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"Don't lie to me. I'll verify this with Stephen." Simon pulled out his phone.

Before he could punch the numbers, his phone rang with a call from Stephen. The suspicious timing of the call made Simon's heart sink. He dreaded the realization of his worst fear.

Simon shakily took the call.

"Dad, North Hill City is in trouble."

Those words hit Simon like a ton of bricks.

It was true. North Hill City was done for. To make matters worse, they gave the culprits the means to commit the crime.

"Shawn and-"

Simon interrupted Stephen and said, "I got it. Your priority is to restore order in the city.

"Stop the mayhem from spreading. North Hill City's economy can't afford another hit."

Then, he ended the call.

Simon sat on the chair at a loss, devastated that the city was ruined at the hands of his son. Stephen had become a disgrace.

“It's all your son's fault. North Hill City is ruined because of the people your son picked.

"Your son only realized what was going on when the trio fled on him.

"We can estimate the city's financial loss at 50 million dollars. The cost can break

the city."

Faced with the accusations, Simon could not hold his tongue anymore.

"Cut it out!"

Jolting to his feet, Simon glared at everybody and said curtly, "Don't push everything on my son as if you can do no wrong.

"Who jumped on the idea with Stephen? Who wanted to interview them? Who helped them achieve nationwide recognition?

"Who made Ethan the scapegoat?"

The barrage of questions shut everybody up.

The group was in a bind. They got it all wrong, accusing the good for bad and

bad for good. The public would

the truth were

out.

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"What do we do

fell silent as a nervous energy lingered in the

they do? They

only choice left is to tell the

the others on the run would eventually bring the

from the chaos, they would relish the prospect of even greater turmoil. Everybody would be too distracted to

The group sighed

hands full. He took the first flight to North Hill City, hoping to convince some businesses and investors to stay. The plan was to keep the impact on the

with several businesspeople and

city needs you more

your while if you stay. I'm talking about a fifty

tempted the businesspeople and investors. However, that

uttered, "We need somewhere peaceful. North Hill City

a regular occurrence now. Heck, explosions were common too. Bombs could be

restore peace and order to the city

the people started to have second

loud bang. An explosion occurred in the

Stephen turned pale.

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swayed businesspeople and investors remained

can talk once North

It was now or never if they wanted to get out

panic, Stephen grabbed one businessman and said, "Can't you give me a

businessman stopped and gave him

though. If Ethan were here today, we

say. We have a

off, leaving Stephen standing

understand why the public had so much faith in him. Despite Stephen's humble pleading, the business owners

any

City quickly emerged online, and the public

confusion.

mayhem in North Hill

this another of Ethan's

guy won't go away. Can't someone

a menace

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