With the wine bottles destroyed and their contents spilled across the floor, any evidence of the alleged smuggling activities was gone. Entering the flooded cellar at this point was a lost cause and frankly disgusting.
Horace glared at Ashton sullenly before reholstering his gun. He turned around to leave.
He had barely taken two steps before he whipped around suddenly and said cynically, “I must say, Mr. Fuller and Mrs. Fuller, the two of you make such a lovely pair. Your teamwork is admirable, and I’d be hard-pressed to find another pair who were more in sync with one another!”
He did not fool me with his thinly veiled attempt at accusing us of being criminal accomplices.
How good can he be if he’s so intent on painting our family as villains over some baseless accusations?
I played dumb and replied sweetly, “What a lovely compliment. I’m sure the two of us will enjoy a long life together over your blessings!”
“Hmph!” Horace scoffed and said, “Let’s see if you’ll still be smiling like this during our next encounter!”
He left in a huff with the other officers in tow.
toward all businessmen. He was
the officers to leave the vicinity of the cellar before coming out. The sound of rhythmic crunching greeted our
added, “You’re going to fall sick if
replied. He looked at Summer grimly and added, “Get someone to move the rest of the wine away. Keep it in a discreet location; we might have some use for
and I turned to look at the half-open
smuggled wines were lying intact in their original crates. Had the police officers been more determined to venture into the cellar for a better look, they would have
risky gamble thankfully
any minute, I
somberly and summoned the staff who had unlocked the cellar door earlier. She ordered, “Get all the staff in here right now, except the
Miss.” The staff immediately set out to carry out
turned to me next and apologized, “Mommy, I’m sorry for troubling you all today. You should head to the manager’s office with Daddy and get some rest. I’ll have someone send a set of clean clothes up in a bit. Once I’ve settled everything here, I’ll head
of answering her, Ashton left quietly, and I shot a look of reassurance at Summer
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