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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

The public would not have faith in

the truth were

out.

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"What do we

group fell silent as a nervous energy lingered in the

they do? They were out

only choice left is to tell the

up, Shawn and the others on the

people were removed from the chaos, they would relish the prospect of even greater turmoil. Everybody would

The group sighed

Stephen had his 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

it worth your while if you stay. I'm talking about a fifty percent tax break for the

that tempted the businesspeople and investors. However, that was all there

North Hill City can't

now. Heck, explosions were common too. Bombs could be

worry. I will restore peace and order to the city as soon as I can. Just give me

the people started to have second thoughts about

occurred

Stephen turned pale.

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businesspeople

North

It was now or never if they wanted to

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

and gave

not Ethan, though. If Ethan were here today, we would stay even without the

have to say.

shook Stephen's arm off, leaving Stephen

again, and Stephen could not understand why the public had so much faith in him.

any worse

Hill City quickly emerged online, and the public

confusion.

with the sudden mayhem

another of Ethan's

won't go away. Can't someone just

is a

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