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!”

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

reaction gave Patrick a headache. He hung up

is all your damned fault.

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

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 sank into the sofa. Elissa and Ritchie had been waiting for him to come home. They exchanged glances. Ritchie

Patrick ignored the water.

We’ll have to sacrifice it

looked at each other and all the color

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

“From now on, you two have little to

better behave yourselves from

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

thing has been happening every day. I heard that the cinema collapsed because it

her eyes on the TV. Sebastian pointed the remote at the TV and turned it off. “There’ll always

secret force, which was a major

weak now. A trace of imperceptible contempt flashed in Sebastian’s eyes. But it was

If it were up to him, he’d have liked to see the

shrugged and proceeded to put the basin on the bedside table. She dipped a towel in it, wrung

doctor said that you can leave the hospital in

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