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

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

all your damned

Patrick left the house, Elissa’s knees buckled from underneath her and she collapsed

following morning when Patrick came back home. His face was ghastly pale, as though he had aged ten years over the span of one night. His shirt was also creased all over. He dragged his tired body to the living room and

Patrick ignored the water. He rubbed his temples

found out about our secret force. We’ll have to sacrifice it

and all the color drained

when they first came to Seacisco. It took care of the nasty, under-the-table deals in the dark. It had been there for the Klein family for at least two

Patrick stood up and declared, “From now on,

better behave yourselves from

and slammed the door. Elissa and Ritchie were 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

sort of thing has been happening every day. I heard that

at the TV and turned it off. “There’ll always be bad guys,” he said lazily. What he didn’t

secret force, which was a major

two decades. He was weak now. A trace of imperceptible contempt flashed in Sebastian’s eyes. But it was a pity

subordinates were doing most of the work. If it were up to him, he’d have liked to see

the basin on the bedside table. She dipped a towel in it, wrung

can leave the hospital in around two or three

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