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. 

she was nowhere near the workers when

doing this? Please, let us go,” Lex shuffled

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

“What?!” 

“One-point-eight billion?!” 

hell happened, Thea?!”

did you destroy a

and still tied up, started hurling

a curse upon their family, and how

by their insults, was unable to get

Callahan,” Trent ordered.

the Callahans’ fortune before he took action. Adding all their assets up, the Callahans were worth

to Thea as soon as he was released, then slapped her with all his strength. “Useless thing! You’ve ruined our family! We’re doomed!”

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

falsely accuse you of this?!” Lex shouted, slapping her a few more times

was done. “Please have mercy on my

said coldly. “Did you give mine any mercy when Alex Yates started

on Thea. “You… You set

anything about it. I’m getting that one-point-eight billion from you, one way or another. I’m the deputy commander on the western border. Wiping you out will

the ground, his energy leaving him completely. He seemed to have aged ten years in a single instance. “We’re doomed!” he wailed in despair. “The Callahans

the old man

“Yes, sir.” 

still sobbing, out of

watched on, frozen in horror.

was completely serious. The Callahans were doomed,

little b*tch! You did this

we abort you when

your own fault! Why are you dragging the rest of us

nothing to do with Thea! Please let

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