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Chapter The Calm Before the Storm

Kelly brought the two children to visit Gary, but only Connor was home.

"Where's your dad?" Kelly asked.

"My dad hasn't come back for a long time. I heard he's busy," Connor answered as he opened the door and let Kelly and Faye inside.

Faye, holding Leo, glanced at Kelly.

"Are you being looked after by the nanny recently?" Kelly asked.

Connor nodded.

Kelly was silent momentarily as she looked around Gary's house and nodded. "For the time being, Faye and Leo might have to stay here with you. Is that okay?"

Connor happily nodded. "Sure, I'm so bored by myself. I can attend school with Faye, and the nanny can care for Leo."

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Kelly nodded. In the military family safe, after all.

Moreover, this was Gary's house. Patrick wouldn't suddenly come here to harm the two children, no matter what.

"Faye, call me if anything happens," Kelly said, ruffling Faye's head.

Before leaving, Kelly glanced at the bathroom in Gary's house. His toothbrush and other items were neatly arranged, with a disposable cup on top to prevent dust. He hadn't been back for a while.

Was he on a mission?

Kelly didn't think too much about it and left on her own.

Not long after returning to the company, Kelly saw the news. A large number of adverse reports about Beau were released, accusing him of illegal smuggling, human trafficking, organ trading, murder, and other heinous crimes.

It even emerged that the medical team's kidnapping during a peacekeeping mission years ago was also his fault. He had intentionally sold the medical team to Oasisvale.

Because many war zones in Oasisvale lacked medical resources, and training a doctor in Drakonia takes five to eleven years or even longer, most of the elite members from Seaville Hospital's infectious disease department had been in that medical team, which was sold to Lucas by Beau.

When this news broke, it shocked the world.

trafficking, but this was the first time they'd seen a whole medical

sacrificed his life for the country,

as a hero and

her office, trembling as she read

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things Beau had done, but releasing these details would make only Beau

in a situation where survival was

the perfect scapegoat, he would extract the maximum value from

so long because

make Beau

Otherwise, Beau's value would never be fully

been clever all his life; by now, he should have realized that his

the police still not found Beau?"

had been suspended from his position, he hadn't

things eventually lead back to him. This

he's not

he stays alive in police custody, his value can be fully exploited. Once Beau is dead, it'll be much harder to uncover who's behind him,"

the problem now was that they couldn't find

know if

sure he shows up occasionally to stir up public hatred," Kelly said, her voice firm. "Take the chance and capture

the final showdown. In a certain sense, if Beau had died, the other side would have already

once the crime was pinned on Beau, even if Clarissa came forward to reveal that there were

evidence chain would

Half a month later.

and when he secretly searched for Beau, Beau

seaside restaurant, proving that

of now, Beau was

how long he would live, no one could predict how

Group about Kelly and Shawn had grown more outrageous. Many people sa. the baby Kelly was carrying wasn't

Kelly to

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Patrick to personally come to Lockhart Group. "About Zion, I apologize." Patrick's acting was compelling, making it seem

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with Shawn at first. But Shawn said he would take care of you and that he could be good to both of Zion's kids. If you were with someone else, there's no guarantee

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