You More Than Anything In The World

At the Old Manor, the six children were curled up in bed, chatting.

“What we did to Justin and Julian to teach them a lesson were more like pranks. Do you think we were too soft on them?” Oliver asked.

“I think we were. I don't think they learned their lesson at all!” replied Jasper, nodding in agreement.

“That's true, especially with Julian! We only scared him a little bit!” Zachary chimed in.

“That idiot Justin lost a lot of money today. That's definitely a lesson learned, right?” Tim added.

“That's definitely something, but it was too mild for a scoundrel like him! If it weren't for him, nothing would have happened to you, and we wouldn't have had to worry about you and Zachary,” Gavin said, turning to Tim.

“Yeah! They were really mean! Should we go beat them up?” Jesse suggested.

Her five brothers immediately whipped their heads around to look at her, their eyes sparkling wickedly.

“Yes, that's a great idea! We should beat them up!” the five boys cried in unison.

Hence, under the cover of the blanket, the six children came to an agreement on their next move. They would find the chance to settle the score with Justin and Julian the next day.

Arissa was already sound asleep by the time Benjamin was done with his work. Instead of getting into bed with her, he pulled out his phone and called Ethen on the balcony.

Once he was done instructing Ethen on business affairs, he casually asked his assistant about the destruction of Justin's house and was surprised to find out that it was not Ethen's doing.

“Do you know who did it then?” Benjamin asked calmly.

“Do you know who did it then?” Benjamin asked calmly.

Ethen had posted men to secretly keep an eye on Justin in case he planned to launch a retaliation, so naturally, his men had seen the culprit.

However, he paused for a beat before saying, “Ah, Mr. Graham, I'm not too sure about that. Why don't I look into it? It's great that someone is doing the dirty work for us.”

“No need. It's getting late. Go get some rest,” Benjamin said dismissively. He did not really care who had done the job.

After all, Justin had a lot of enemies. It was not surprising that someone else would be targeting him.

Ethen breathed a sigh of relief and said, “Sure! You and Mrs. Graham should get some rest, too! Good night!”

Benjamin grunted in agreement, ended the phone call, and headed into the room for the night.

Unbeknownst to everyone, the five boys snuck out of Old Manor even before the crack of dawn.

Jesse, the only girl, was left sleeping soundly in the room. Her brothers had decided against letting her tag along.

“We have to be back by six-thirty. Otherwise, Grandpa will notice that we're missing!” Zachary reminded his brothers after glancing at his watch.

“Yes! Let's make it quick!” Gavin echoed.

Tim, Oliver, and Jasper had no arguments. The five boys slipped away from the bodyguards and headed toward Julian's house.

Since they had blown up Justin's house, he slept at a hotel that night and had not returned home. The boys could not do anything to him at the hotel. Hence, they targeted Julian, who had returned from the hospital in the middle of the night.

Gavin confidently led the band of boys into the room where Julian was sleeping soundly.

Gavin signaled silently to Tim, Zachary, Oliver, and Jasper with a wave of his hand. One boy stuffed a rag into Julian's mouth, another threw a sack over his head, and the remaining two bound his hands and feet.