Lauren then continued with a more serious look on her face, “But they aren’t upstanding people. They will keep asking us for money, and larger sums of money each time.We can’t let that happen.”
“Aargh! What do we do then? We can’t let them post that video! My whole life will come crashing down if that video gets out!”
Cassie pulled her hair as she spoke.She had never been this desperate before.She was sweating, yelling, and crying hysterically all at the same time.Her current countenance worried Lauren to death.She was scared that her precious daughter would suffer a mental breakdown because of this issue.
To avoid this, she sighed deeply and said comfortingly, “I won’t let that happen to you, honey.I’ll think of a way to solve this issue before it escalates. Just trust me.”
“You better hurry up, Mom! You better hurry up. Those guys gave me only five days to make up my mind. Time is not on our side, so think of something fast!”
Cassie ordered disrespectfully.
Lauren became even more anxious after hearing her daughter’s order.She tapped her right foot on the floor nervously and thought for a while.
All of a sudden, she said, “If we want to solve this matter once and for all, we have to get rid of those men.But how do we go about it? We don’t have any power or money to hire skillful assassins to do the dirty work.Worse still, we can’t ask Luke for help.”
The next second, she snapped her fingers as if she had realized something.She then held Cassie’s hand and added seriously, “We have to ask Charis for help.”
“That’s a very bad idea, Mom.What if she tells her father? I don’t trust her concerning something this big.She might not be on our side this time!”
Cassie shook her head vigorously.
“I know we shouldn’t trust Charis completely, but we aren’t spoiled for choice now.She’s our only option.”
Lauren had serious trust issues.
But now that she was in a tight corner, she could only hope that Charis was as nice and kind-hearted as she seemed to be and that she would agree to help them.She put a call through to her immediately.
Charis thought the matter through after hearing Lauren out.
“Hmmm.Should I help these folks? I guess I should.If these blackmailers continue to disturb Cassie and Lauren, they wouldn’t have the time and energy to deal with Natalie for me.My plan would flop again.No, I can’t let that happen. have to help them.”
“Mrs.Quinn, don’t worry.I’m sure there’s a way out.I can help you, but I can only help you investigate those men.Would that be enough for you?”
As much as Charis wanted to help them, she didn’t want to get her hands dirty.If anyone found out she was involved in such a thing, she would be in big trouble.
Charis wanted to crush her enemies.
However, she always made her moves discreetly because she had to protect her family’s name.She came from a decent family, so it would be unwise to pull their name into the mud because of such a frivolity.
Lauren was surprised by how Charis readily agreed to help.She was so relieved that she thanked her severally.
It was indeed a big favor that Charis decided to provide them with valuable information.Charis immediately contacted her private investigators.
Within two hours, she found out the men’s personal information, plate numbers, and the places that they often went to.
Lauren and Cassie followed the men for three whole days.
From their activities, both women were able to gather that the men were jobless and that they slept in their rental apartment until noon.
They were fond of clubbing all night in different nightclubs.
All of them also reeked of alcohol and weed. It was not until the fourth day that Lauren found that they often drove home drunk.
This silly behavior of theirs was a weak point.
Lauren soon came up with a plan.
“Mom, have you figured out a way to deal with those men? If you haven’t, let’s just pay them off now. We have only one day left. We shouldn’t let the ultimatum elapse without doing anything!”
Cassie was on tenterhooks.She hadn’t been able to sleep well since she got these video clip.Her sleep was plagued with nightmares of her world being destroyed.
Even during the day, she couldn’t concentrate on anything.Lauren grabbed her hand and they went home.
A devilish glint blazed in her eyes at this moment.She said to Cassie confidently, “Don’t worry, dearie. They won’t live to see the end of tomorrow.”
Without explaining further, she took out her phone and dialed a number.She then commanded, “Send someone to Ocean Wave Club tonight.”
Lauren hired someone to tamper with the men’s car.It was the dead of night and so silent you could hear a pin drop.
The men draped their arms over each other’s shoulders for support and sauntered out of the bar drunkenly.
One of them made a suggestion, “I’ll drive. We can take a leisurely drive before we head home.”
A little while later, the car picked up the men from the curb side.
The rest of the men were so drunk that they paid no attention to the driver.
The next day, the sky was bright blue and there was a bustling about the streets.
Lauren had enjoyed a restful sleep.She turned on the TV in a relaxed mood and smiled at what she saw.
A morning news was being broadcast.
The report advised that a group of drunk vagrants had drove while intoxicated and caused a tragic accident.
From the footage played on the news, smoke filled the sky when the fire was eventually extinguished.
The car was battered and in several pieces.
Lauren could vaguely make out several dead bodies littering the scene around the burnt car.
All the men had met their demise in this accident.
The place of the accident was located in the suburbs, miles away from the city.
The car had crashed and burned to ashes.
When the policemen arrived at the scene, they were met by the sight of the flaming car and numerous dead bodies.
There was no brake failure discovered.
In the end, the police wrote it off as a simple accident caused by drunk driving.
“Mom, are they really dead?” Cassie asked from the staircases, dark circles around her eyes.
In the course of just a few days, her face had become haggard because of the stress of the blackmail.Lauren heaved a long sigh of relief, motioned the servant to bring the breakfast, and then walked up the stairs to grab hold of Cassie’s hand.
She pulled her to sit down at the table and said, “Yes, they are dead.Eat a good breakfast first and then put on your makeup. It has been quite a few days since you last saw Luke, isn’t it? Just tell him that you have been feeling under the weather for the past few days.Don’t mention anything else to him.”
Cassie picked up a sandwich and ate it.
The sandwich looked tantalizing to the taste buds but she was in no mood to enjoy it.
As a matter of fact, it had been almost a week since she last met with Luke.
Men like Luke changed women even more often that they changed clothes.
Cassie feared that some tramp had already stolen Luke away from her during this time.
“What about Natalie? Mom, I can’t let her go for what she had done to me!”
