Eugene asked, “What’s the woman’s name?” Theodore replied, “Her name is Rebecca Walter. She claimed to be Madam’s ex-prison mate and she had just been released a few days ago after finishing serving her sentence. I gave her one hundred thousand to keep this a secret.”
Eugene nodded and continued to ask, “How did you find out about the layout of Promise Island? Who gave you the map?” Theodore responded, “It was Nicole. A few days ago, Nicole went to visit Madam in prison and Madam got me to meet Nicole.”
At that point, Eugene frowned at the revelation. Never once did he expect that Nicole was the one who had revealed the layout; he assumed that it was Penny’s doing. “Why did Nicole harbor a grudge against my mom? Is it to seek revenge on me?”
Theodore replied, “The only condition that Nicole wanted to be fulfilled before she provided the map was for me to help her kill Olivia. She said that Madam had promised to do that for her. Subsequently, she gave me an extra one million as a reward for completing her mission.”
Instantly, it dawned upon Eugene and he realized that in fact, this was not too far from the usual trick. All she had to do was use someone else to do the dirty trick for her. / knew it didn’t make sense for Nicole to target my mom. “President Nolan, please let my son go.”
Eugene shot Theodore a look. “I will, but it won’t be right now.” As soon as Eugene came out of the interview room, he exuded a savage air all over. There was also a cold expression on his face. All of them seem to have a death wish!
Suddenly, his phone went off and he took it in his hands to check the caller ID. At a glance, he saw that it was Brian on the line and he realized that the secret was out. He slid the screen to answer the call and Brian’s voice rang out from the other end. “You guys went to Promise Island again, huh?”
Eugene replied, “Who told you that?” Meanwhile, Brian snorted. “My men are great at their jobs, alright? How’s Mom doing? I’ve been having bad dreams for the past few days and in my dreams, Mom was being pursued by thugs. Is she alright?”
Eugene heaved a sigh and replied, “Your dreams are quite accurate. Mom encountered an assassination attempt and she was lucky. enough to have Alex and Jewel saved her.”
Brian jumped up in fright. “Seriously? Did something actually happen to Mom? How is she? Did you go over two days ago? Why didn’t you inform me?”
Initially, Eugene had been concerned that Brian would be frantic with worry since Brian had just recovered from his illness not long ago. Now that the investigation results were pretty much sorted and their Mom was fine too, Eugene finally revealed the details to him.
“Don’t panic. Mom’s fine. Bring Nicole along when you come over.” Subsequently, he added, “Inform Hayden and Penny to come over too.”
“What’s going on with them? Are they involved in this matter?” Eugene responded ambiguously, “Yeah. Don’t worry, I’ve sorted out things, so you shouldn’t stress too much.”
He continued to give further instructions before returning to the villa. He saw that Olivia and North were downstairs, which was a rare thing to see, so he asked, “Why are the two of your downstairs?”
Olivia responded, “We’re waiting for you. What happened?” He took a deep breath and managed to let go of the savage emotions he harbored before heading over to the mother and son duo. He ruffled North’s little head and took Olivia into his arms. Subsequently, he replied calmly, “Everything’s fine.”
She glanced at him, slightly perplexed. “If everything is fine, then why are you so grumpy?” Eugene replied, “I was thinking that if I had stopped my mom from returning to Summer City, then all of this wouldn’t have happened.”
At that moment, Olivia realized that she had been too concerned about the injured couple as well as comforting Ellen, whom she was regretful to not tag along with. Yet, she forgot about the immense pressure that Eugene was carrying. After all, Ellen was his mother and evidently, he was filled with anger, regret, and guilt.
Olivia ruffled his hair like how she usually comforted North and she asked softly, “Have you found out who the perpetrator is?” Eugene nodded. “It was an assassin hired by Lara.”
Olivia comforted him, ‘Don’t blame yourself for this. They are the ones who committed the mistake and we can’t possibly remain in hiding for the rest of our lives. Even if Lara didn’t encounter your mom during the hearing day. she knew that your mom’s alive, so she would definitely find a way to seek revenge. The reason for Lara’s discontentment and persistence is all because she knew that she will be able to get away with things eventually. However, if we make sure that the incriminating.
evidence gets submitted in court for the case to be retried, then we could send her to prison for the rest of her life. By then, she would have nothing else to look forward to! Lara’s too scheming and conniving, so a lot of effort would be required to gain enough evidence to put her behind bars. You’ve done great by going along with her plot and then making a move by surprise. In the end, you’ve managed to put her behind bars. Eugene, you’ve done a great job!”
