Merlin intuitively thought that Spencer was not telling him the truth. However, he could not get to the bottom of it in front of Jordan and Kathleen and so, he spoke up and said, "Mr. Fox, did you prepare the cryptocurrency that the kidnappers asked for, then?"
Spencer responded awkwardly, "This...
Well... Detective Lammy, my niece, Kathleen, is in charge of all the affairs of the Fox family now. So, you should ask her about this instead...”
Merlin frowned slightly before turning to look at Kathleen as he asked, "Miss Fox, since you are the head of the Fox family, how are you going to deal with Homer's kidnapping?”
Kathleen calculated the time, and she thought of how Charlie should be getting someone to publish those videos soon.
Therefore, she could not expose anything in front of Merlin yet.
So, she had a firm and determined look on her face as she said to Merlin, "Chief Tammy, although Homer is a little older than me, he is my eldest nephew and also the eldest great-grandson of the Fox family. So, we will naturally do our best to get him back. I also hope that the police will do their best to try to get him back from the kidnappers..."
Merlin did not know whether Kathleen's words were sincere or not, but he could only say seriously, "The New York Police Department has been doing our best to search for all relevant clues, but this group of kidnappers is really too professional, and we do not have any substantial clues at all within this short period of time. Now, we not only have no idea where Young Master Homer is, but we don't even know what kind of power the people who kidnapped him possess."
Having said that, Merlin added, "Before this, I speculated that the kidnappers probably did not kidnap Young Master Homer for ransom. In my opinion, the kidnappers' actions seem to be more like a long-planned public execution against the Fox family. They might have already gotten hold of some of Young Master Homer's scandals, and they are deliberately making his kidnapping known to everyone before leading the public opinion to sympathize with Young Master Homer, all so they could expose Young Master Homer's scandals once again. This way, they would be able to achieve the effect of first promoting and then suppressing, which would then leave a huge negative impact on the Fox family.
Kathleen couldn't help but feel a little surprised. It seemed as though Detective Lammy had already figured out the cause and effect of this matter, but he had yet to grasp the specific clues.
However, she could only pretend to be confused and say, "Chief Lammy, to be honest with you, I do not quite understand what you mean. Homer is still very young, and he has just entered society not too long ago. So, what kind of scandals could he have?"
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