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!”

She tugged at Patrick’s arm and asked desperately, “What should we do

reaction gave Patrick a headache. He

all your damned fault. This isn’t

the house, Elissa’s knees buckled from underneath

dragged his tired body to the living room and sank into the sofa. Elissa and Ritchie had been waiting for him to come home. They exchanged glances. Ritchie went to the kitchen to fetch

Patrick ignored

force. We’ll have to sacrifice it

each other and all the color drained

under-the-table deals

now on, you two have little to no power in

yourselves from

sat on the sofa wordlessly, looking dispirited. She was in deep trouble this time. In the

been really dangerous lately. This sort of thing has been happening every day. I heard that the cinema collapsed because it was blown up by gangsters as

turned it off. “There’ll always

was

now. A trace of imperceptible contempt flashed in Sebastian’s eyes.

of the work. If it were up to him, he’d have

the basin on the bedside table. She dipped a towel in

said that you can leave the hospital in around two

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