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!"

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. We can even split

and Helen could leave, Cato suddenly bellowed at them,

on all pretense right then, Cato was baring his teeth savagely as he growled, "So you'd better

in from the door, each of them carrying baseball bats and other

at all with the small fries. "Partner up with you? Or do

"Robbery?"

call her mother, dropping her phone on the

out of nowhere. "I'd be dead if I don't get the money 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

the thugs closed in, her fingers clenching over her briefcase as she said calmly, "There's no point

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