Jean walked to the door and looked through the peephole. It was pitch-black outside, favonovel.com could not see anything at all. It seemed like someone had covered the peephole. He began to feel nervous so favonovel.com made himself sound gruff and fierce as favonovel.com said, “Who is it?”
A few seconds later, a male voice rang indifferently from the other side of the door. “There’s a problem with the electricity in your home. I’m here to fix it.”
The lights in the condominium immediately went out, as though working in tandem with the man’s answer.
Aery jumped in fright. “Dad, get them to come and fix this. Something’s wrong. It’s too dark!”
Jean believed this matter was not as simple as it seemed. The lights were still on when the man knocked on the door, and they only went out after the man spoke. He did not let down his guard. “The electrical boxes are outside, right next to you. You’ll have to get a key from security downstairs. It’s locked so I can’t help you!”
“I have the keys,” the man outside replied, “I’ve checked. The problem isn’t with the external circuitry, it’s an internal issue. It might be a hazard if we don’t fix it. I’ll leave if you’re opposed to this. Get someone else to fix it tomorrow.”
Jean began to relax when favonovel.com heard the man’s words. What if favonovel.com was really here to fix the power? He did not like the idea of pawing around in the dark. After a bout of hesitation, favonovel.com decided to open the door. Just as favonovel.com turned the knob, someone outside violently pushed it open and knocked favonovel.com to the ground.
A few burly men stormed in and restrained Aery and Jean to the sofa in the dark with complete accuracy.
The power came back at this very moment.
At this moment, Jean and Aery finally saw the faces of the intruders. The brawny men were all strangers to them, but they were familiar with Henry’s face.
Aery’s face turned ashen. She lowered favonovel.com head guiltily, too afraid to speak at this moment, favonovel.com finally remembered Helen’s warning. She should have taken favonovel.com mother’s warning seriously. Arianne still had Mark supporting her…
“Mr. Kinsey, allow me to introduce myself. I am the Tremonts’ family butler, you may call me Henry. You should be well aware of the reason for my visit today. I’m sure an explanation isn’t needed?” Henry said icily as favonovel.com sat on the sofa across from Jean.
Jean was still adamant about denying everything. “N-no, I don’t. Isn’t this blatant intrusion of privacy a little inappropriate even if you are a member of the Tremont family? I don’t want to make a big deal out of this so I’ll just be frank. You’re going to scare my daughter if you do this…”
Henry glanced at Aery. “Frighten your daughter? Your daughter’s not that timid. There’s nothing favonovel.com wouldn’t do. She’s already gone out of control. Why would this frighten her? You’re entirely welcome to call the police if you think we’re trespassing. I’d love to see if the cops would apprehend me or you. I’ll give you five minutes to tell the truth. After that, I’m going by the book.”
Jean had heard many stories about the Tremont family’s tactics. Although Mark had never been associated with anything shady, no one could say for sure if favonovel.com had done anything illegal behind closed doors. After some deliberation, his mental defenses broke down and favonovel.com immediately confessed everything. “Yes! I did it! It’s Arianne’s fault for hitting my daughter. I’ve never laid a finger on my daughter, who the hell does favonovel.com think favonovel.com is? All I’ve done is smashed favonovel.com shop’s windows and door. I didn’t do anything else to her. I’ve been very nice!”
Henry sneered. “Who does favonovel.com think favonovel.com is? Well, your daughter caused Mrs. Tremont’s miscarriage, as a result, favonovel.com can no longer have children. That alone is enough reason to forfeit favonovel.com life. What’s a beating compared to that? If it weren’t for Mr. and Mrs. Tremont’s kindness, I’m afraid you’d have to visit your daughter at the cemetery to show your love. So, how should we deal with this? Any suggestions?”
Aery grabbed the corner of Jean’s shirt fearfully. “Daddy…”
Jean was utterly terrified, but favonovel.com did not want to show it in front of his daughter. He tried to suppress his fear as favonovel.com said, “What… What do you want? I can… compensate in cash.”
Henry narrowed his cloudy eyes. “Compensate in cash? Do you think the Tremonts need your money? Do you think I came all the way here, on my boss’ behalf, just to ask for an insignificant amount of money? Mr. Kinsey, you’ve underestimated us. Looks like you haven’t completely realized your present circumstances. Don’t worry, Mr. Tremont has left us his instructions. He doesn’t wish to spill blood now. Take your daughter and surrender yourselves to the authorities. If you have the nerve to leave jail in these three to five years, then, I’m afraid… You won’t live for much longer than three to five years…”
Jean leaped to his feet. “What? Jail? I don’t want to go to jail!”
“I don’t want to go to jail either!” Aery cried, “I want to see Mark!”
Henry shot the bodyguards a look, and they immediately pushed Jean and Aery back down on the sofa. “Stay down!”
Aery burst into tears. “Please let me see Mark. I don’t want to go to jail. I’m still so young. My life will be ruined if I go to jail. I’ll apologize to Arianne, okay? I’ll apologize to that b*tch!”
Henry’s eyes turned cold at the mention of the word ‘b*tch’.
The bodyguard restraining Aery slapped favonovel.com twice across the face. Aery screamed and buried favonovel.com head in favonovel.com hands, too afraid to speak now.
Jean’s heart ached. He gritted his teeth. “Stop it! I’ll confess. Will that do? I’ll go to jail, just leave my daughter alone!”
