Chapter 758 An Eye For An Eye (Part Two)


    The reality of Violet''s words left him in deep thoughts. Born of the aristocracy, he had often appeared in


    media interviews. He was used to cameras and being in the limelight. But this was no dalliance with the


    fourth estate, as media houses were dragging his name in the mud. Deep inside he knew he couldn''t


    merely downy the effect of those negative reports on public opinion. When he read the sleazy


    headlines and subsequentments, he found it depressing.


    In the Lu family''s vi, Alice sat at the desk staring at theptop screen. The more reviews she read,


    the angrier she got. She wished she could make thoseizens silent. ''What gives them the right to


    keep poking their noses into other people''s businesses?'' she wondered, her anger rising.


    Alice''s cell phone rang, interrupting her attention as she reached out and looked at the screen. When


    she saw the caller ID, her eyes popped in surprise. "Lawrence!" she eximed before picking the call.


    "Hi, Lawrence," she greeted, her moods lighting up a little.


    "Are you not in bed?" From the other end of the line, Lawrence''s voice had a hint of restraint and odd


    tenderness.


    "Yes," Alice replied with a thoughtful look. "Have you learnt about the news on Greg, Lawrence?" she


    asked cautiously.


    She knew Lawrence very well. ''I have to be cautious with him. Even though he and I are on close


    terms, he''s a rather vtile man who''ll snap at the slightest provocation, '' she reasoned.


    "Of course I have," Lawrence blurted Greg''s full name coldly. "Has he really done what they said he


    had done?" he asked, his tone giving away his disquiet.


    When Alice heard this, her hand quivered slightly. Afterposing herself, she answered


    hurriedly,"Greg would never do that, Lawrence. He didn''t cheat on Violet as the media would have you


    believe. You can''t me Greg, because I was with them at the hotelst night. This whole racket has


    Cassie''s handwriting at every turn. She has been bugging Greg since they were abroad. Now that


    she''s back in the country and Greg is a happily married man, she''s just out to frustrate him."


    At the thought of Cassie, Alice burned with anger. For the same, she had to set the record clear with


    Lawrence by bearing out everything she knew concerning Greg''s misfortune.


    "I know," Lawrence responded. He didn''t need her to introduce Cassie.


    "You know?" Alice muttered, looking confused. "Do you mean that you know Cassie?" she asked


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    tentatively.


    "No," Lawrence replied,"But I investigated her before Violet got married."


    Fully, Alice now understood the situation. Even though Lawrence was abroad, he still secretly kept an


    eye on his favourite sister. He knew everything about her. ''Perhaps he called to find out the truth to see


    if he could intervene on behalf of his sister, without alerting Violet to his ns. We both know Violet


    very well. She doesn''t like being a bother to anyone, especially people who care about her, '' she


    mulled.


    For a moment, Alice felt that she was moving closer to a solution. The only problem was that the


    majority of online opinion favoured Cassie and Greg while isting Violet as a spoiler. Some of the


    more sleazy, unrefinedments riled her sister in rather vulgarnguage. "What should we do?" Alice


    asked, expecting to hear Lawrence''s answer.


    But then she guessed, ''Lawrence only wants to learn as much as he can so as to scheme the next


    move for his sister.''


    "You don''t have to do anything. Just wait for tomorrow''s news," Lawrence casually answered.


    "What do you mean by that?" Alice asked, more baffled. ''Lawrence is abroad now. What is he going to


    do?'' she wondered.


    "An eye for an eye," Lawrence replied, with an expressionless tone. He then said,"I just called to make


    sure whether Greg did anything wrong. So good night!"


    "I see. You can count on me when I say Greg did nothing wrong," Alice reiterated.


    "Don''t let Violet know about this. I don''t want get her hung up on the little details," Lawrence said


    calmly.


    "I will. Don''t worry," Alice replied.


    "I have to go now," Lawrence said.


    "Bye, Lawrence," Alice returned. He spoke so politely, she thought.


    After she ended the call, a bright smile adorned her pretty face. All her worries vanished for she was


    certain that Lawrence would change the course of things. ''Tomorrow will be a day of surprises, '' she


    thought cheerfully.


    The next morning, the whole city slid into chaos. At 5:00 am, dozens of people flooded to the gate of


    the XS Hospital. Reporters, rtives of patients from the hospital and even mobs of angry youths


    joined in the pandemonium.


    At six o''clock, the rm rang. This time, Alice didn''t ignore the ring. Instead, she opened her eyes


    immediately. She got up and went to the bathroom to wash up.


    When she came downstairs, she saw her parents sitting in the dinning room having breakfast.


    "Good morning, Mom, Dad," Alice gushed as she joined them.


    "Oh, Alice, why did you get up so early today? I already set aside your breakfast in the fridge," Amy


    said in surprise. Since Alice never had breakfast with her and Derek, Amy was ustomed to cing


    her daughter''s breakfast in the refrigerator. Once Alice got up and came down, she could warm it in the


    microwave.


    "It''s okay, and don''t mind me. I''ll get it myself," Alice replied as she headed over to the fridge for her


    breakfast.


    Shifting his gaze from the newspaper in his hand, Derek fixed his doubtful eyes on his daughter beside


    him. "Who did this?" he asked, cynicism echoing in words.


    "What are you talking about?" Alice answered, pretending not to know what her father was talking


    about. In fact, she knew it was Lawrence''s doing. But she was ignorant of the content of the reports. All


    she knew was that there would be an important twist to the media reports that had been doing rounds,


    dragging Greg and Violet''s names into the mud.


    Alice took the newspaper from her father''s hand, and read it intently. A few lines on, she burst into


    pictures were published?" she gasped.


    "Tell me, who is behind all these?" Derek asked sternly. Since he read the news about Greg yesterday,


    he had mulled it over, trying to find a solution. However, someone had beaten him to the punch. He


    contemted that the person behind this must be a big shot. Otherwise, he wouldn''t be able to publish


    without inviting some level of censure by the government.


    "You think I did this, Dad?" Alice asked in a naughty voice.


    After reading the newspaper, Amy understood what the father and daughter were talking about. She


    replied firmly,"It''s impossible. You only came back a few days. I don''t think you''re capable of pulling


    such a move."