MISTAKE 182

Chapter 182: A falling out.

Now the woman he had claimed he was getting married to had gotten married already. He cursed Martin Jones in his mind.

He already knew that there was no way these two Jones daughters could do it by themselves. He could see the hand print of the Hunter family all over it. He paused at that moment. The Shaw family may be hard to deal with, but the Madison family

was not.

He took out his phone and made a call. Soon, Samuel Madison picked the call.

"You are calling me directly?" Samuel said.

"Your grandson married the woman I was to marry. Do you think this is okay?" he asked and Samuel almost cursed. What was their obsession with this Emma girl. "You too are obsessed with that Emma Girl?" Samuel asked.

"Should that be your concern? I don't think I would let this go. You should know how much evidence I have in my hands that can bring you down," Daniel threatened. "Are you threatening me?" Samuel asked darkly.

"I am asking you to put your grandson on a leash. I thought we were on the same side. But he partnered up with my enemies. How does that make you look, Mr. Madison?" Daniel asked.

"I will wait for your results," Daniel said and ended the call.

Richard and his father, Jonathan, stepped out of Emma's hospital room, leaving Helena to fuss over her daughter-in-law and ensure her comfort. As the door closed behind them, a heavy silence hung in the air, thick with unspoken tension.

It was Jonathan who finally broke the silence, his voice low and grave. "Richard, there's something you need to know," he said, his eyes clouded with a mixture of concern and regret.

at his father's solemn tone. "What is it, Dad?" he asked, bracing

uitter. "The one responsible for the attack on Emma and Helena..." he

man who had raised him, instilled in him the values of honor and integrity, had orchestrated the attack that nearly claimed the lives of his wife and mother. It was unfathomable, a betrayal so

his very core.

mere whisper. "It seems I underestimated him. He could even harm my

of deep remorse. "He was trying to forcefully abduct Emma, but this is

heart.

course he knew what his grandfather wanted." To force me to release Diana Hayes,"

grimly. "It seems your uncle still has some men

of his Emma; an act he would never forgive. And now, his own grandfather had stooped to such despicable depths in an

released.

had the courage to attack Emma, she should also have the courage to

knew his son. If provoked he was more ruthless than his father. He hoped he would not be forced to do something out of control. "So what will you do,

hanging in the air like a thick fog. Finally, Jonathan spoke again,

hardened, his gaze like flint. "There can only be pain," he said, each word cold and unfeeling, that could easily mislead

out a slow breath, his hand coming to rest on Richard's shoulder in a gesture of support and understanding. "If you need my help, you need only ask." Richard nodded, his expression

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cost. Meanwhile, in the opulent office of Samuel Madison, the patriarch of the Madison family, a tense atmosphere hung in the air. The old man sat behind his massive mahogany desk, his brow furrowed in a deep scowl as he glared at the man standing before him. "What do you mean, the attempt to abduct that little girl failed?" Samuel growled, his voice a low rumble of

Bean, shifted uncomfortably under his employer's withering gaze. "I'm afraid our operatives were unsuccessful, sir," he replied, his

thud, his eyes blazing with rage. "How could they fail such a simple mission?" he roared, his

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