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!”

face turned ghastly pale. She tugged at Patrick’s arm and asked desperately,

Patrick a headache. He hung up the phone

is all your damned fault. This

the house, Elissa’s knees

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 sank into the sofa. Elissa

it go, Dad?” he asked anxiously. Patrick ignored the water. He rubbed his

about our secret force. We’ll have to

at each other and all the

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

declared, “From now on, you two have little to no

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

has been happening every day. I heard that the cinema collapsed because it was blown up by gangsters

eyes on the TV. Sebastian pointed the remote at the TV and turned it off. “There’ll always be bad guys,” he said lazily. What he didn’t tell Natalie was that he was the one behind the destruction of

which was

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

If it were up

bedside table. She dipped a towel in it, wrung out the excess water, and then strode over to Sebastian to wipe his

you can leave the hospital in around

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