"He was the one who stole the money that had been disappearing from the Harrisonpany for the past year," he answered.


    Selene believed Xavier, but it didn’t make any sense to her.


    Why would Jack steal from his father when he could just ask for money when he needed it?


    She’d thought it must have been close business friends of Robert, but Jack? She didn’t see iting one bit.


    "The money was already withdrawn from the bank, leaving his ount empty. Maybe in case he turns out to be a suspect one day."


    Xavier was also confused by Jack’s actions. But it seemed there were many things Selene needed to unravel in that family.


    **


    "You stole so much today, son. Did your father notice?" Amelia asked Jack as she stacked the money Jack had redrawn from the bank into her private savings.


    The smooth texture of the notes under her palm made her more hungry to hold more money.


    "He noticed this one and he wants to investigate the disappearance of the money. Too bad for him he won’t be finding out anything since I’m heading the investigation while he continues to make more money for us, Mother," Jack replied.


    He leaned his back on the chair he was sitting on. They were in a guest room upstairs while Robert was downstairs watching some business news. He had no idea what his wife and son were nning.


    Both the mother and son revealed an evil grin as they imagined the expression Robert would have when he realized the person stealing from him was actually his son.


    "You did a good job today for sure. Don’t worry, it won’t be long before you take over the seat as the new CEO of the Harrisonpany, that way, you won’t have to steal anymore," Amelia teased, locking the safe when she was done securing the money.


    "You know I can’t wait anymore, mother. When are we going to start poisoning him already? He’s already old and won’t consider retiring. The way I’m looking at things with father, he won’t retire till the next ten years from now," Jackined.


    Amelia ced her hand on her chin, thinking.


    "Not long. Let’s just wait for him to finish making more money for us, then we will poison him," she grinned.


    It’s already been two years since Robert snatched <i>Anastasia’s </i>property from her at the hospital after her miscarriage.


    The deal was Robert would split it, giving Michelle, Jack, and Amelia their share and taking the rest for himself.


    Sadly for them, he hadn’t transferred anything at all. He kept on giving them the same excuse about wanting to make it big so that everyone would get equal shares of wealth. He kept on dying it until two years passed.


    Michelle didn’t bother with the money since she believed her father, so Amelia and Jack didn’t bother to involve her in their ns to milk Robert of all his money.


    Amelia and Jack decided to approach the situation differently. If Robert wouldn’t give them their shares, they would steal from him. They chose thetter, believing it was more cunning and would leave Robert in confusion. By the time he realized what had happened, it would already be toote.


    **


    "Were you able to find out anything?" Ezekiel asked one of his men who was trying to break the barrier that intersected with <i>Anastasia’s </i>profile.


    It’s been months now and he still tried to break the barrier. Robert had dared toe to their mansion to <i>talk</i> about business, but Ezekiel got him kicked out before he could catch a glimpse of their mansion’s entrance.


    The more Robert persisted Jeffery to sign the papers, the more Ezekiel became suspicious of Robert. It was obvious Robert didn’t care about <i>Anastasia, </i>but the more he tried to persuade them, the more Ezekiel believed that the old man had something up his sleeves.


    "Not at all sir," the hacker who was also a worker for Ezekiel replied. Sweat coated his forehead and he typed away on his keyboard.


    He’d tried different codes but nothing was working. For two whole months, they had been trying to hack into Ana’s profile since the emptiness was suspicious.


    Ezekiel believed something was up.


    Not being able to find <i>Anastasia </i>in the Harrison mansion as Robert had said was suspicious on its own. But not finding a single picture of her on the inte was even more suspicious.


    As Ezekiel continued to be deep in thought, the hacker suddenly screamed, "I cracked it."


    Other hackers who had been trying the same thing stared at him in disbelief. As he focused on hisputer screen, the barrier securing Anastasia’s profile was revealed. Now, all they needed to do was track down the code to its owner ormunity. Within an hour, they had found it.


    Ezekiel gritted his teeth when he saw the name written boldly on theputer screen.


    <i>Xavier Wace.</i>