He walked to the stairwell. After making sure there was no one around, he took out his phone and made a call.
At this moment, in a private room with excellent privacy, there was a set of clay teapots on the tea table.
Landon skillfully washed the tea and brewed it twice before pouring it into the finest clay teacup.
He then held the cup in one hand and the bottom in the other, placing it in front of Eddie, “I have nothing to fear since the Herbert family is in this state. I have three children. Because of Cormac, two of my children are gone. Even if I’m a loser, I can’t swallow the anger. Now, you are willing to work with me. I am very grateful. On my own, I have no way to fight back. If there is anything I can do for you, Eddie, just let me know. I will do whatever it takes. This is my sincerity. I’d like to toast you with a cup of tea instead of wine.”
Eddie held down his hand. Landon had aged a lot in the past two years and had more gray hair. No one would feel good about losing two children at once.
“Please don’t say that.” Eddie picked up his teacup, “I should toast you.”
Landon smiled bitterly, “I’m not the same as I used to be. How can I let you toast me?”
The reputation he had defended had fallen into disrepute, and Maria and Sampson’s affair had become the talk of the town. The Herbert family grew worse by the day.
The people who once visited him incessantly were no longer there. Who else cared about him?
What did people say about him?
He couldn’t even protect his children. What kind of father was he?
Eddie patted his shoulder, “I know it’s not that you’re not good enough, but the Mendelsohn family and the Harris family are too powerful. To be honest with you, I’m afraid of them too.” Jeffery was sick and he was shaken to force Cormac into it. He knew it would be too late to wait for Jeffery’s recovery. All their previous efforts would be in vain.
He could not give up halfway.
So, he took the initiative to approach Landon.
“I heard that it was because of Loredana that your daughter’s engagement was canceled?” Eddie deliberately put it all on Loredana. Cormac was his choice for a son-in-law, and Loredana was redundant.
He was just using the Herbert family to achieve his purpose now. Landon didn’t even know that Eddie wanted to marry his daughter to Cormac.
He still thought that Eddie was really afraid of the Mendelsohn family and the Harris family.
Although Eddie’s current rank wasn’t low, the Chambers family didn’t have the strong roots of the Harris family. Jeffery had real power, and there was also the Mendelsohn family. He was afraid that the Chambers family would end up in the same situation as the Herbert family.
So, he took the initiative to team up with Landon. After all, Cormac killed Landon’s son.
Landon sighed, “I thought I would be able to join the Harris family and the Mendelsohn family after my daughter’s marriage with Cormac. But I didn’t expect this woman to be in my way all of a sudden. She not only ruined our marriage, but my son was also bewitched by her. Finally …”
Landon let out another sigh.
“Luckily, we still have a chance now …” Eddie exchanged a look with him.
Landon said, “Yeah, we just need to wait for the good news now. I’ll never let her out as long as she’s in jail. I must have her pay for the lives of my daughter and son!”
Eddie leaned into the chair. The redwood chair was carved with delicate patterns. He tapped his fingers on the armrests as if waiting for the good news to come.
At this moment, Landon’s phone rang on the table, and Eddie looked over.
Landon also looked at him, picked the phone up, and pressed the answer button.
Soon a voice came from the other end of the line, “Cormac stopped us. We can’t catch her.”
Landon’s face changed, “You’re a policeman. You have a warrant. Who is he to stop you from arresting her?”
“He… he asked me to handcuff him. He also said … let the person behind me go.”
Landon’s face turned white and his hands trembled as he held the phone. Eddie heard the voice on the other end of the line, tapped Landon, looked at him and said, “If we can’t catch her this time, we won’t have a chance next time. We wouldn’t even have had this chance if we hadn’t taken advantage of Cormac’s unpreparedness. He brought so many people with him and the hospital only had a few guards. His people are enough to get her out.”
“You mean do it the hard way?” Landon asked.
“Is there another way? As long as we catch Loredana, we have something on Cormac. Even if Cormac knows you did it later, he wouldn’t dare to do anything to you…”
“It’s us,” Landon reminded, “Even though I contributed people, but you got the arrest warrant.”
They were in this together.
The Herbert family had trained its own people in its prime. But City B had the Harris family and the Chambers family. His people had no chance to get promoted. Without Eddie, he wouldn’t even be able to get an arrest warrant.
Eddie laughed lightly, “A slip of the tongue. Don’t take it to heart. We’re in the same boat.”
Landon looked at him, made up his mind, and said to the phone, “What are you bringing all those people for? You have to arrest her today!”¶
After the phone hung up, Landon put the phone on the table and said nervously, “We can only wait for the news.”
Eddie poured him tea, “This time it will definitely be good news.”
Landon didn’t feel like drinking tea at all. This was the only one he had left. And, if they couldn’t make it this time, as Eddie had said, it would be harder for them to catch Loredana again. “I hope it’s good news.”
He looked at Eddie, “You can’t abandon me.”
Eddie looked gloomy and asked unhappily, “You don’t trust me?”
“No.” Landon poured him tea, “I just feel unsure …”
Eddie gave him a meaningful look. He lifted his tea and put it to his lips. As soon as Loredana was arrested, this incident would soon reach Cormac’s ears. It was the Herbert family who did this.
What did it have to do with him?
It wasn’t his people who went to arrest Loredana.
The Herbert family was destined to disappear from City B.
He just used what was left of the Herbert family.
Landon should be glad he could still be used when he was in this situation.
Hospital.
The man returned to the ward. He was admitted to the police because of the Herbert family. He hadn’t done anything for the Herbert family all these years. Now the Herbert family needed him, and he couldn’t quit.
He clutched the arrest warrant tightly in his hand.
Cormac watched the change in him, realizing what he might do next. He glanced at Loredana, who never made a sound and sat very still.
Her hands under the covers gripped the sheets tightly. Her palms were sweaty. There were too many of them. If they really started to fight, Cormac would not be able to take care of her even if he was strong. Although she was worried, she didn’t show it.
If she wasn’t pregnant, she wouldn’t even have this worry because she trusted him. But now her body…
He got more scruples because of her.
New Book: Beginning with a Daring Encounter
Celsie was tired of being labeled as an introvert, workaholic, and dull virgin by her friends. Determined to prove them wrong, she made a bet that she would do something daring on her 25th birthday. Now that the day had arrived, it was time to fulfill her promise. On her daring to-do list, there was one task: a one-night stand with someone.