She never got a chance to thank him before he passed away. Joan Dunn was silent, too.
Back when she was a delinquent, and bad at school, James was the one who motivated her to change
her life. He passed away before she had the chance to meet him.
The others in the crowd were also reticent.
Their class monitor had been the Black Dragon all along. The man who went above and beyond for his
country, and fought for her safety but died within her borders.
After the memorial, everybody took turns to light their incense. The entire affair lasted until midday. On
their way back, James held Thea and offered her sweetly, “Darling, the mountain roads are harder to
walk on, be careful. Would you like me to carry you?”
“N-no.” Thea blushed. There were so many people around them, how could she say yes? Quincy felt a
twinge of jealousy watching them. She was jealous of Thea for having a loyal husband that was always
beside her.
The crew made it back to the villa.
Thea wanted to have lunch at the villa before she went back but a phone call from home derailed her
plans.
She was told the Xenoses were attacking the Callahans. This morning, the court froze all the
Callahans’s financial assets and evicted them from their mansion. Their mentioned was repossessed
and was to be auctioned off.
Thea related the news to James. James frowned.
“Why is this happening? Didn’t you pay all your debts to the Xenoses? Why are they coming after us
now?” Thea shook her head, “I don’t know. Maybe it’s because I offended Quay yesterday? It might
have given him an excuse to act against us now.”
Decisively, James said, “We have to go check it out.”
Thea went toward the crowd. James walked to Zion Lawson with a smile, “Zion.”
“Oh, it’s you, James… Flustered, Zion stood up and asked, “Is there anything wrong?”
James gave him his number and patted him on the shoulder, “I have to go back to Cansington. If you
have any troubles, call me.”
After that, he turned and left.
He and Thea rushed back to Cansington.
At Thea’s home. Many people gathered here. Including Howard’s and John’s families. Thea asked,
“Grandpa, why is this happening? Why are the Xenoses attacking us?”
Lex sighed tiredly. Thea looked at Howard.
Howard did not speak a word.
“What is happening? Can someone please tell me?” Thea was getting anxious. Lex finally broke the
silence, “The Watsons put us in this mess. When we were trying to save ourselves, Tommy somehow
got into contact with the Xenoses and borrowed 500 million. This turned out to be a trap. Now that we
owe 500 million in debt to the Xenoses, they sued us and froze our accounts. The court took away all
our cars, and houses.”
The Callahans sat with tightened lips and white knuckles. Gladys quipped, “Dad, our house is small.
Why are all these people here?”
62fb1bb41dcb31934bd49bda