After Raeleigh and the others left, Santiago walked to Zorion's car and stopped him. Zorion casted a glance outside. "Rossie, you should go first. He won't show any mercy once I get off."
"You knew he wouldn't show you mercy, so why didn't you think of that before you caused trouble?"
"I was just kidding! Who knew he'd have such a bad temper? I didn't expect him to take it seriously."
Rossie sighed and gave in. Glancing at Zorion, she finally understood that he was only using her as an excuse to escape whenever he got into trouble.
She got out of the car and looked at Santiago who stood opposite her. "Long time no see."
"Where's Zorion?"
"He's so afraid of you that he doesn't even dare to come out," said Rossie.
"It's too late to be scared."
He walked up to Zorion's car with the rod in his hand, then raised the stick and smashed it against the car until it was completely wrecked. When he was done, he tossed the stick aside, turned to pick Carsten up, then walked towards the Richards family's other car and left with his men.
Carsten took a quick glance behind him as he wrapped his arms around Santiago's neck. When they got in the car, Santiago glanced at him. "Are you scared?"
Carsten shook his head. "Nope."
"Good boy."
Santiago held Carsten in his arms and said, "The Whalen family is our friend. Their daughters will grow into beautiful women in the future. If you like any of them, I'll bring one back for you. So, we can't punish them too hard. Otherwise, they will cause trouble for us, understand?"
"Got it."
As Carsten leaned into Santiago's arms, the driver looked back at them and thought about how bad of an influence Santiago was on Carsten.
But he had always been like this, and no one expected him to be the best caretaker of children.
When Raeleigh arrived at the Richards family manor, the funeral had already begun. Raeleigh did not get out of the car. Instead, she uttered a few words of reminder to the children before instructing them to get out of the car.
As Raeleigh sat inside the car, she saw Jepherson kneeling beside the coffin with Hansen and Jenna beside him. The other members of the Richards family were there too. Even though many people came, Raeleigh still refused to get out of the car. The children walked towards the funeral ceremony one after another before getting on their knees to pray.
The master of ceremonies immediately walked over to the children and asked where they had come from.
Jepherson wrote a note himself and handed it to the master of ceremonies, who was shocked when he read the note and learned that these children were from families of stature.
"Jacky's sons and daughter, Cedric, Heitor and Jacqueline, come say your goodbyes."
The three children first knelt and murmured a prayer, then got up and went to stand aside, making way for Shaney and Forden.
"Jepherson's eldest daughter, Shaney, and Santiago's eldest son, Forden, come bid Mrs. Richards goodbye."
A few servants then came over and handed Shaney and Forden funeral corsages. The two continued kneeling as they swiftly put on the corsages.
Once they were done praying, they got up and went to stand aside, their heads lowered in sorrow.
Trevor stared at the two children in a trance, thinking about how they had grown up in the blink of an eye. He raised his head and looked around, but found that Raeleigh was nowhere in sight.
Glancing at the coffin, he muttered, "What difference did it make, not allowing Raeleigh to join the family? Didn't she marry into the family in the end?"
Then, he went inside and sat down for a long time, reminiscing about the past.
Beside him, Reese poured him a glass of water. Trevor asked, "Did you see how the children have all grown up?"
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