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

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 do something to offend you, I promise I’ll personally make it

painting that was worth one-point-eight billion dollars at the auction banquet. I’ll release you now so

“What?!” 

“One-point-eight billion?!” 

the hell

did you destroy a painting worth that

still tied up,

of being a curse upon their family, and how she had

their insults, was unable to get a

Callahan,”

the Callahans were worth 1.3 billion in total. This one painting was enough to

was released, then slapped her with all his strength. “Useless thing! You’ve ruined our family!

me, grandfather!” she cried out. “It

Xavier falsely accuse you of this?!” Lex shouted,

he was done. “Please have mercy on my family, General Xavier,” he pleaded desperately.

when Alex Yates started bankrupting

“You… You set

you 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

ground, his energy leaving him completely. He seemed to have aged ten years in a single instance. “We’re doomed!” he wailed in despair. “The Callahans

old man out

“Yes, sir.” 

armed soldiers dragged Lex, still sobbing, out of

Callahans watched on, frozen

doomed, and it was all because of

wicked little b*tch! You did this

we abort you when we

own fault! Why are you dragging the rest of us into this?!”

I have nothing to do with Thea!

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