Chapter Eighty-Four


    When the car came to a stop, Catherine''s eyes remained closed as she drew a breath.


    "Are you sure you will be okay handling this?" She could hear Rome''s voice loud in her head.


    "Ma''am," Wiim said, looking back at her. "We have arrived at DreamTeam."


    Slowly, Catherine raised hershes and then gave a faint smile before saying, "Thank you,"


    Swaying her gaze away from him, she stared at the car door as it opened. Then she stepped down


    wearing a long ck coat and a loose ck blouse tugging into her ck pants.


    With her gaze on the front door, she headed inside, and the lobby grew silent instantly. Only the sound


    of her red bottom heels could get heard in the room as she marched for the elevator with her


    bodyguards.


    "Oh my God! She''s back. Mrs. Ford is back!" A worker from the management department whispered to


    her colleagues.


    "I hear that thepany got sold by the bank because Charles couldn''t pay his debt to them. Do you


    think her husband bought back DreamTeam for her?" One of her colleagues asked while gazing at


    Catherine''s back.


    "With the money that he has, I believe that''s the case, or else why is she here?"


    "Isn''t her three uncles and cousin already in the conference room?"


    After the elevator door shut, Catherine hardened her face as she intensely stared at the steel door,


    realizing how close she was to losing everything that meant so much to her.


    Finally, the elevator came to a stop, and Catherine stepped into the hallway, walking directly to the


    wooden door ahead of her.


    The conference room was quiet as Elijah, William, Anthony, and Charles sat without uttering a word to


    each other, expecting Rome to walk through the door at any time.


    But then the door suddenly opened, and Catherine stepped inside with her head held high and an


    emotionless expression on her face.


    Then She stared at each of her uncles and scowled at the look of shock on their faces as they gazed


    wide-eyed at her.


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    Finally getting over his shock, Elijah stood to his feet and shouted, "My dear niece!"


    "Drop the act, uncle. I didn''te here to waste my time ying pretend with you all!" Catherine coldly


    said when Elijah attempted to approach her with his arms open.


    Embarrassed, he stood still as he watched Catherine walk to the head of the table. Then she pulled out


    a chair and sat down.


    "Hahaha, our guess was right! We knew Rome wouldn''t let something important to you get ruined!"


    William said with a stiff smile. "You have a good husband, niece."


    "Right! He''s a keeper for sure!" Anthony uttered.


    Narrowing her eyes, Catherine grimaced at them and said, "Are see you all left your sense of shame


    out the door!"


    The room grew silent immediately, and all three of her uncle''s faces went nk at the same time.


    "Doesn''t any of you have some sense of remorse for the mess you have brought about to thispany


    and our family!" Catherine said as she eyed them coldly.


    Clearing his throat aggressively, Anthony looked her in the eyes and said, "Of course, we do. It is so


    unfortunate that we were used by Charles to rebel against Rome and you, and tricked into participating


    in this disaster he created."


    "What the hell!" Charles harshly mumbled, throwing his uncle a dirty look.


    Not paying mind to his nephew''s stare, Anthony continued, "We should have known better not to trust


    Charles…"


    "So was Charles the one who tricked you and uncle Elijah to take fifty million of DreamTeam funds and


    robbed it from thepany ounts, transferring the money into your personal ount?" Catherine


    cut him off.


    "What the actual hell!" Charlesshed out. "Why I was working my ass off to fund thepany, you


    two douchebags were stealing it!"


    In a fit of rage, Charles rushed from his seat,unched towards Anthony, cored him, and yanked him


    out of his seat,nding him on the floor.


    "You two selfish criminals!" Charles shouted in his uncle''s face with his vein bulging on his forehead.


    "Get off me!" Anthony yelled, struggling to break loose from his uncle''s grip.


    But Charles vigorously knocked him in the face, giving him a nasty ck eye.


    "Get off your uncle!" William screamed, rushing from his seat.


    Immediately, Elijah left the chair and rushed to Charles. Then he grabbed him by the waist after


    Charles had given Anthony another punch to the jaw.


    "Let go of me! I want to beat the crap out of him!" Charles yelled as Elijah yanked him off Anthony.


    Kicking his feet in the air, Charles tightened his fists and shouted, "You bunch of hypocrites!! Get your


    filthy hands off me, Elijah! You are next!"


    "Oh, quiet down, fool! It''s not like you didn''t misuse thepany earnings too for useless reasons!"


    Anthony mumbled while struggling back to his feet.


    The shade of disappointment on Catherine''s face grew intense as she watched her uncles and Charles


    throw insults back and forth at each other.


    Then her buzzing phone got her attention, and she focused on the screen for a moment before picking


    up the phone.


    After a quick second, she sighed and mumbled, "Let them inside "


    "You little piece of shit! Who do you think you are,ying a finger on me!" Anthonyshed out.


    Forcefully, Charles pulled Elijah''s hands from around his waist and broke free. Then he turned around


    to face his uncle and firmly uttered, "I should have known cockroaches couldn''t be trusted!!"


    Without holding back, Elijah raised his hand in the air and smacked Charles in the face. Then he was


    going in for a second p, but William grabbed his wrist and met Elijah''s face with his fit.


    At that moment, the four of them looked like they were about to burst into an intense fight. But the


    conference door abruptly opened and six police officers walked inside.


    The tension between Elijah, William, Anthony, and Charles instantly faded, and they focused their


    attention on Catherine.


    "My dear niece, why are the police officers here?" Elijah asked, his eyes were fixed with worry.


    Ignoring her uncle''s words, Catherine looked at the officers and said, "Take them away!"


    "Elijah and Anthony Balow, you two have been used of embezzlement ofpany funds and


    ounting fraud, and you guys are under arrest."


    Reality finally p both Elijah and Anthony in the face, and fear ceased their expressions.


    "Wait! Wait, Catherine! Hear me out! You have already frozen our ounts! Please let us walk away! I


    promise we will change!" Elijah said in desperation.


    As he nces at her uneasily, Anthony giggled nervously and said, "Niece, we can settle this as a


    family! Please, don''t go to this extreme."


    "You two are only going to be taken in for further investigation. If the court finds you both guilty, it''s not


    my fault. It''s your guys'' crime for stealing what didn''t belong to you." Catherine said, her eyes cold and


    distant.


    Fear ceased Elijah and Anthony as they watched the officers approach them. Then they restrained


    themselves from struggling as the officers snapped handcuffs on their wrists.


    "You two have the right to remain silent, anything you say will and can be used against you guys in the


    court ofw." An officer announced, holding Elijah by his arm.


    "When we get to the station, you have the right to call yourwyers." His partner dered as he held


    Anthony''s hand.


    In a fit of rage, Elijahshed out, "How are we supposed to get awyer when we are penniless and


    our ounts are frozen!"


    Then he swayed his gaze on Catherine, and she didn''t break eye contact with him as the officers led


    them out of the conference room. Finally, it grew silent when the door shut behind them.


    Eyes cold as steel, Catherine looked at Charles and William, and said, "You two are to leave


    DreamTeam and never set foot back here."


    "Catherine, have mercy. I have nothing left to my name because of the bank. If you do this, you are


    dooming me to be a beggar!" Charles cried out when their eyes locked.


    "You don''t get it, do you, cousin?!" Catherine said with a steady, hostile gaze. "I wasn''t kidding when I


    said that I am not going to look back when I walked away. Now, I''m done with this family."


    "If your grandfather heard what you have done to us, Barlows, breaking it apart like this and dragging


    the family down to nothing, don''t you think his condition is going to worsen?" William said.


    Frowning, Catherine looked her uncle dead in his eyes and said, "I hear from my father that Charles


    was the reason grandpa had a rpse and suffered another heart attack. So, don''t you think you


    should be guilting your son and not me!"


    A look of disbelief crossed William''s face and his brows popped upward.


    "Are you two going to leave, or do you guys need the assistance of the security?" Catherine asked.


    A look of hesitation ceased the faces of the father and son. Then the both of them walked out of the


    conference room with their head hung low.


    After the door got shut, Catherine sluggishly sat on the chair and sighed. Then she picked up her


    phone and dialed Rome''s number.


    Seeing his screen light blink, Rome picked up his phone. At that moment, his office door suddenly


    opened and Scar walked inside the room. Then when their eyes lock, he gazed at Rome a half-smile,


    and slightly waved the file in his hand.