Randall said in the car, "Patrick definitely didn''t tell you in detail. The man who cursed at my mom is Joe Wace. He is my mom''s half-brother, but he was also the son of my grandpa Dn''s mistress."


    "Dn''s wife only had one daughter, and all his other children were born to mistresses. my mom is one of them, and so is Joe Wace. The difference is that Dn only had one son, Joe, so when Joe was born, he was taken into the Wace family and lived very well. The Wace family expected him to inherit the family."


    "Joe inherited Dn''s bad habits-drinking, gambling, and womanizing. He was violent, and even before he was ten, Dn taught him to hit my mom, telling him that a real man hits women."


    "My mom lived worse than a dog in their house. Servants got paid to serve, but my mom got beaten while serving."


    At this point, Randall clenched his fists. He looked at Dn and Joe inside the coffee shop, his eyes filled with hatred.


    "When my mom got married and went back home, the Wace family looked down on us, the Olteran family, for having no power, no influence, and no money. They locked the door and refused to let us in. The servants and butlers said that a married daughter was no longer part of the Wace family. After that day, my mom lost her own home."


    Vera asked, "Then why didn''t Vincent stand up for Cindy when she was so wronged?" If it were Patrick, knowing she was living a hard life and always being wronged, she wouldn''t even need to guess. Patrick would make them pay a heavy price. Randall said, "At that time, my dad was just a low-level employee. Our Olteran family didn''t have the status we have today. The Wace family even pretended my dad didn''t exist when they mentioned him."


    Vincent saw and remembered all of this.


    Vincentforted Cindy, telling her not to be sad, but in the end, it was Cindy whoforted him, "Vincent, let''s live our own lives. It doesn''t matter what others say. As long as we are happy, free from worries, and our family is harmonious, we don''t need to care about their opinions."


    Vincent was a natural in the political arena. In just a few years, he sessfully entered the Zandonick Treasury Department and became the director.


    Manypanies needed Vincent''s signature for cooperation and funding.


    Among them was the Wace family.


    During that time, Vincent deliberately held up a $500 million deal for the Wace family, causing the business to fall through.


    It was a heavy blow to the Wace family.


    Only then did the Wace family realize that they had to hold on to Vincent.


    Seeing that Cindy''s husband was doing very well in the political arena and had a promising future, the Wace family suddenly acknowledged Cindy again.


    They repeatedly invited Cindy back for meals. By then, Cindy had already had children.


    Since Randall was born, the Wace family had never seen him. They didn''t even attend his birthday parties. Now that they wanted to curry favor, the Wace family made a set of gold jewelry for Randall. However, the Olteran family didn''t ept it.


    Vincent didn''t let Cindy go back.


    At that time, Dn had be the decision-maker in the Wace family, recing Cindy''s grandfather, Kevin Wace.


    Later, Kevin came back and personally called Shawn to arrange a family dinner.


    At that time, the Olteran family was harmonious.


    Shawn had be a grandfather, which was a joyous event.


    Vincent had be a director, which was very honorable.


    The Olteran Group had sessfully gone public and was thriving, with annual revenue almost surpassing the long-established Wace family.


    Patrick had excellent academic performance and was interested in business, showing great promise.


    What made Shawn even happier was that he finally had a precious daughter. Molly was his treasure at that time. He would hold her during meetings, and whenever Molly called while he was socializing, he would end his engagements early to go home and hold her.


    When Kevin contacted Shawn, he was ying with Molly in his arms. He refused.


    Later, the entire Wace family stood at the Olteran family''s doorstep, begging to reconnect with their rtives.


    Since they had alreadye, the Olteran family couldn''t turn them away, so they invited them in.


    "From that time on, they frequently tried to build a rtionship with my mom, trying to persuade her to get my dad to favor the Wace family and allocate funds to them. Compared to my dad, my mom definitely loved my dad more. She never said a word to make things difficult for him. When I was a child, I saw Joe get angry and p my mom to the ground, unable to get up."


    Randall was so scared that he cried and ran over to hit Joe. At that moment, Joe was about to hit him, but Dn quickly picked Randall up. "You can hit Cindy; she doesn''t matter. But Randall is Mr. Shawn Olteran''s grandson. If you hurt him, the Olteran family won''t let it go."


    No one expected Randall to remember this so deeply.


    Randall went home crying to Vincent, saying that Cindy had been hit. That night, Vincent left Randall at home and took Cindy out.


    Randall didn''t know what happened afterward.


    He only knew that Joe knelt in front of Cindy, admitting his mistake and begging for forgiveness.


    Under Dn and Joe, the Wace family became increasingly unsessful.


    Coupled with Vincent''s deliberate revenge, he blocked several major deals for the Wace family.


    The Wace family schemed behind the scenes to get Vincent transferred out of the Treasury Department.


    Little did they know, Vincent was transferred and became the mayor of Zandonick, which shocked them greatly. How did he get promoted to such a high position?


    Under normal circumstances, even if Vincent were promoted, it would be to deputy mayor, but he became the mayor directly.


    This time, Vincent showed no mercy in dealing with the Wace family.


    Vera thought of the Wace Group from thirteen years ago, which went bankrupt and caused an international sensation. Even Vera knew about it, which showed how shocking it was at the time. Moreover, Shawn inadvertently told Vera that the Wace family''s bankruptcy was the Olteran family''s maniption.


    Vera asked, "Did the Olteran family bankrupt them because they bullied Cindy?"


    Randall shook his head, "My mom had a miscarriage."


    "The runaway Wace family heiress, Alexa Wace, came back, saw my dad-handsome, elegant, and charming and was attracted. Seeing how my dad treated my mom with utmost care and attention, she became envious." "My dad was better than many men. He was responsible and dependable; he held a high position, and had the Olteran Group behind him. Alexa felt my mom had stolen her happiness and started causing trouble."


    "When my mom was pregnant with her second child, Alexa called her to the Wace family, drugged her food, and caused her to lose the baby. My mom almost lost her life, too."


    They didn''t let Cindy seek medical attention and took away her phone, cutting off her contact with the outside world.


    Vincent felt uneasy aftering home from work and not seeing Cindy and drove to the Wace family.


    By then, the blood on the Wace family floor had been cleaned up. Cindy''s mother, Violet Hall, told Vincent that Cindy wasn''t there.


    However, Vincent''s intuition told him that the pregnant Cindy was still there.


    Alexa was overly attentive to Vincent, making him more anxious by the minute.