Outside the Callahans’ villa. 

Dozens of jeeps screeched to a halt as the soldiers that had ridden them here charged onto the Callahans’ home. 

Panic erupted amongst the Callahans. Lex, who had gone to bed, got up again and approached the soldiers in his pajamas. “What’s happened, sir?” he asked the leader frantically, his face pale. 

“Take them.” 

With their order issued, two soldiers grabbed Lex by his forearms and dragged him away. 

 

The others, still groggy from sleep, were also forcibly pulled into the jeeps. 

Meanwhile, a loud bang erupted from Thea’s home. Benjamin and Gladys were awoken suddenly as soldiers filed in and dragged them away. 

Cansington Hotel basement. 

Thea sat tied up on the ground. Soon enough, her family was also brought in. Her grandfather, Lex Callahan; her father, Benjamin Callahan; her uncle, Howard Callahan; her second uncle, John Callahan, and everyone else. No one had been left out. 

All of them had been tied up, too. 

They looked at each other in panic and confusion, not knowing what they had done to offend the Xaviers, or why they were now in a basement. 

Trent sat on the only chair in the room, taking a drag of his cigarette. 

“Do you know why I brought you here, Thea Callahan?” he asked, his expression cold as the soldiers behind him looked on. 

not. She knew she was nowhere near the workers when the painting fell, so why did the surveillance footage show

our Tommy is good friends with Joel Xavier! Why are you doing this? Please, let us go,” Lex shuffled in his restraints as he pleaded with Trent. “If we did

worth one-point-eight billion dollars at the auction banquet. I’ll release you now so you can liquidate your assets, Lex Callahan. Get me the money in exchange for the

“What?!” 

“One-point-eight billion?!” 

hell happened, Thea?!”

a

tied up, started hurling insults at

family, and how she had always been nothing but trouble for

insults, was unable to get a word out.

Callahan,” Trent ordered.

their assets up, the Callahans were worth 1.3 billion in total. This one painting was

he was released, then slapped her with all

flowed down her swollen red face. “It wasn’t me, grandfather!” she cried out.

dare you argue! Would General Xavier falsely accuse you of this?!” Lex

was done. “Please have mercy on my

mine any mercy when Alex Yates started bankrupting

Thea. “You… You set

know. You can’t do anything about it. I’m getting that one-point-eight billion from you, one way or another. I’m the deputy commander on the

have aged ten years in a single instance. “We’re doomed!” he wailed in despair. “The Callahans are doomed!”

old man out of

“Yes, sir.” 

dragged Lex, still sobbing, out

Callahans watched on, frozen in

were doomed,

you wicked little b*tch! You did this

we abort you when we

Why are you dragging the rest of us

do with Thea! Please let me

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