored such deep hatred towards him. If she truly returned alive, let alone orchestrating his excessive drinking or his ICU admission, she might even seek to kill him herself.

Barrett could imagine the extent of Zoe's animosity towards him.

Just like over two years ago...