“Good morning, Neo.”
Horace greeted Neo with a warm smile on his face.
Horace set a rule for himself: no matter how difficult the company was, he would never bring his negative feelings back to his family.
Neo smiled at Horace and then sat down at the table and began to eat.
Neo liked the food cooked by Clara very much, so he ate a lot this morning.
When Isaac was about to send Neo to school, Clara called him to the corridor and told him, “Take this check and secretly use it in Horace’s repayment when necessary.”
“Madam, this…” Isaac was a little nervous because he did not know whether to take the money or not.
Although it was a good thing that she wanted to help, he did not want to be involved in the money issues of the family.
“Don’t worry. I trust you. This is between us. I know Horace. If I give the money directly to him, he would never accept it.” Clara explained.
“OK then.” Isaac nodded. He knew she had a very good heart, and he would do his part to help them and the company.
When she had his promise, Clara smiled happily at him and asked him to send Neo to school.
During this period, Clara went to study to see Horace. He was making phone calls and tried his best to recover the losses of the company.
Seeing that he was quite busy, she went out of the study.
Clara felt very sad. It seemed that this time the situation was quite bad, but Logan, the only one who was able to offer help, remained silent.
The only thing Clara could do was to cook for him and make sure that he got enough nutrients.
Laura waited in the coffee shop day after day, but she never saw the person she wanted to meet.
Laura called Andre for to help her look for this woman, but she barely had any information about her. It would be impossible even for a well-connected man like Andre to find out who she really was just by a simple description of her appearance.
Even though she was working with him now, he was only interested in things related to Clara.
Laura was very angry at him, but now she had to cooperate. After all, she still needed his financial support. She did not have another choice now.
Now that things had reached the final stage. Horace’s company was bound to go bankrupt. Andre got the result he wanted, and Laura was just a dispensable existence for him now. He was just being kind to her. Laura understood it all.
That was why she had to find that woman as soon as possible.
Laura waited but no one came. However, three people came to Horace’s doorstep.
When Horace was working in the study, he heard a knock on the door. Horace didn’t get up to answer the door because he knew the nanny was at home.
The nanny went to open the door and was startled by the people outside.
They were all wearing uniforms.
“Hello, officers from the police station. Is Mr. Horace at home?” The policemen showed their IDs and asked. The Nanny was frightened so that she could barely talk.
“Ye…yes, upstairs.” The nanny stammered, and then the police went up the stairs.
Horace in the room certainly heard the sound, so he stood up and opened the door to the police.
“Are you Horace Kirkland?” The head officer looked at Horace and asked coldly.
“Yes, I’m. What can I do for you?” Horace frowned and looked them directly in the eye.
Horace had no idea whether he had done something wrong.
“You are charged of illegal financial activities. We are under the order to arrest you. This is an arrest warrant.” The officer showed an arrest warrant to Horace. Horace looked at it and was stunned.
The information was his, and the photo on it was also him.
He had done none of those things that they claimed him to have done.
Horace did not understand what they were talking about.
“Officers, I’m afraid you have the wrong man. I didn’t do any of these things!”
Horace tried to explain to the police.
Horace thought there must be some mistakes around here.
Clara was resting on the bed. When she heard the sound, she came to the study to check out what was happening.
“Officers, could you tell us what he had done wrong? You can’t take him away until you have the evidence!”
When Clara walked into the room, the first thing she did was stand between her man and those strangers.
She needed him. Neo needed his father. The company could not run without him!
If Horace went into prison, all of their lives would end!
She would not allow it!
“Madam, it’s written on the warrant. Please cooperate.” The officer also heard of Solrace and its owner Horace Kirkland. He was a big fan of their products. He felt bad to have to arrest him at his home.
He answered her question with patience even though he did not have to.
Clara looked at the words on the arrest warrant, which read “financial fraud”. She could not believe her eyes!
But it was written there. That was real.
Clara looked at Horace helplessly and knew that they had no hope this time.
Horace reached out and touched Clara’s shoulder without saying a word.
Horace did not know what to say at this moment to comfort her. He knew she was in shock. But as the man of the house, he had to be calm. He remained silent because he knew silence was better.
Horace reached out and signaled that they could put handcuffs on him now.
The policeman acted under the law, handcuffed Horace, took a final look at Clara, and left.
Clara followed Horace all the way, just as she sent her husband to work.
Clara looked at Horace. He was not well. Clara felt that she should not come out in the first place. She knew he did not want her to see him like this right now.
He wanted to keep his dignity in front of his wife.
But she needed to see him! Clara was afraid that if he didn’t come out to see Horace, they would not be able to see each other for a long time.
Reporters had already surrounded their door.
“Mr. Kirkland, what is the current situation of your company?”
“Mr. Kirkland, does your company have violated the law and deceived your investors?”
“Mr. Kirkland, how long do you think is it before your company goes bankrupt?”
“…”
Those reporters craned their necks to hear the answers they wanted.
But Horace kept silent. He knew it was wise not to talk at this moment. Those reporters were not qualified to ask him any questions so he did not have to reply.
Horace looked at those clowns coldly and vowed to trample these companies under his feet when he made a comeback in the future.
Horace knew he had not done anything illegal, so he was sure that he could get a fair trial.
Horace got into the police car. the car slowly started, and slowly drove away. He did not look back at Clara. He did not want her to see him like this.
The reporters left when they saw they were not able to dig out more information about this family.
Clara sat on the floor at the door of his home, watching the police car getting farther and farther away from her, but she was unable to save her man.
Clara’s heart was filled with regrets. She should not have asked him to travel with her in the first place. In that case, maybe he could have found out the problems much sooner.
But it was too late. Their family was about to fall apart.