Inside Howard Mansion, Dan could not help curling his lips into a smirk when he read the comments about Thomas and Joshua on the internet.
"That Joshua Lynch has always been a pain in the ass. I've always wanted to find some way to get rid of him, but I never thought he'd wind up like Thomas." He lifted his wine glass to his lips and took a sip from it. "If I'd known killing that old geezer would bring us so much help, I would've done this sooner.
"Not only did we manage to get rid of Thomas, but we even chased that Joshua Lynch right out of Saigen City too. What a pleasant surprise!"
Tina gazed out the window as she took a sip from her wine glass. "That's right. I never thought that old geezer's death would solve all our problems like this. We've finally reaped what we sowed. I can't believe that after all these years, we finally lived to see our hard work pay off!"
Even though it was in the middle of winter and temperatures were subzero, Tina could not help feeling a surge of warmth spread throughout her body, as though the sunlight was warming her right to the core.
Dan grinned even wider upon hearing this. "You're right, Mother. If Thomas hadn't brought that wretched woman home yesterday, he wouldn't have accidentally let that bullet loose, and we wouldn't have had the opportunity to kill that old man!"
He put down his glass and began scrolling through the news once more.
All of a sudden, a news headline popped up at the top of the page, and his smile froze on his face. "How could this be…"
"What's wrong?" Tina furrowed her brow when she sensed this. She was just about to ask further questions when her phone rang.
It was the head bodyguard in charge of keeping an eye on Mr. Zink. "Mrs. Howard, we've failed—Mr. Zink was kidnapped."
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