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. 

workers when the painting fell, so why did

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

“Thea Callahan destroyed a painting that was worth one-point-eight billion dollars at the auction banquet. I’ll release you now so you can liquidate your assets, Lex Callahan.

“What?!” 

“One-point-eight billion?!” 

the hell

a painting worth

furious, and still tied up, started hurling insults at

upon their family, and how she had always

struck speechless by their insults, was unable to get a word

Callahan,” Trent

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

as soon as he was released, then slapped her with all his strength. “Useless thing!

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

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

done. “Please have mercy on

coldly. “Did you give mine any mercy when Alex Yates started bankrupting us because of a phone call from

dawned on Thea. “You… You set

you know. You can’t do anything about it. I’m getting that one-point-eight billion from you, one

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 are doomed!”

the old man out of here.”

“Yes, sir.” 

still sobbing, out of

other Callahans watched on, frozen in horror.

were doomed, and it was all because of

Callahan, you wicked little b*tch! You did this to

abort you when

is your own fault! Why are you dragging the rest of us into

I have nothing to do with

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