Outside the Callahans’ villa. 

Dozens of jeeps screeched to a halt as the soldiers that had ridden them here charged onto the Callahans’ home. 

Panic erupted amongst the Callahans. Lex, who had gone to bed, got up again and approached the soldiers in his pajamas. “What’s happened, sir?” he asked the leader frantically, his face pale. 

“Take them.” 

With their order issued, two soldiers grabbed Lex by his forearms and dragged him away. 

 

The others, still groggy from sleep, were also forcibly pulled into the jeeps. 

Meanwhile, a loud bang erupted from Thea’s home. Benjamin and Gladys were awoken suddenly as soldiers filed in and dragged them away. 

Cansington Hotel basement. 

Thea sat tied up on the ground. Soon enough, her family was also brought in. Her grandfather, Lex Callahan; her father, Benjamin Callahan; her uncle, Howard Callahan; her second uncle, John Callahan, and everyone else. No one had been left out. 

All of them had been tied up, too. 

They looked at each other in panic and confusion, not knowing what they had done to offend the Xaviers, or why they were now in a basement. 

Trent sat on the only chair in the room, taking a drag of his cigarette. 

“Do you know why I brought you here, Thea Callahan?” he asked, his expression cold as the soldiers behind him looked on. 

when the painting fell, so why did the surveillance footage show otherwise?

In fact, our Tommy is good friends with Joel Xavier! Why are you doing this? Please, let us go,” Lex shuffled in his restraints as he pleaded with Trent. “If we did do something to offend you,

off. “Thea Callahan destroyed a painting that was worth one-point-eight billion dollars at the auction banquet. I’ll release you now so you can liquidate your assets, Lex Callahan. Get me the money in exchange for the rest of your family. They die otherwise.”

“What?!” 

“One-point-eight billion?!” 

hell happened,

you destroy a painting worth that much?!”

Callahans, shocked, furious, and still tied up, started hurling

accused her of being a curse upon their family, and how she had always been nothing but trouble for them.

their insults, was unable to get a word out.

Callahan,” Trent

took action. Adding all their assets up, the Callahans were worth 1.3 billion in

slapped her with all his strength. “Useless

flowed down her swollen red face. “It wasn’t me, grandfather!” she cried out. “It

Would General Xavier falsely accuse you of this?!” Lex shouted, slapping

have mercy on my family, General Xavier,” he pleaded

Yates started bankrupting us because of a

on Thea. “You…

from you, one way or another. I’m the deputy commander on the western border. Wiping you

to the ground, his energy leaving him completely. He seemed to have aged ten years in a single instance.

the old man out of

“Yes, sir.” 

dragged Lex, still

other Callahans watched on, frozen

doomed, and it was all because of

wicked little b*tch! You did this

didn’t we abort you when

you dragging the rest of us

with Thea! Please let me

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