Chapter 240 Perish Together with George
The folks inside the room were still going at it, arguing like crazy.
"These two kids are being looked after by Ezekiel anyway. Just let them stay," Solon said.
The middle-aged woman swung her fist and clocked Solon right in the face! "Who knows if those kids are even yours? See? It's karma! You and Anthony took out the old leader of the Blade of Dusk, and now it's coming back to bite you!"
"That was all Ezekiel and someone else. What's it got to do with me?" Solon shot back.
'The old leader of the Blade of Dusk's death wasn't an accident?' Emilia thought, holding her breath.
Solon wasn't backing down. He slapped her back, grabbed her hair, and slammed her head against the wall. "If you keep talking like this, neither of us will make it out alive. The Hughes Family is done for, but the Windsor Family is still around!"
They kept wrestling in the room, and Emilia could hear the woman's painful screams.
Ten minutes later, the noise died down.
Solon kicked Esme, who had black tape over her mouth, and took a drag of his cigarette. "How did she get in touch with you?"
The middle-aged woman sat on the floor, gasping for breath, her hair a mess. She rolled her eyes. "She's Lloyd's kid with my sister. Lucy hid her with the Windsors, but now she's in jail and I'm stuck with the kid."
Esme, with tape over her mouth, couldn't say a word, thinking, 'What do they mean? My real mom isn't Ezekiel's wife but Lucy, who contacts me every day? But Lucy is just a nanny who didn't even finish high school! If Lila hadn't brought her to the Windsor Family, Lucy might not have found a decent job in the countryside. That's my real mom? I can't accept it!'
Solon glanced at Esme. "She looks like Lucy, thinking she could be a Windsor, but she's got no skills. Lucy's efforts to steal the real Windsor daughter were all for nothing."
"Do you think the Windsor Family is easy to deal with? Ezekiel sent people to kill Catherine, but it didn't work. Lucy tried so hard to poison the Windsor Family, but that didn't work either."
Outside the door, George and Emilia widened their eyes.
The middle-aged woman in the room continued, "Back then, I told Lila so many ways to torment Aurora, hoping one would make Aurora leave and mess up the Windsor kids for good. Who knew Lila was so useless. Even after finding so many women to seduce Brandon while Aurora was giving birth, none of them worked. Those women were all sent by Ezekiel and Anthony. The Hughes Family and Ezekiel hoped to plant a few spies around Marcus, but that didn't work either."
Solon snorted, "If it weren't for this useless Esme and Lucy, the Windsor Family would have ended up like the Hughes Family. Sending Esme to the Windsor Family and giving her so many Vitality Pills was all for nothing."
Esme was on the verge of collapse listening to this, wondering if they were telling the truth.
The Hughes Family was either dead or in jail, and their assets were confiscated.
According to Solon, the Vitality Pills were always provided by Ezekiel.
Solon sounded regretful. "Those pills were meant for the entire Windsor Family, but Esme was useless."
The door was kicked open, and a guy stood there, radiating hostility, with a cold gun aimed right at Solon's head. "Don't move. One wrong move, and you'll be meeting the Grim Reaper."
"Who are you?" Solon asked, thinking, 'Where did this guy come from? Did he hear everything we just said?'
Solon's eyes filled with malice at the thought.
Emilia peeked out from behind George. "Long time no see. You asked me to come, and now you forget?"
"Ms. Hughes? How did you end up with the Howard Family?" Solon asked fearfully.
George pulled the trigger, and the silenced gunshot hit Solon and the middle-aged woman's legs, creating bloody holes.
The people in the estate were busy dealing with other explosions, not paying attention to what was happening here.
As Esme saw George, she started wriggling frantically, hoping George would take her away! She didn't want to be stuck here as a bodyguard and nanny's kid, thinking if she talked to George nicely, he'd surely soften and take her back to the Windsor Family.
George stepped on Esme's outstretched hand without even looking at her. "Go find what you need. I'll handle things here."
"Okay, be careful." Emilia went straight into Solon's bedroom and started searching.
Meanwhile, George turned and found a chair to sit on, holding a delicate scalpel in his hand. "I'm out of patience. Answer my questions, or I can't promise you'll make it out alive."
The estate was ablaze from the explosions, and George's handsome face was half-lit by the fire, half-hidden in darkness, a stark contrast to his usual elegant demeanor.
George's chilling gaze swept over Solon. "After all, with all the commotion here today, a few more deaths wouldn't matter."
Solon, in pain, looked at George with fear in his eyes! "Are you from the Windsor Family? How could someone from the Windsor Family come here? I don't know anything; it was all Ezekiel's doing."
"You just said Ezekiel wanted the entire Windsor Family dead?" George asked.
It sounded like the Hughes Family and Ezekiel had been planning for a long time, just waiting for the Windsor Family to fall.
How could Solon dare to admit it! If he knew George was eavesdropping, he wouldn't dare say it even if he had nine lives.
"You misheard. I didn't say that. It's all fake," Solon said, backing away. Seizing the moment when George wasn't noticing, he discreetly pressed the alarm button behind him.
The piercing alarm echoed through the manor, drawing everyone's attention.
Even Ezekiel, who was dealing with the aftermath, heard the sound and turned back warily, looking at the source of the alarm. "What's going on? Something must have happened. Take people to check it out. Solon wouldn't press that button casually. Go armed and make sure nothing gets out!"
"Yes!" Twenty-odd bodyguards ran towards the corner of the row of villas, all armed.
Emilia, holding a box, rushed out of the house, pulling George to run. "George, we have to go. He pressed the alarm. The Hughes Family used to have it too. It's not a good thing! If we're late, this building will explode!"
Emilia was very familiar with the devices the Hughes Family used.
Hearing that familiar alarm, Emilia was terrified, realizing Solon, to avoid revealing those things, was willing to die with George!
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