Chapter 54: Family.

Leo came out of the room, and hurriedly approached Kyle who was waiting for him. The young man nodded and said, "Leave the rest to guard the house. Escort Lily and Snow from a distance like the usual." Kyle nodded and then gave instructions to the team, and said, "Sir, the second team would be coming over in a bit so they will take the charge." Leo understood and said, "Alright." Then he got in the car, and Kyle took the passenger seat. The young man asked, "Where to?" Kyle opened the navigation app on his phone and the two left home. Kyle could see an almost psychotic excitement sparking in Leo’s eyes, the way he stepped out of the house in a rush, this was something that he had seen many times in his line of work. … Lily woke up and drowsily walked out of her house, and entered the master bedroom. Snow was awake already, when she saw the little girl beside her, she picked her up and they both lay side by side. Snow asked, "Are you looking for Ma?" Her voice was very gentle, as if a feather floating in the wind. Lily shook her head slightly and said, "Baba.." Snow was left between laughter and tears, as she poked her daughter’s little nose and asked, "Have you forsaken Ma now that you have Baba?" Lily replied by turning around and hugging the lady as she said, "Baba spent less time with me, so I am making it up. I love you too." Snow was surprised and sighed as she gently embraced her treasure in her arms and let her lay on top of her. She couldn’t figure out how this child came up with such thoughts, but nevertheless, she was grateful that her daughter was so sensible. Initially she used to worry about how Lily and Leo would bond, because Leo was confined to the bed. When he recovered, she was surprised to find how much love he had in his heart for Lily. Gradually the focus shifted and she began to worry if Lily would sideline her strict mother for her pampering father. However, just now all those worries were dissolved by a single sentence. Snow closed her eyes and smiled as she thought, ’To think I was worried about something like this simple. Well, unlike me, Lily’s thought process is not conditioned to think about gaining leverage and advantage all the time. I guess this is the reason that our family managed to withstand such a storm and as for the Marlins, tch, forget it, I am a Cardinal now.’ … Leo and Kyle arrived outside an abandoned factory. This place was located inside Angkor City itself, but was abandoned because of a fire accident a few months ago. The government had yet to clear the place and so, it was derelict. Kyle led Leo inside the factory, and the young man found a team of people hiding in the shadows and monitoring the situation. Leo frowned and said, "I am hoping they did not bring in any weapons." Kyle shook his head and replied, "Sir, Clover Nation’s arm control is very strict, even some of the high level government officials can’t carry them past the country borders, let alone us. However, we do have cold weapons like crossbows and bow and arrows to protect ourselves if a fight breaks out." Leo nodded and quickly they came to the center of the factory, where among the two lanes of machines, a young man was tied to the chair. His face was covered with a thick black rag. Leo looked at Echo’s stance and asked, "He is knocked out?" Kyle looked at the person beside the chair, who stepped up and nodded as he said, "Sir, I am Gavin. We intended to tranq him and nab him. However, this wastrel was intoxicated on drugs when we got there, so all we could do was use blunt trauma." Leo frowned and said, "My plan would have to be changed. Well, wake him up first, and bring me his phone." The man stepped up and handed Leo a gold plated phone, causing him to shake his head. Leo opened the screen and Kyle said, "It’s locked." Leo calmly walked up towards Echo, placed his thumb on the screen and it was unlocked. He stood up and remarked, "Easy does it." Then he began to check the contents of the phone, and as he suspected, all the details of his illegal operations, be it drugs, or gambling dens, all of them were recorded digitally. Then Leo found a folder in the storage which said, ’Vincent Cardinal.’ Leo furrowed his brow, and he was about to check the contents of the folder when Echo groaned. One of the guards had injected him with adrenaline to wake him up. Leo took out his own phone and transferred the folder Vincent Cardinal in his phone. He then asked, "Do you have any tech guy here?" Gavin nodded and said, "Mylo, come over. Sir, he is responsible for covering our tracks and is the best techie." Mylo came over, and his physique did not look like a tech expert, instead this guy was the most buffed up of all the men here. Leo handed Echo’s phone to Mylo, and said, "Remove the traces of data transfer from it, and delete the folder Vincent Cardinal from the roots. Leave the rest as it is." Mylo nodded and dashed away with the phone. Leo turned his gaze to look at Echo, who was groaning and shaking his head. Gavin saw that Leo was looking around, and then Leo asked, "Chair?" Gavin arranged for a chair quickly, and as he sat down, Echo asked, "Who’s there? Bastard, how dare you tie me up? Do you even know who I am? I am telling you, open my hands or my Dad will kill you. Let me go!!!" seaʀᴄh thё NovelFire.net* website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Leo watched his effort to shake off the binds, and heard his screams. He chuckled lightly, before he began to laugh out loud, and his voice echoed through the entire factory. As if a demon from hell had stepped out of its cage and carnage was about to be unleashed. ... 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