Kelly hesitated for a moment, nodded gently, and said, “That is also possible.”Kelly did not know what had happened to the Fox family and so, she did not know that Kathleen had already started her escape journey with her grandfather at this time. Moreover, Kathleen did not dare to contact these two people at all when she left in order not to leave any clues or traces behind for her eldest uncle. Luckily, Kelly did not think much of it.After all, Kathleen was the young lady of the Fox family, and she was not on the same level as her at all. If Kathleen had something that she needed to deal with temporarily, there was no need for her to inform Kelly about it.So, Kelly put the matter behind her and laughed as she said, “Let’s not worry about it first. Perhaps she will come and look for us after she’s done getting busy.”At this time, Charlie had also completed the check-in procedure. He handed his luggage over to the bellboy so that the former could take them upstairs first, an
When Charlie saw this text message, his heart instantly tensed up, and his first reaction was to call this number back immediately.However, what he did not expect was that the other party would have already turned off the cell phone as soon as he had just received the text message from the other party. Charlie became nervous, and he hurriedly sent a video call request to Stephanie.The video call was quickly connected, and Stephanie, who was on the other end of the call, was standing behind the cashier’s desk with a smile on her face as she asked, “Brother Charlie, why are you video calling me at this time?”When Charlie saw that Stephanie was fine, he became relieved, and he said, “Stephanie, I just received a text message saying that you were in trouble and the other party asked me to go to Vancouver immediately. What’s going on? Are you in some kind of trouble?” “Huh?” Stephanie had a surprised look on her face as she said, “I am not in any kind of trouble... I’m just watchi
After saying that, Charlie asked, “Mrs. Lewis, where did you come back from?”Mrs. Lewis laughed and said, “I just came back from the daycare class. I have nothing else to do, so I often go to help the young people in Oskiatown take care of their children.”Charlie nodded and said, “I heard Stephanie mentioning it the last time we spoke. How is your life over there?”“Good! It’s pretty good!” Mrs. Lewis smiled and said, “Our usual activity area is in Oskiatown, and the place where we live is also an Oskian community. Aside from the different climate and environment, it actually feels similar to us being in Oskia.”At this time, Claire walked out of the inner room and asked curiously, “Honey, who are you video calling?”Charlie hurriedly waved at her and said, “Claire, come over and say hello to Mrs. Lewis!”When Claire heard that Charlie was on a video call with Mrs. Lewis, she hurriedly ran over and came up to Charlie. She then waved happily at the video and said, “Mrs. Lewis! S
Even after Charlie and Claire had returned to their room after having dinner with Kelly, the mysterious person who had sent the text message still had not replied to Charlie.Charlie had also tried to secretly call the other party, but the other party was still in a shutdown state. Charlie still felt a little uneasy, so he sent another text message to the phone number, and the text message read: [If you are Stephanie’s friend and you are just giving me a warning out of goodwill, please give me more specific information. Thank you.]After he had sent the text message, it was still like a stone that had sunk into the sea.Claire was somewhat tired because she had been traveling for the whole day and so, she could not bear the sleepiness and went to bed after taking a bath.After Charlie had taken a shower, he wrapped himself in a bathrobe and walked to the terrace of the presidential suite on the top floor of the building. He had mixed feelings as he looked at the lights outside.
“Okay, Old Master Lennard. Thank you for your hard work.”After hanging up Chandler’s call, Charlie could not help but ponder in his heart, “Eldest Uncle came to buy a Rejuvenating Pill, and it seems as though it should be for Grandpa. Combined with Old Master Lennard’s hexagram, it should be that there is some kind of condition with Grandpa’s body.”As he thought of this, a thought also flashed through Charlie’s mind. Shouldn’t he confirm his maternal grandfather’s situation and lend him a helping hand if the situation was critical?However, when Charlie thought back to the doubts that he had when he was thinking about his parents just now, he felt a little indignant.The Acker family was so strong, so why didn’t they ever look into finding out the truth behind his parents’ death even twenty years after their death?In addition, Charlie still remembered that his maternal grandfather had never had anything good to say to his mother when he followed his mother back to the United St
When Charlie saw this text message, he knitted his brows tightly and called the other party immediately. However, a notification prompt quickly sounded, telling him that the other party had already turned off his cell phone!This caused Charlie to feel a kind of anger where he was being toyed with.So, he stood up immediately and said to Claire, “Honey, I’m going out to make a phone call.”Claire realized that something was wrong from the expression on Charlie’s face, and she wanted to ask him the reason. However, she was afraid of delaying Charlie’s business and so, she nodded and said softly, “Go quickly.”Charlie took his cell phone out of the restaurant, and he called Porter directly at a location where there was no one else around.As soon as the phone call was connected, he said to Porter immediately, “Porter, I need you to check a phone number for me. Find out exactly who is using this number and where this person is. The location should be as accurate as possible!”Port
If Porter were to send people from the Middle East to Vancouver, Canada, the flight distance alone would already be over ten thousand kilometers. He did not have a Concorde, and it would take them more than ten hours to get there at the earliest.In that case, if something were to happen to Stephanie within these ten hours, no one would be able to help her at all.So, the person who was closest to Stephanie at this time was Charlie himself.After all, if he were to fly from here, he could get to Vancouver in four hours, and he could also get there in three hours if he could rent a Gulfstream G650.Therefore, Charlie immediately decided to go to Vancouver personally! He was also worried if the person who had sent the text message was simply using this as a diversion to lure him away. In that case, his wife, Claire, would definitely be in danger if she was left alone in the United States. However, once Charlie thought of how the person who had sent the text message was by Steph
Claire saw that Charlie’s mind was already made up and so, she knew that it would be useless to persuade him. So, he said good-naturedly, “Okay, then you can take care of everything yourself!”Charlie nodded, got up, and said, “Honey, let’s pack the food to go, and you can go back to the hotel to eat first.”Claire hurriedly said, “You don’t have to worry about me. You can head to the airport directly! I’ll take a taxi back myself!”“No way!” Charlie shook his head and said, “I’m not comfortable with you going back by yourself. I’ll send you back to the hotel room, and you should not go out again either after you get back.”Claire had no choice but to nod when she saw Charlie insisting on doing so.Charlie then asked the waiter to pack the untouched food, and he drove the rented Audi A6 Touring Edition and sent Claire back to the hotel.Charlie was cautious when he sent Claire back to her room, and he instructed her, “Honey, lock the room door when you’re by yourself and don’t go
Jacob certainly left Charlie speechless—the man might get kicked out of the house, but he was more worried about his car.Sighing in exasperation, he told Jacob, "Look, if it fails, I won't be able to get you a nice place, let alone leave the Cullinan with you."Jacob blurted out, "But why—""Don't forget—I'm still living in this house even if you're gone!" Charlie explained, his expression dead serious. "If I let you have a nice place and the Cullinan, God knows how terrible a grudge your wife would hold against me. I need to have a sense of self-preservation too!""If I got you a rundown apartment, I could at least defend myself even if she gets upset about that. I mean, I can't let you sleep in the streets, can I? Claire and I would be guilty of abandoning our elders."Seeing the serious look on Charlie's face, Jacob breathed a long sigh as he clapped him on the shoulder, groaning mournfully, "Oh, I get it. I wouldn't want to upset Elaine if I were in your shoes too…"Charlie
Charlie sighed. "I told you it'd blow up, Dad, but you had to doubt me.""I wasn't doubting you," Jacob promptly defended himself. "I thought I might catch a lucky break—"Charlie cut him short, "Fair enough. Then, how are you going to handle this? I can try to stop Mom from going to that wedding and prevent her from getting in the hall even if she went, but what's going to happen to the both of you? Do you want a divorce or do you want to stay with her?"The light in Jacob's faded as he shrugged and sighed. "If I could divorce her, I would've—and I would be living happily with Matilda now. What company would I have if I did it now? Do you think Elaine would let me stay in Thompson First, with that attitude of hers?""In the end, I'd be chased out without a place to stay, and I can't suffer the humiliation of moving back with my mom and brother, can I? Hell, they might not even take me back!""So, that's a no?" Charlie pressed.Jacob smiled wryly. "At my age, even if I could, I w
Hearing that Elaine was threatening suicide, Claire exclaimed urgently, "Take me to her now!"The traffic police officer quickly nodded. "Come on!"As the traffic police officer quickly led Claire to Elaine, Charlie arrived just then and gave chase after leaving the luggage by the entrance.Stopping them, he asked, "Excuse me, officer—where's the gentleman who came with Madam Parker? May I see him?""And who are you?" The traffic police officer asked."I'm his son-in-law," Charlier replied. "I was thinking that while my wife talks to her mom, I can talk to my father-in-law, make peace, and take them both home.""Oh, that'd be great!"The traffic police officer exclaimed and quickly beckoned at a colleague, "Come over. Take this gentleman to Jacob Wilson!""Okay!" The other traffic police officer was also quite enthusiastic.Charlie entered the room where Jacob was first, immediately seeing a disfigured Jacob taking deep puffs of his cigarette.Another traffic police officer w
Charlie frowned in thought for a while, before saying, "Well, there is a plan, but I can't vouch for the chances. I also need you to cooperate with me and not let anything slip, or everything will go to waste. Can you do that?""I can!" Claire nodded, determined, before quickly asking, "So? What's the plan?""Well, it's not specific," Charlie replied. "We just have to improvise as we go along. Let's just head in for now!"-They left the airport and took a cab to the traffic police's headquarters. Just as she entered, they saw their Cullinan parked outside.Charlie sent Claire in first while he carried her luggage before following.Meanwhile, Elaine was wailing in her room, "I've been married to him for years! Suffering so much pain and humiliation, only for him to hook up with an old flame behind my back! Is it wrong if I struck out?"The traffic police officer was on the verge of a breakdown, but he still said patiently, "Ma'am, I've told you many times—what he did was wrong
Claire wasn't all that experienced in love and hence didn't know how a person caught in a love triangle would think or why they would experience such terrible mood swings.Still, Charlie's explanation gave her a general idea, and she sighed, "Actually, Dad looked really bad when Matilda came back. He was so obsessed with her that he didn't care if Mom was alive—even bringing her home for dinner. I'd be seething if I was Mom."Charlie sighed in exasperation. "Well, let's not loiter about. Let's go to the traffic police station.""Yeah!" Claire nodded, before holding his arm, "If they're there, that means they're safe, and they won't be fighting with those officers around. So, let's not head over so quickly."Charlie raised a brow. "What are you getting at?"Claire sighed, clearly troubled. "We have to think—how are we going to alleviate this crisis? If it's really as you say and Mom has mostly guessed it right, this fight might just be the start. At best, that fight on the highway
The traffic police officer smiled in exasperation. "Is there no getting through to you? You could even afford to drive a nice car, and you'd most likely survive an accident. But what if you were left bedridden for a long time? Yell at each other in the same hospital room?"Elaine waved him off. "I don't care—all I know is that I will always get my revenge, and on the spot if possible. If there were superheroes, I would be Wonder Woman!""Urgh…" The traffic police officer was utterly speechless. "How about this? We will call your daughter and have her come over to bail you. She will mediate your fight!"With those words, he returned Elaine's phone to her, and it happened to ring just then.It was a call from Claire.Seeing that the contact name said [Daughter], the traffic police officer quickly said, "Go on, answer it!"Elaine took it and answered the call, and Claire asked urgently before she could say a word, "Mom? Where are you? Where's Dad? Are you both alright?"Elaine sulk
While Charlie was waiting for Claire at the airport, Jacob and Elaine were taken to the traffic police station.But even in the patrol car, Elaine did not stop lashing out at Jacob.As such, the traffic police had no choice but to call up another patrol car to bring them over separately.Charlie was hence left wondering what those two were up to this time as they were nowhere to be seen when Claire's flight was about to land and weren't answering his texts.Fortunately, Charlie never considered them reliable, so he was fine whether they showed up or not.If they did, they could all head home in the same car.If they didn't, he just had to take a cab home with Claire.It was past three when Claire's private jet landed, and Claire herself cleared the checkpoint in just half an hour, wheeling a trolley with her luggage.Seeing Charlie from afar, she couldn't help quickening her pace as she beamed.Charlie hurried toward her as well, and Claire shoved her trolley aside when they w
However, to Jacob's shock, Elaine wasn't misled at all as she growled icily, "Why would I ask anyone else?! If there's someone I must question, it's Matilda! She's getting married, isn't she? Good! I will be there and ask her why she hooked up with my husband!"Jacob turned pale right then.Matilda's son and even some of their old classmates would be attending her wedding.If Elaine went, he would be exposed, and he wouldn't be able to stay in Aurous Hill out of shame!His nerves gnawing at him, Jacob could only plead, "Please, just trust me this once! Anything else aside, she's getting married, anyway—there's no way that I'd have anything to do with her! That alone should prove my innocence!"Elaine snorted. "If Matilda returned when I was arrested, it means she has been back for a while! And you're saying nothing happened since? Hell, even if she's married, it doesn't prove that she wasn't up to some hanky-panky with you! Maybe while I was arrested and refused a divorce when you
The driver was left dumbstruck—this wasn't how it was supposed to go.Still, he blurted, "C-Crashing into a Cullinan? I might end up dead instead…""Fine! Then let's change cars, and you crash into ours—how about that?!" Elaine promptly retorted before continuing, "Or we could just stand right in front of your car while you run into us! I just happen to have a death wish, but if you don't kill me now, I'll kill you! Don't think about getting away either—I know your car plate! I'll sell this car and use the money to put a bounty on your head! I don't care what happens to me now! I'll claw my nails into the devil's face even if he shows up!"The driver was actually quite experienced, but even he had yet to meet someone as ridiculous as Elaine.Barely able to keep his hands steady, he threw them up as he apologized, "I'm so sorry, ma'am—I just lost my cool. I'm merely a humble driver of a Honda Civic while you own a Rolls. Hell, I spent fifty bucks buying that red emblem from Amazon,