The phone rang a few times before the person on the other side picked up.


    Avery spoke first, “Hello, I’m Avery. Do you have time to meet me now?”


    “What’s the matter?”


    “The fire is rted to Shane. I have a few things to ask. If you don’te by yourself, I will send someone to get you, Mrs. Fuller.” Avery’s tone was respectful, but the bite in his words indicated otherwise. He just wanted to achieve his purpose.


    Raina was silent for a long time. She sighed, “I don’t know anything about this. Even if you found me, you wouldn’t be able to get much from me.”


    “Oh? Everyone is dead except you, and you im that you don’t know a thing? Don’t worry, I’m just simting the situation to see who lit the fuse. You don’t want Shane to be caught, do you?”


    Raina fell silent again. Avery was not in a hurry and waited patiently for her reply.


    Four or five minutester, Raina finally opened her mouth and said, “Sure, we’ll meet this one time. Where do you want to meet up?”


    “I’ll send someone to pick you up. Don’t worry, you won’t have to wait long.”


    “Okay, my address is-”


    Before Raina could finish, Avery had hung up. She was just about to call him again. However, she received a message from Avery with her address on it. Raina’s face fell instantly.


    Only Shane knew where she lived. Avery actually managed to find out her address in such a short time. What kind of monster was he?


    Meanwhile…


    Avery held his phone and leaned against the wall. After thinking for a while, he decided to shoot a text to Charlotte, “Shane is seriously injured in my ce.”


    “Take good care of him.”


    “Aren’t youing to see him?”


    “There’s no need.”


    Avery couldn’t help but admire her apathy from the bottom of his heart. “You are not concerned about him at all? To do such a shocking thing, you must have a few screws loose.”


    Upon hearing this, Charlotte smiled and said, “There are still many other matters that I have to deal with.”


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    “He has you to look after him. There are many things that can’t be done without me. I will leave him under your care. I willpensate you handsomely after this is over.”


    “Why so formal?” Avery sighed.


    “You’ll like this reward.”


    “Will you wrap a bow on Irena and gift her to me?”


    “Not quite.”


    Avery wanted to inquire further, but she had already hung up on him. He shrugged, he was ustomed to her and Shane’s increasingly brusque behavior. But he was still perplexed. Despite knowing that Irena didn’t intend to get back together with him, he still didn’t know the reason.


    Could it be that Charlotte had already known the reason?


    Avery narrowed his eyes and rubbed his fingers on the phone. After a while, someone approached and said, “Mr. Avery, Raina is here.”


    “All right.”


    Avery arrived at the hospital’s rooftop garden. Many patients were out taking a stroll, and Raina stood out as the only one dressed in casual wear. She looked nonchnt, sitting near a stream feeding bread crumbs to the fishes.


    Avery walked to Raina’s side andmented, “It seems like you’re in a leisurely mood.”


    “Shane didn’t give me any details. The message was from Christopher.”


    “He should be more eager to see you die than Shane.”


    “To be precise, Christopher’s mother called me with his phone. Christopher probably didn’t want to let me off the hook so easily, but his mother was different. She didn’t want him tomit a crime, so I thought this incident wouldn’t be blown out of proportion.”


    “Wait, did you think that this would happen a long time ago?”


    Raina sighed. “I don’t know. All I know is everyone in the Fuller Family has returned to Brine. No one could do that except for my son and Christopher.”


    “But you still knew about it, didn’t you?”


    “I didn’t know until I reached the ce.”


    Avery understood.


    On that day, Christopher called Raina and instructed her how to escape from the fire. Before that, Raina thought it was just a gathering, so there was an invitation.


    “Mrs. Fuller, I have another question. Do you have an invitation this time?”


    “Yes, but there was nothing written on it.”


    “That’s Shane for you.” Avery sneered, “Mrs. Fuller, from now on, I hope you can forget about Shane. When you are in court, you just need to tell the judge that Christopher called you. Can you do that?”


    Raina’s hand paused as she fed the fish. She raised her head. “What do you mean?”


    “Unless you want Shane to go to prison. They incapacitated dozens of lives. Did you really think they were going to make a full recovery? They are in aa from excessive smoke inhtion and carbon dioxide poisoning. Let’s not forget their burn injuries. Even if they didn’t die, they would suffer long-term cognitive impairments. More than a dozen family members would be affected. Did you think Shane and Christopher would get away scot-free if they didn’t die?”


    “So, what do you have in mind?”


    “Shane is with me right now and he can’t deal with these matters. Only Charlotte and Christopher are avable. As far as I know, Charlotte doesn’t have time to deal with this, so I’ll have to trouble you to keep quiet about matters you’re unclear about.”


    “Are you all trying to protect Shane?” Raina frowned.


    “Why, you n to send him to prison and assume control over his assets? I hate to break it to you, but he has transferredplete ownership to Charlotte. In other words, even if you managed to put him in prison, you wouldn’t be getting a single cent. Don’t even think about it.”


    Raina tucked her hair awkwardly and denied, “I wasn’t thinking about that. I just think that his behavior is disheartening. After all, I am his biological mother, but I had to hear about this from Christopher.”


    Avery snickered. “We can only get the answer to this matter in the future. Now we have to avoid Shane from being investigated by the police.”


    “I see.”


    Raina answered as she recalled the scene from that night.


    Christopher’s mother had said that it was enough to have a good egg between Shane and Christopher.


    So, did Christopher want to sacrifice himself?


    Raina’s heart rose with an emotion that she couldn’t quite exin.


    After living for so many years, she realized that the things she had fought for back then were meaningless.


    …


    Charlotte finished thest procedure and walked out of Emerson Corporation.


    Before she took more than two steps, she was stopped by ine.


    Charlotte raised her eyebrows. “Why did you bother toe? The meeting is over, and you just received the news?”


    “Give it back to me!” ine assailed Charlotte with an outstretched arm.


    Charlotte did not recoil from her assault. Cole, who was standing beside Charlotte, grabbed ine’s hand and seized her neck. “Miss ine, please have some self-respect.”


    ine was pushed onto the ground. She dissolved into a coughing fit and shot daggers at Charlotte with reddened eyes. “Aren’t you afraid of retribution by doing this? Those people are-”


    “Didn’t those people try to oust my father to split up Emerson Corporation?”


    “Your parents are dead. Emerson Corporation is mine! It’s mine!”


    “The winner takes all. ine, your mistake was not killing me. Now I’m untouchable. You can spend the rest of your life repenting in prison.”


    “Prison? No, I have a son. I didn’t do anything wrong. Why do you want to put me in prison?”


    Charlotte ignored her and resumed walking forward.


    Cole stayed where he was, his voice was clear and cold. “Miss ine, you’re suspected of manipting the stock market and two homicide cases. The Criminal Investigation Department has already filed a case. I believe we’ll see each other in court soon.”