Chapter 775

Elliot shot a look at his dad, lips pursing in disdain, "Kid stuff, pops. Stay out of it."

With that, he closed his eyes to sleep.

Tarquin was left speechless, sensing the disdain but clueless about the cause.

The night passed without incident.

The little rascals slept soundly through the night, not a peep from any of them.

Even Evan behaved himself.

Tarquin grew more puzzled and, once Elliot was awake, he couldn't help but ask, "Weren't you guys planning to settle the score with the Thornes? What happened to that?"

stuff, dad. Mind your own beeswax.

of his rocky marriage, he

he couldn't spill the beans yet, not

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days, the Bradfords were on the brink

and clearing over twenty million in debt,

and a video of the Thorne family, now hostages. The

chose not to involve the police, grinding their teeth as they transferred ten million to the kidnappers. Shortly after, a second debt notice arrived for twenty-five million, complete with Blake's fingerprints, again with the threat of violence if unpaid. Furious yet considering

third day, a demand for a whopping one billion landed on

the edge. No amount of

is blatant blackmail. Paying this billion could lead to

in gambling was already a stretch. How could they possibly owe so much? This has to be a scam. We can't keep bleeding money into this

Daphne, who will we use to leverage Tarquin and Elysia? If those wild kids officially become Bradfords, it's not just money at stake. And all the millions we've already paid

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