Chapter 24 

At the Callahans’.Lex saw Howard and his family, but Thea was nowhere to be found.His wrinkly face darkened.

Angrily, he shouted, "Where's Thea? Why didn’t you bring Her home?"

Megan looped her arm through his immediately.

"Grandfather, calm down.Please hear me out.Thea has crossed the line.She asked all of us to kneel, which we did, but she still refused to come home.She even requested that you transfer ten percent of the group’s shares to Benjamin.Also, she said that you’re just a biased old man since everyone else in the family owns some shares except for her family."

Lex turned green with anger.Hurriedly, she said, "Grandfather, they’re not my words.Thea said all of that."

"How dare she."

Lex was furious.

Viciously, he said, "Just because she knows Alex Yates, she’s behaving as if she owns the world.She doesn’t even respect me anymore."

Tommy exaggerated the story as he recounted how they went to pick Thea up.He told Lex all about how they knelt before Thea, how she ridiculed them, and how she insulted Lex.

On the way back, Howard and his family had come up with a plan.

One thing was for sure.

Thea would be returning.

she would

them wanted

not return, the Callahans would sustain heavy

and his family had decided to slander

made a mistake that almost

of what just happened, she would not get much power even if

breath getting shorter and shorter.He

angrily, "Make the transfer.Since this is her condition for returning, so be it.Get her to call Alex

might have been old, but

secure the partnership with Celestial once

At Common Clinic.

at

know him.First, he invited me to his office personally.Now that I’ve been cast out of the

cat was out

said, "You’re

knew it! Why would Alex be so respectful toward me? It is because of

he owed me a favor.Alex was repaying me with the partnership agreement

you." James took Thea’s hand in

"We’re family.Don’t mention it."

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