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?"

Mind your

rocky marriage, he

beans yet, not wanting to jeopardize

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days, the Bradfords

clearing over twenty million in debt, the family

debt collection calls and a video of the Thorne family, now hostages. The captors claimed Blake owed them ten million, threatening

options, the Bradfords 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

third day, a demand for a whopping one billion

the Bradfords over the edge.

is blatant blackmail. Paying this

was already a stretch. How could they possibly owe so much? This has to be a scam. We

we don't pay and they harm Daphne, who will we use to leverage Tarquin and Elysia? If those wild kids officially become Bradfords, it's not just

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