Cheryl and Finnegan did not delay further. They went straight to the airport and then arrived at Central City.
"Cheryl, ask him where he is in Central City," Finnegan said.
"Okay," Cheryl contacted "Baller" immediately.
"Hello, I've arrived in Central City. May I know where you are? I'm coming to you right now." Cheryl sent a message.
For a long while, "Baller" did not reply. Finnegan was growing impatient, "Why is this guy putting on airs?"
"Don't speak nonsense. Maybe he's busy," Cheryl shook her head, but she was also anxious.
There was no other way around it. This person was far stronger than the Champ family, so she had to deal with him cautiously. If she were to offend such a person, the Champ family might go the same way as the Allen family.
"Okay," Finnegan was starting to get bored.
Meanwhile, "Baller" still hadn't replied to the message, but a call came in. Her grandfather, Anthony had called her and he was furious!
"Grandpa..." Cheryl had just spoken, but the voice from the other end of the phone scared Cheryl, "Have you found Karen? Have you met her?"
"Not yet. Grandpa, what's wrong?" Cheryl had a bad feeling. Her grandfather was furious.
"Something happened to our family again," Anthony sighed.
"Did something happen again? Grandpa, what's wrong? Tell me now!" Cheryl was anxious.
This was rare. She had never heard her grandfather get so worked up. There were anger and a hint of helplessness in his voice.
The situation had gone worse, and he couldn't see how he could get out of this.
"Our family is in real trouble this time. In the past few hours, some of our confidential information was leaked." Anthony was in a rage.
It had only been a few hours, but a series of their most well kept secrets had already surfaced. How were these problems known by others?
He couldn't believe it either!
Every ten minutes, there was a new leak. At this pace, even the Champ family wouldn't last long!
"What? Grandpa, how much of our businesses have been exposed now?" Cheryl was angry.
"17 of our companies came up. Other than that, there were 59 restaurants, including six chain brands, clubs, bars, and even..." Anthony was weak at the knees.
In the past, problems like this would not happen. This made Anthony think there might be a mole under his nose.
Cheryl was furious. This was way too fast. Business conglomerates like theirs all had their dirty secrets. It was the norm. However, to have all of them exposed at once like a plague was a disaster!
"This isn't Karen's doing, is it?" Anthony asked .
"It's not, Grandpa, I just asked. It was Willa who ordered it," Cheryl answered.
"Willa? How could she know so many things about the Champ family?" Anthony wondered out loud.
"I don't know, but I'm going to see Karen's son now and draw him over to our side. If we can get him to talk to Willa, then this matter can be resolved quickly!"
"Well, hurry up. I'm afraid that the more secrets that are being leaked, the more our Champ family will suffer," Anthony sighed. All of a sudden, so much classified information was made public. They were businessmen. Undoubtedly, whoever did this wanted to destroy the Champ family!
Moreover, many of the Champ family's stocks had plummeted dramatically. Even Anthony couldn't believe the numbers he saw!
"Yes, I will draw Karen's son over to our side," Cheryl affirmed.
"Okay, hurry up. If Karen's son makes any request, just agree to it. Willa might still be holding on to bigger secrets. If those were exposed, we will in big trouble," Anthony reminded.
"Don't worry, Grandpa, I know what to do." It was simple. Since Karen was so powerful, the best solution now was to seek help from her.
After all, with the help of someone so powerful, how would Willa dare continue her misdeeds?
Cheryl ended the phone conversation.
Finnegan saw how pale his cousin looked. He knew immediately that something had happened, "Cheryl, what happened?"
Cheryl told him everything and Finnegan was furious, "Willa actually..."
Cheryl looked like she was ready to kill. She didn't expect that the Champ family would face such a big problem today.
However, "Baller" hadn't replied to her yet!
She was already having a headache because of this!
"Hey, isn't this Cheryl? What happened? Why are you so angry?" a cheerful voice asked.
It was the Dakolta family, one of the members of the Four Greatest Households.
And the voice calling out to her belonged to Waverly Dakolta!
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