Elissa gritted her teeth and dodged Patrick’s advances. She roared irritably, “Patrick Klein! What the hell are you trying to do?

Do you want to break up this family?”

Just as Patrick was about to swing the mop, the phone in the living room suddenly rang. Amidst the chaos, the boldest of the servants went to answer the phone.

“Hello, Klein residence. You want to speak with Mr. Klein? I’m afraid he’s… Busy right now.”

The servant glanced at Patrick, who was about to hit Ritchie with the mop. The caller seemed persistent so she handed over the phone to Patrick, her body trembling slightly.

“Sir, it’s your assistant.” Patrick was in a fit of rage. He snatched the phone from her impatiently and spat into the receiver,

“What?”

“The police have caught several of our men. The man who was sent to kill Sebastian is among them,” the assistant reported anxiously.

“Sir, we have to get him out of there. If the police followed this lead, they’ll trace it back to the Klein family soon.

We have to stop them!” The assistant was so anxious that he raised his voice. Patrick heard his words loud and clear. Ritchie, Elissa, and Patrick all froze in place with a look of horror on their faces.

Ritchie cursed, “Fuck! Sebastian moved really fast! Mom, we’re in trouble now!”

pale. She tugged at Patrick’s arm and asked desperately, “What

reaction gave Patrick a headache. He hung up the phone and said through gritted

your damned fault. This

behind him. When Patrick left the house, Elissa’s knees buckled from underneath her and

ten years over the span of one night. His shirt was also creased all over. He dragged his tired body to the

asked anxiously. Patrick ignored the water. He rubbed his temples

have to sacrifice it for the sake of the

Ritchie and Elissa looked at each other and all the color drained from their faces. The Klein family’s “secret

came to Seacisco. It took care of the nasty, under-the-table deals

expression, Patrick stood up and declared, “From now on, you two have little to no power

better behave yourselves from now

speechless. Elissa sat on the sofa wordlessly, looking dispirited. She was in deep trouble this time. In the hospital in Barnes, Sebastian had just gotten off the phone. His eyes landed on the TV, which was broadcasting news about a gang being sieged

I heard that the cinema collapsed because it was blown up by

and turned it off. “There’ll always be bad guys,” he said lazily. What

force, which was

family patriarch had failed to salvage what he had built over the last two decades. He was weak now. A trace of imperceptible

family himself. His subordinates were doing most of the work. If it were up to him, he’d have liked to see the desperate look on Patrick’s

a towel in it, wrung out the

that you can leave the hospital in around two or three

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