Helen snapped sternly right then, "Luna, I remember your grandfather leaving this matter in my hands before we came here, or have you forgotten?"

"I. I."

Luna was stumped, and started crying even as whipped out her phone, "I'll call Mommy! You're all bullying me—"

"Unbelievable."

Helen sighed and locked her briefcase, before leveling a cool stare at Cato. "I'm afraid that our business talks have to be cut short here, since you refuse to be honest with me."

"No, no, no. Please, Ms. Lane!"

out in short and quickly pleaded, "Please just give me a chance, Ms. Lane. I'll tell you everything, okay? This isn't my company—it's my friend's. So, how about this? I'll introduce you to him, and he just needs 150 million dollars to settle the whole thing.

Helen could leave, Cato suddenly bellowed at them, "Fine! I'll be honest—I

teeth savagely as he growled, "So you'd better partner up with

door, each of them carrying baseball bats and other blunt

not concerned at all with the small fries. "Partner up with you? Or do you

"Robbery?"

her phone on the floor as she turned in disbelief

anyway, so I don't mind swindling you bumpkins. It was going so well too, but you had to show up and expose me. Well, I'm done playing nice—pay up, or you're all

as she watched the thugs closed in, her fingers clenching over her briefcase as she said calmly, "There's

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