"Yes, Mr. Huo," Tristan remarked.
Damon was desperate. "Damn you, Carlos! How could you do this to me? Come back!" he denounced.
But as soon as Carlos left the room, those women surrounded Damon. "Mr. Han, I've heard so much about you. You're indeed a handsome man."
"Mr. Han, I'm Mitzi. I'll take good care of you."
Damon raged, "Take good care of my ass!"
Mitzi was dazed for two seconds. Then she articulated with a goofy smile, "Of course, I'll take good care of that as well, Mr. Han."
Damon was rendered speechless.
On the sixth floor of Building two of Champs Bay Apartments
Stephanie was sitting on the living room couch, smoking, as she watched the news on TV. The reporter was saying, "Not very long ago, our correspondent informed that Mr. Huo, Debbie Nian and their daughter were seen outside his villa and they went inside together. It looks like the rumors are true…"
"Oh, shut up!" Stephanie turned off the TV angrily. She put out the cigarette and ruffled her messy hair restlessly. Carlos had regained his memory! It was not a part of their plan. Dr. Zhu had told them that there was no way Carlos would regain his memory, not as long as they didn't miss the regular injections.
'Liar! They're all liars!'
Furious, she smashed the lighter against the tea table.
Debbie had used a fake marriage license to set up James, but Stephanie got screwed over too. Now, both her and James' reputations were ruined, all thanks to Debbie.
Hate gnawed at her as she thought of what Debbie had done to her.
Just then, her phone rang. "What?" Stephanie asked impatiently when she saw the caller ID.
Angus Li, her father, sighed from the other end of the line. "Stephanie, your mom has been arrested. You're in Y City, aren't you? Head to the police station right away. I'm on my way there," he said in a rush.
Stephanie's eyes widened in shock. "Arrested? For what?" She abruptly stood up from the couch.
"The police who called me said that she was sued for slander, assault and attempted murder."
"Attempted murder?!" Stephanie raised her voice at the absurd accusation. "That's ridiculous!" Glenda was too much of a coward to do something like that.
"That's what I think too. But I don't know what happened yet. Get a lawyer and go see your mom in prison. Ask her what happened. I'll take a flight right away."
Stephanie said impatiently, "There's no need for you to come over yet. I'll call you after I talk to Mom."
"Okay," he said in a low voice.
At the police station, Glenda told Stephanie that it was Debbie who had sued her.
Glenda had planned to go back to New York, but the police had arrested her at the airport lounge. It was humiliating; so many people had witnessed the arrest.
Glenda grabbed Stephanie's arms tightly and said with tears in her eyes, "No wonder James wants her dead. She is a vicious bitch. All I did was call her names, but she hired that famous lawyer, Xavier, to charge me with attempted murder! I didn't do anything! Stephanie, bail me out! I don't want to stay in this hell-hole another minute!"
Stephanie stared at her mother awkwardly. "I brought along a lawyer hoping to bail you out, but the police wouldn't allow it. I think Debbie Nian is behind this. She must have bribed the police to hold you here."
It was just like when Debbie had been accused of murder and had been detained in the police station. Back then, James had bribed the police to refuse her bail. In the end, it had taken Carlos to bail her out.
Glenda panicked. "What should we do now? How can Carlos be so heartless? You took care of him when he was in a coma. Did he forget all that? How ungrateful he is!
Stephanie thought about it for a moment and said, "Mom, don't worry. I'll think of a way to get you out of here."
"Good, good. Stephanie, I'm counting on you. You're my sweet little girl. Oh! Inform your uncle James of this. Perhaps he can help."
"Okay." Stephanie called James after she left the police station.
When the evil fox learned that Debbie had put Glenda in prison, he was so shocked and furious that he almost passed out. "Steph, don't worry. I'll get your mom out of jail."
Stephanie was relieved. "Thank you, Uncle James."
"Don't mention it, kiddo," James said with a smile. It was hard to believe that this man could ever be so benign.
His soft tone made Stephanie furrow her brows. As much as she didn't want to accept it, the truth was laid out in the open. Sooner or later, she would have to accept James as her father.
After hanging up Stephanie's call, James called Carlos. But it was Frankie who answered. "Mr. James Huo, I'm sorry, but Mr. Huo is in a meeting right now. I will take your message to him if it's urgent."
James wanted to talk to Carlos himself, but the matter was too urgent to wait. He feigned a calm tone and informed, "Tell him that his aunt Glenda was framed by Debbie Nian and has been arrested by the police. The Li family members are my friends. If he still sees me as his father who had raised him for the past thirty years, he'll bail her out."
Sarcasm laced Frankie's eyes, yet he maintained a professional tone. "I'll pass on your message, Mr. James Huo. Is there anything else I can help you with?"
"Stephanie looked after him for two years when he was in a coma. He should be grateful to her. She might have done some things, but considering what she has done for him in the past, he shouldn't abandon her at a time like this."
"Noted."
"That's all." James hung up without waiting for Frankie's response.
Carlos' meeting ended soon, and Frankie told him everything James had said.
He took his phone from Frankie and sneered at it, "What's he been up to lately?" He assumed that by now, the old snake should have known he had gotten his memory back.
From his message, Carlos could tell that James was still pretending to not know that he remembered everything; he was trying to maximize the benefit of his identity as Carlos' father.
Frankie replied, "On the surface, it might look like he's doing nothing unusual. But he has been secretly transferring his assets overseas. Some of them have been transferred into Glenda's relatives' names."
'Transferring assets?' Carlos lit a cigarette and observed sarcastically, "He has cheated many people off their wealth. Isn't he worried that it might break his arms?"
The bribes James had taken from many and the money he had embezzled had reached billions of dollars, which was enough for him to squander for the rest of his pitiful life.
"Glenda has filed for a divorce. She must have done it to be with James. Mr. Huo, what should we do next?"
Carlos fell silent. He was thinking about Angus Li.
Glenda was evil, but Angus was an honest and decent man. He had never done harm to anybody. Despite suspecting that his wife was having an affair, he had been pretending to be ignorant of it for so many years, all for their children's sake. That was the only reason why the Li family had always been so peaceful in the past.
"We won't interfere in their marriage. Glenda's bail issues are not up to me." With that, Carlos picked up the file on the table. He was ready to set off to meet a client.
