With Mr. Zink being abducted and Senior Howard’s last words announced on the internet, everyone in Saigen City would know that Dan was not Senior Howard’s biological son and that she had deceived him.
Tina had put in so much effort to plan this and naively thought she had succeeded, but it turned out that Brettley was always one step ahead!
The night before, when she and Dan were still figuring out how to kill Senior Howard without anyone suspecting them, Brettley had already laid out his plan.
Tina closed her eyes, her face as pale as a ghost.
“Everyone,” all of a sudden, Brettley’s voice rang out. “This video was taken when I went to visit Senior Howard yesterday. I promised him that if he pulled through, I’d never reveal this video for the whole world to see, but the fact that all of you are watching this right now means only one thing–Senior Howard passed away last night.
“According to Mrs. Howard and the hospital, Senior Howard died of internal injuries he suffered as a result of Thomas’ attack, which is why Thomas is being detained at the police station now, awaiting his hearing.
“However, when I went to visit Senior Howard at the hospital yesterday, I managed to take a look at his lab reports and hospitalization notes.
“I’m posting all this information to the public in hopes that all the doctors and medical professionals watching this will be able to answer one question: could Senior Howard have died so suddenly in this condition?”
Brettley’s voice was calm and confident.
Dan bit his lip and turned to stare at his mother in despair. He whimpered, “Mother, why is Brettley so confident? Why does he always seem to know what we’re up to? What’s going to happen now?”
Tina closed her eyes and curled her lips into a bitter smile. “Thomas has won. We… We’re no match for Brettley Morrison at all.”
Brettley had been one step ahead of them all along; he had seen right through their plans and even formulated a defense against them.
With the evidence revealed to the world, they could never deny or explain their way out of this.
However…
Tina had underestimated Brettley’s ability.
This was not yet the end.
Senior Howard’s voice rang out from the laptop.
It was a recording that Mr. Zink had provided of Senior Howard writing his will.
After hearing Senior Howard’s designations, Dan immediately cried out in despair, “I can’t believe he left me nothing!”
“Now’s not the time to worry about this.”
Tina shot her greedy son with a look of anguish.”
We should worry about ourselves now.”
The next moment, an image of Mr. Zink, severely bruised and injured, appeared on the screen. “Second Young Master Howard was the one who did this to me…
“He forced me to tell him everything about Senior Howard’s will…and I’m sorry to say that I didn’t manage to uphold my integrity in the face of physical abuse… I’m the reason Senior Howard ended up like this… If I hadn’t said anything, he’d probably still be alive right now…”
Before he could even finish, the sound of sirens blared from outside as police cars pulled up in front of Howard Mansion.
A few minutes later, the cops barged into the house and appeared before Tina and Dan. “Sir, Madam, you are under arrest for suspected murder.”
When Tina and Dan arrived at the police station, they bumped into Yannie and Thomas, who were on their way out.
The four of them crossed paths.
Yannie pursed her lips when she saw them and instinctively grasped Thomas’ hand.
Just a few minutes ago, she had promised the cops that she would keep a stern eye on Thomas so he would not do anything rash after bailing him out. At this moment, when she caught sight of Tina and Dan, she instinctively tightened her grip on Thomas’ to prevent him from acting rashly.
Thomas could sense her worry. He furrowed his brow slightly and curled his lips into a smile as he stared at Tina and Dan. “I’m assuming neither of you thought you’d end up here so soon, huh?”
Even though he had not known of Senior Howard’s will and death before he was captured, the cops had enlightened him on the events that happened prior to his release.
Tina paused, clearly slightly surprised by Thomas’ comment, then sneered. “You’re right; I hadn’t expected this at all. Who would’ve thought a dumbass like you could’ve found someone as smart as Brettley to help you out?”
She shot Thomas a disdainful look and added, “Don’t you dare think that you’ve won–I lost to Brettley, but that doesn’t mean I lost to you.
“If you hadn’t sought out Brettley’s help, this would never have happened. Your father was right; you’re a useless fuck. If it weren’t for Brettley, you’d still be in jail! You have nothing to be victorious about!”
The light in Thomas’ eyes dimmed.
He narrowed his eyes, staring at Tina with a look so cold it was as though he wanted to murder her right on the spot.
When she saw this, Yannie quickly placed herself between them and stared at Tina, frowning. “
I know you’re just trying to provoke him so that he’d lose his cool and attack you. You’re just doing this to drag him down with you, but I won’t let you do that.”
Thomas furrowed his brow upon hearing this. A glimmer of surprise and joy flashed through his eyes.
His precious Yannie…had grown up.
She was trying to protect him.
Tina furrowed her brow upon hearing this.
She was so close to winning, so close!
If Yannie had not stopped him, Thomas would have held her in a headlock, and if that had happened, he would wind up back in jail alongside her and Dan!
She would do anything to drag Thomas down with her!
At this thought, Tina closed her eyes in despair.
A split second later, she opened her eyes and stared at Thomas coldly. “You’re a lucky man.”
Not only was her plan foiled by Brettley, but Yannie had even seen right through her.
Why was Thomas so lucky to have found people like them to help him?
“There’s one thing I still don’t understand.”
She let out an exhale and glanced at Thomas. “
Why is Brettley helping you so much?”
Brettley and Thomas should never have known each other in the first place. Was it because Brettley had taken care of Thomas’ daughter, Riley, at one point?
However, according to her spies, Brettley and Thomas were enemies in Merchant City, and at one point, Thomas had even transpired to destroy Brettley over Riley, so why did Brettley suddenly have a change of heart? Why did he suddenly decide to hand the child back to Thomas and even fly all the way to Saigen City to help him?
Thomas curled his lips into a smile. “What do you think?”
Tina’s entire body stiffened, and she frowned at him.
“What…kind of relationship do you have with him?”
She could tell from Thomas’ attitude that he and Brettley were not just ordinary business associates.
“He and I go way back.”
Thomas curled his lips into a smirk as though he could sense what Tina was thinking and disdainfully added, “Aunt Tina, you’re far more naive than I thought.If you had spent the time to actually get to know Brettley, you would’ve discovered just how smart he is.
“Not only does he dominate Banyan City, but he even turned Merchant City into his business empire within a year of arriving there.You and I can barely even begin to imagine the true extent of his wealth and power.
“The Howard family’s fortune is of no attraction to him at all.If he wanted to, he could’ve established a new business and dominated the entire Saigen City within months, so how could I have bought him out with money?”
Despair crept across Tina’s face.She always thought that Brettley had begun working for Thomas because of the attractive reward he promised her.
Even though she knew that Brettley was an exceptionally wealthy man and probably did not even care for Howard Group, she figured, who would say no to more money? If Thomas offered something attractive enough, she was sure that Brettley would agree to help him.
Therefore, as soon as she was arrested, she began thinking of ways to utilize all her money, including the savings she had stashed overseas in preparation for Dan’s future, in order to bribe Brettley into dropping charges.
This was why she wanted to know what relationship Thomas and Brettley had.
She was hopeful that she would receive the answer she wanted– that Brettley was simply bribed into helping Thomas, but it was clear from Thomas’ response that this was not the case.
Brettley had not been helping him for the money at all, but if not…
She bit her lip, staring at Thomas, and finally asked, “If he didn’t do this for the money…what for?”
Could he have agreed to help Thomas because he had at one point adopted Thomas and Yannie’s daughter? “That’s because we’re family.”
Thomas did not intend to hide anything anymore.
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