Several helpers who were maintaining order over the crowd saw Frank just then.Presuming that he was a friend of the Costner family, one of them asked, "Sir, may I see your invitation?"Frank flexed his fist. "Right here!"The helpers traded glances before leaping at Frank, who stepped back and avoided them before punching them to the floor.Naturally, he held back and continued forward, strutting right into the Costners' residence.Still, the commotion caught the attention of patrolling security guards.They came running and quickly encircled Frank, with the leader demanding, "Who are you?!""Take a guess!"Frank quickly knocked them out with restraint too. Then, projecting his voice as if using a loudspeaker, so that everyone in the mansion could hear, he said, "Greetings. This is Lugh Frankton, and I'm here on a house call for one Derek Costner. Why isn't anyone coming out to receive me?"-In the drawing room within the mansion, Walt paled when he heard Frank's voice!
Frank raised his hand to catch the rock and glanced at Walt.While Walt hid in terror, Frank could tell that he was trying to escalate the conflict while he sat back and reaped the spoils.However, Frank had already planned to make a mess of things in the first place and was confident he had everything in the back.As such, he pretended as if he fell for Walt's attempt at provocation and dropped the rock in front of Ocean as he growled, "What is the meaning of this?"Ocean frowned but reasoned, "Please calm down, Mr. Frankton. This might have been an accident—I'll find the culprit right away."Frank shook his head. "Save it. I'll find him myself!" Ocean promptly strode up in front of him.Even if he did not want anyone in his family to die by Frank's hand, Frank did charge into their house in the first place. That was not all either—he was now demanding free rein to search inside, and no matter how naive Ocean could be, he still had to defend his family's honor!Frank raised a
Even as Ocean was left feeling helpless, Derek suddenly sat up on his bed and snapped, "If you say so!"He was enfeebled due to his illness, but the color has returned to his cheeks, clearly a sign that he was healing!"T-That's impossible!" Walt cried, staring at Frank in disbelief.After all, he was the one who could have saved Derek, but how could he have done it so quickly?Walt was simply unaware that with the power of the spiritron vein, Frank could treat a variety of illnesses in no time at all, and without medicine at that.In fact, he was already doing it as soon as he entered Derek's room. Derek had even regained consciousness, but he was also eager to see how Frank would handle this conflict and pretended to stay asleep.And now that Walt had confessed to his crime directly, Derek had no reason to play dead—he had to put that geezer in his place!Shaking his head, he sighed, "My dear granduncle… I didn't think that you'd go so far as to try to kill me! Was there eve
Derek sighed—the gap between him and Frank was just too wide, and his family would not have a chance to succeed under his leadership.But that was fine.In the end, money opened doors where schemes and conspiracies would not, and Derek was convinced that his family still had a shot.-Soon, Frank returned to the safehouse, and Pat was on hand to receive him. "You really are the greatest warlord ever seen. Not only did you charge into the Costners' residence all on your own, but you also subdued the Costners and returned without a scratch.""Surely you jest, commissioner." Frank smiled. "I'm sure your people could do the same.""You're kidding. They won't measure up to you, not even by a single fraction!"Pat shook his head, his tone changing sharply and turning serious, "Mr. Frankton, let's be serious for a moment. No matter how big the Costners get, they are just one family in Shagan—it's nothing surprising if they were subdued as they are really nothing to brag about."Howeve
Monte actually kept several chunks of gold bullions in his suitcase as well, but those were not stolen—it was only the photo!Frank noticed the gold too and chuckled. "I guess you can stop looking now. Someone stole your photo."Instead, he took Monte to Dawn and asked her, "Do you recognize this man?"Dawn frowned as she studied Monte from head to toe, nodding before shaking her head. "I don't think I do, but he feels familiar…""How about my voice?" Monte asked.Dawn smiled in wry amusement. "Again, it's both familiar but also not."Frank did not give up, however, and had Monte read the script he gave earlier. "I'm Monte Petale. I have a solution that could help Mr. Frankton overcome the curse of the spiritron vein and leave Shagan!"Dawn appeared to be jolted by those words, and her eyes rolled up as she passed out.Frank leapt up to catch her and carried Dawn to the couch while telling Monte to make her some tea.As Monte left, Frank said, "You can stop pretending now. He'
"Don't worry about how I found out," Frank said. "What's your twin's name?""He doesn't have one."Monte smiled, shaking his head. "My family was poor, and my twin was sent to an orphanage due to his poor health soon after we were born."My whole family thought he was dead… Hell, I didn't know he existed until he came to me when he was thirty-two, and I found myself staring at my own face, although it was scared and missing an ear."Frank frowned. "What did he want?" Monte shook his head. "No idea! He just said his family owed him, and from now on, he'd be living as me… And with that, he's disappeared, and I can't find him no matter how I try."Frank nodded.It was clear that the missing twin was the key to undoing the curse of the spiritron vein, but what role did he play? Was he really going to exploit that opening to hurt him, like Dawn had put it?Monte had proven that he had ambition, but Frank could see that he would not hurt him either… or at the very least, he did not
"Sign this to finalize your divorce if you have no further questions," the woman in a flowery dress said as she pushed a sheet of paper toward Frank Lawrence.They were seated at Lane Manor, and Frank's sharp brows furrowed as he stared at the divorce agreement before turning to the woman who was his mother in law, Gina Zonda. "What's this?"Gina folded her arms across her chest and said flatly, "Lane Holdings has just gone public—that means the gap between you and Helen are growing ever further apart. Since you're no help to her in her career, all you would do is tie her down, and it's therefore ideal for you to divorce her sooner."Frank smiled bitterly. "Is this what Helen thinks, or is that what you think?"Gina glowered. "This is what every member of my family thinks. Henry may have arranged this marriage between you and Helen, but we've been kind to you as you freeloaded from us over the last three years. Sign this if you know what's good for you."Frank inhaled deeply.For
As Frank strode out of Lane Manor, he turned to look at the place he lived at for three years.He had come here all alone and now left empty-handed.Just then, a Rolls-Royce sped toward him from a distance, stopping just beside him. The door opened, and a middle-aged man dressed sharply in a suit alighted, grinning broadly as he jogged up to Frank. "Mr. Lawrence…""What are you doing here?" Frank asked as he stared at the man—he was Trevor Zurich, the CEO of Trevor International. "I've recently partnered with your wife for a development project in West City, and I've come to discuss the details with her," Trevor admitted.Frank nodded but said, "There's no need for a discussion—Helen now has the Wesley family's backing and doesn't need ours, and she's no longer my wife.""What?!" Trevor exclaimed, flabbergasted. "What's going on?""Helen and I got divorced," Frank admitted. "From now on, there's no connection between myself and the Lanes."Then, turning toward Trevor and gen