Chapter 476


    In the Lester family’s home in Seacisco.


    Elissa had just smoked two packs of cigarettes and the whole room was filled with smoke.


    When Ritchie walked into the room, he felt choked by all that smoke.


    “Mom, it’s dinner time.” He lifted his hand and fanned the smoke away from his face. After that, he


    could make out that Elissa was sitting on the edge of the bed, smoking yet another cigarette.


    “What does the news say? What’s your father’s attitude like?” Elissa’s fingers shook and her face was


    in the shadows, so there was no way to see the expression on her face.


    Ritchie scratched the back of his head and then said, “Several families of those hurt have taken


    banners to protest under our office building. Dad is still at thepany currently. It’s most likely that he


    has snapped because of this.”


    After hearing that, Elissa’s hand suddenly trembled and the ash tumbled to the floor.


    “Did he say anything at all?” All of a sudden, she opened her eyes wide and turned to look at Ritchie in


    panic.


    Ritchie’s face darkened visibly. He lowered the volume of his voice and asked, “Mom, were you behind


    this?”


    Even though he had his doubts, he hadn’t been able to confirm them yet.


    Elissa swallowed nervously. She was very anxious now and was willing to tell Ritchie the truth.


    “I was the one behind it. I even used our men. I thought we would seed in getting rid of Ethan this


    time. As long as he’s dead, even if the authorities wanted to investigate this matter, with the Lester


    family’s connections, we could sort things out and shift the me to the constructors. We could arrange


    it so that it looks like an ident,”


    “I was the one behind it. I even used our men. I thought we would seed in getting rid of Ethan this


    time. As long as he’s dead, even if the authorities wanted to investigate this matter, with the Lester


    family’s connections, we could sort things out and shift the me to the constructors. We could arrange


    it so that it looks like an ident,”


    Elissa said as cold sweat poured from her forehead.


    She had been keeping a close eye on this matter the whole time and knew that investigation had just


    begun.


    Ritchie became anxious almost at once. He clenched his teeth tightly and said, “Mom, do you have any


    idea how serious this matter is getting? I get it you want to get rid of Ethan, and so do I. But the truth is


    Ethan didn’t die and he’s now even helping the police with the investigation! The government and the


    public have attached great importance to this matter and they won’t stop any time soon. These days,


    those hurt in the incident keep showing up at ourpany, protesting. This means they know that the


    Lester family has something to do with the ident! This happens to be no small matter. I heard that a


    total of more than a dozen audience members and staff was injured or even died in the ident!”


    Ritchie said, “If this happened in Seacisco, we could probably do something about this and get away


    with it. But no, this happened in Barnes! Mom, what in the world were you thinking?”


    The Lester family had a lot of power in Seacisco, but not in Barnes.


    Now that Ethan had reported the Lester family to the police, the police thought they were persons of


    interest now.


    In a panic, Elissa made her way out of her room and went down the stairs anxiously. Seeing that there


    was no one downstairs, she shook from head to toe with fear again. “Why isn’t your father back yet?”


    Ritchie followed her downstairs and answered, “Dad should still be at thepany. This matter has


    kept him busy for the past few days.”


    During the entire dinner, Elissa was feeling listless.


    Just as she was feeling tortured by news updates, the sound of a car engine came from outside.


    A few minutester, Patrick walked in with his suit jacket in his hands, looking clearly exhausted.


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    Elissa made her way up to him uneasily and wanted to take the suit jacket from him. “Patrick, why are


    you back sote?”


    Patrick angrily nced at Elissa and suddenly it looked like he had snapped. He threw the suit jacket at


    her face and said, “Bitch! Were you the one who sent people to kill Ethan?”