Phoebe was uneasy all afternoon, sensing that something bad was about to happen. Just as she stepped out of a meeting, her phone started vibrating incessantly. She quickly answered the call when she saw the caller ID. Phoebe hung up the call. Without returning to her office, she handed her belongings to John and took the elevator downstairs.

A cold voice from the other end said, “I’m waiting for you outside your office.”

As she stepped out of the company’s main entrance, she saw a black Maybach parked outside. She jogged over to the car as the back seat window rolled down.

“Get in,” the man ordered coldly.

Phoebe saw that he was sitting right next to the door and didn’t plan to move, so she opened the passenger door and got in.

Jack greeted her, and the car sped off.

Phoebe glanced nervously at the rearview mirror. Theodore looked grave, and she had no idea what had happened. She asked, “Theodore, what’s going on?”

Theodore looked at her with dark eyes, which made Phoebe’s heart flutter.

Theodore didn’t explain but urged Jack to drive faster.

Phoebe became even more nervous. Her heart was pounding as the car turned into a corner and stopped in front of a police station. She stuttered, “Wh-why are we at the police station?”

Theodore got out of the car and strode towards the police station. Phoebe didn’t hear his response, so she followed him out of the car and hurried to catch up.

As soon as they entered, a uniformed police officer led them to a mediation room.

From a distance, Phoebe heard her mother sobbing loudly. Her heart tightened, and she rushed past Theodore and the guiding officer into the mediation room. Inside, Mrs. Ziegler looked disheveled, with several scratch marks on her face and a bruise at the corner of her mouth, as if she had been in a fight.

Across from her sat Vanessa. Vanessa also looked disheveled, and her injuries seemed even worse than Mrs. Ziegler’s. Phoebe’s heart skipped a beat at the sight.

As soon as Mrs. Ziegler saw Phoebe, she burst into tears. “Phoebe, why couldn’t I reach you? I was attacked!”

Phoebe quickly went over to hug her mother, tears welling up in her eyes. “Mom, don’t cry. What happened? Who attacked you?”

Mrs. Ziegler sobbed, “I went to the Imperial Apartment to deliver something for you this afternoon. I saw someone in your house and thought it was a thief. I was about to call the police when they attacked me.”

Vanessa was visibly angry, “I didn’t hit her. She scratched her own face. Auntie, you should have a conscience and not wrongly accuse people.”

“Who’s falsely accusing people here, Miss Fitzroy? A nice girl like you, moving into a married couple’s home, what are you trying to do? Your family is supposed to be educated and refined; how could they raise such a shameless child? If you were my daughter, I’d disown you and cast you out, rather than let you tarnish our family’s reputation.”

At first, Mrs. Ziegler just wanted to embarrass Vanessa, but when she saw Theodore out of the corner of her eye, she vented her anger at Vanessa, indirectly criticizing Theodore for the unfair treatment her daughter had suffered. She didn’t dare to directly scold Theodore, so she vented all her anger at Vanessa.

Vanessa’s eyes turned red with anger. She had never been scolded like this in her life, especially not in front of Theodore.

She wiped her tears, “Auntie, we should be fair when we speak.”

“If you say so, let’s get into it. Miss Fitzroy, does your family live in Kedora?” Mrs. Ziegler asked.

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