Sean answered. Denise frowned and did not understand. “You found out by yourself? You’re from Merchant City and are not related to anything here in Saigen City. Why do you want to investigate my family?”
Sean curled up his lips and took a huge puff of his cigarette. “Yes, neither my family nor my friends are related to Saigen City. This is also my first time here, and your family has nothing to do with me either. But…”
He looked to the side at Denise with his bright eyes. “Not long ago, I joined a gang in Merchant City. Every brother in the gang treated me very nicely, and they were very willing to accept me as one of them. However, there is a scar in their hearts that they can’t heal.”
Upon rolling down the window, the breeze blew into the car and dispersed the smoke in the car. “More than three months ago, they lost their leader, and his seat would always be empty every time a meeting came up. At every gathering, they’d also prepare another set of cutleries. This is an unspoken way for them to remember their leader. It also pains me to see it, so I think I should do something for them.”
Once he finished, he raised his brow and looked at Denise. “Do you understand it now?”
Denise kept quiet for the longest time. Finally, she bit her lip. “The leader that you’re talking about… Is it Luke?”
All this while, she had been kept in the dark. She did not know about Luke and had always thought her brother was awakened from a vegetative state. Her par secret from her, too. It was until yesterday that she realized Luke was another brother of hers. The brother that she was looking at was the other twin brother.
That was why she would spend time getting to know Luke. However, the information she gathered was the information that was available on the internet; a gang leader who dominated Sea City and Merchant City. She thought these kinds of gang leaders were no different from the gangsters she often saw on the street.
Now that she heard Sean talk and reminisce about Luke with respect and nostalgia, she realized she was narrow–minded.
After a moment of silence, she spoke, “This Luke… What was he like?”
“He has a charming and unique personality.”
Sean took the last puff and threw the cigarette butt out the window. “Let’s go.”
Only then did Denise regain her senses. She smiled embarrassingly and started the car engine. On the way to the mansion, she could not help but ask about Luke.
“After Luke passed away, did the gang elect a new leader?”
“No.”
Sean squinted and looked ahead. “They’re waiting for him to go back.”
To others, he was here in Saigen City to help Brettley and Bethan to look after Riley to ease their burden, but the truth was…
“Sean, we admire your bravery and courage, but you’re not qualified to be our boss.”
“What if I can get Luke’s information?”
Sean asked.
“If you can find our boss, we’ll admit and let you be our second–in–charge. If the boss himself says that he no longer wants to be our boss, then you’ll be our boss in the future.”
The words from the person in charge of the gang kept lingering in Sean’s mind after he departed from Merchant City.
He closed his eyes silently. He knew that even though he shared the blood from the Morrison family, his childhood and younger years had decided his path. He could never be a successful businessman that everyone envied like Brettley or Jim.
However…
If he could achieve what Luke had achieved, that was another type of success, was it not?
Not long after, their car arrived at Steven’s mansion in the countryside. Everything was as Denise said: Steven was not in the mansion, but the guards in the mansion were not to be underestimated. There were many muscular men standing guard everywhere. Upon parking the car at a corner, Denise pointed at the mansion not far away from them and asked, “Are you sure you can go in and bring the kid out?”
Before they arrived, she had already felt Sean could not accomplish the mission. Once they arrived, she was certain of her judgment. The mansion was guarded heavily, and it would be a miracle a thin, fragile man like Sean could succeed.
Sean squinted and looked at the mansion. He said with a smile, “Let’s make a bet. If I can bring Riley out, you’ll have to treat me to beer tonight.”
Denise snorted. “If you can accomplish the mission, it doesn’t matter if I treat you to beer for the whole month.”
“Forget about it.”
Sean rubbed his knuckles. “I need to take care of Riley starting tomorrow. I can’t drink.”
With that, he opened the door and got out of the car.
Watching the man walk toward the mansion, Denise could not help but furrow her brow. Up until this point, she still did not think Sean could succeed. As she remembered the promise she made to Nigel…
She inhaled deeply and picked up her phone to call Steven, who was at this moment making his way to Mr. Zink’s office with Gwen.
He furrowed his brow when he saw Denise calling him. He did not attempt to run from Gwen and put the call on speaker. “Denise.”
“Brother.”
Denise seemed to hesitate as she spoke, “Where are you? What are you doing?”
Steven looked at Gwen and answered, “i’m helping Brettley with something. What’s wrong?” “…”
Denise took a deep breath. “I’m outside of your mansion in the countryside.”
From Steven’s tone, she sensitively noticed there must be Brettley’s people beside Steven. In order not to spill information, she did not mention any words related to the child or Riley. Instead, she merely mentioned that she was at the mansion. Steven was startled, and he knew what Denise was implying. “Go back.” “I want to go in.”
She bit her lip. “I want to cook something for you and wait for you to come back. Please tell them to let me in.”
“No.”
Steven narrowed his eyes. “Go back now, and don’t make me angry.”
After a moment of silence, Denise continued, “What if I force my way in?”
“You won’t succeed,”
Steven replied.
“I’ll try anyway.”
After that, Denise hung up the phone.
The reason she called was not to let Steven let him in. She just wanted to inform Steven, and since Steven knew, she would make her way in without any worries.
As she expected. When Denise was at the entrance, the guard put up his hands and stopped her. “Ms. Hughes, Mr. Hughes just called and disallowed you from going in.”
Denise looked at the mansion. She vaguely saw Sean was already on the second floor of the mansion. He had successfully sneaked into the mansion from the back.
She curled up her lips and smiled.
Once Steven got the call, all of the guards would have paid attention to her and stopped her from getting in. Therefore, they would loosen the defense at the back of the mansion.
Denise took a deep breath and continued to make a fuss.
“Who do you think you are to stop me from entering? This is my brother’s house!”
When the guard was not paying attention, she bit the guard’s hand and rushed into the mansion. Instantly, nearly all of the guards at the mansion rushed over to stop her. “Ms. Hughes!”
Little did they know, Sean had already knocked out the nanny that was taking care of Riley on the second floor. He carried her from the crib. For some reason, Riley seemed to recognize Sean as she extended her hand out at him with a smile.
“It’s too dangerous here. I’m here to rescue you. Don’t cry, okay?”
Sean mumbled in a low voice, not truly caring whether or not Riley understood him. He carried her and left through the back door.
Luckily, Riley did not make a sound from the moment Sean picked her up as though she truly understood what Sean said and stayed quiet. With Denise’s interruption, he was able to bring Riley to the car swiftly.
As he was back in the car, he pointed at Riley’s nose lightly. “Good girl.”
When everything was done, he looked at the door of the mansion. At that moment, Denise was being held up by the guard. They were working hard to stop her from going inside. “Not bad.”
He curled up his lips and smiled. Taking out his phone, he called Denise.
At the door of the mansion, Denise was still fighting endlessly with the guards. “This is my brother’s house. What’s wrong with me going inside? Who dares to touch me?!”
Suddenly, her phone rang. She furrowed her brow and, upon noticing it was an unknown number displayed on the screen, warily answered.
“You can come back now,”
Sean’s cheerful voice came from the other side of the phone. Don’t overdo it. They might suspect you when they find out the child is missing.”
Denise’s eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. She found it hard to believe. ‘That fast?!’ She thought Sean would need a long time so she had prepared to fight a long–haul fight with the guards. Who knew it ended before she even realized it?
“Alright. I’ll go back now.”
She pursed her lips helplessly. “How lame can you guys be that need me to go find it myself? A pig would be a better helper than any of you!”
She hung up the phone after giving a ‘scolding’. Subsequently, she looked up and glanced at the people in front of her. “I’d force my way in no matter what if this matter didn’t come up. Don’t think I’ve given up!”
She turned around and walked away. She left in such a hurry that the guards exchanged looks at each other. They truly believed she left because of an urgent matter.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.