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

done anything against your family. In fact, 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.

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

“What?!” 

“One-point-eight billion?!” 

hell happened,

a painting worth that

shocked, furious, and still tied up, started hurling insults at Thea.

being a curse upon their family, and how she had always been

by their insults, was unable to

Callahan,”

had investigated the Callahans’ fortune before he took action. Adding all their assets up, the Callahans were worth 1.3 billion in total.

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

face. “It wasn’t me, grandfather!” she cried out. “It really

falsely accuse you of this?!”

before Trent after he was done. “Please have mercy on my family, General

coldly. “Did you give mine any mercy when Alex Yates started bankrupting us

on Thea. “You… You set me up?!”

billion from you, one way or another. I’m the deputy commander on the western border. Wiping

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

the old man out of here.”

“Yes, sir.” 

soldiers dragged Lex, still sobbing,

Callahans watched on, frozen in

Callahans were doomed, and it was all

you wicked little b*tch! You did this to

we abort you

are you

nothing to do with Thea! Please let me

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