Chapter 103

"Impossible!" Simon shouted immediately. "So what if we wrongfully accused him, slapped him with a bunch of charges, and threw him in prison? It's nothing serious, he's not dead. Why would he hate us on that?

"Is that such a big deal?" he continued. "He's not dead. How could he possibly hold a grudge over something like that?

"Besides, we cleared his name and made him a hero. He should be thanking us, shouldn't he?" Simon said.

Then, he turned to Stephen and asked, "I thought you said you had him under control, that he couldn't escape your grasp?"

Stephen stammered nervously, "I don't know. Why would he abandon Ethan and run?"

All along, he had believed he truly had control over Howard, but it was clear he had been played. From the start, Howard had tricked him without him even noticing.

Simon cursed in frustration, "I never thought Howard Green would turn out to be such an ungrateful man! No, calling him 'ungrateful' doesn't even begin to describe it. He's a traitor, a backstabbing rat! We need to put out a warrant for him immediately."

Stephen asked, his voice shaking, "But what about Seaside City?"

"Seaside City..." Simon hesitated, clearly troubled.

its

is left

silence later, Stephen said softly, "1.3 trillion.

much?" Simon was

setback-it was a potential

breath to calm himself down. The more urgent the situation, the more

place and lay low. Have some rest. I'll

but it was his

the call ended, Simon called for an emergency meeting. Everyone else had no idea what had happened to Seaside City and was baffled

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call us back in a hurry? What happened this

I

been

deep breath, preparing himself before

serious has happened in

words sounded a

"What happened?" someone asked.

was here, he

do you mean they've

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