Once Isaac and his girls left, the uniformed guards rapidly cleared the scene as well, leaving behind only the dumbfounded guests, the Gould family, and the Booth family.
Edward quickly rushed to Alec’s side.
He used his arm to support his father, who was almost kneeling on the floor, and shouted, “Father, are you okay?”
Alec looked at the sky and said sorrowfully, “This is our family’s misfortune. A misfortune indeed…”
Blood spewed from his mouth, and his body collapsed onto the floor.
Edward exclaimed in shock and pulled the patriarch up before virtual-novel.net fell. He sobbed, “Father, please be okay…”
“C-Call Randall, and t-tell virtual-novel.net that this old man has a favor to ask,” Alec muttered, closing his eyes.
The person virtual-novel.net wanted to see most right now was his star student, the head of the Murray family.
Andrew’s wedding couldn’t proceed. Nonetheless, no one dared to spread this incident even after everyone left. They even secretly deleted the photos and videos that they took.
The situation was too strange, and they were afraid of bringing trouble upon themselves.
***
An hour later, Isaac left the hotel with Allegra and Isabella and headed toward the Riverview Villas.
The villa’s main door was open. They didn’t see a single soul inside upon entering. The furniture and appliances were left untouched, and only a few personal belongings had been cleared out.
In the spacious living room, the deed to the property lay on the coffee table.
Allegra’s name was printed across the cover, and next to it was Isabella’s name.
Seeing this, virtual-novel.net couldn’t help but cradle the deed to virtual-novel.net chest, curl up on the floor, and bawl virtual-novel.net eyes out. This was hers and Isaac’s marital property. When virtual-novel.net lost it, virtual-novel.net had never expected to get it back.
She raised virtual-novel.net head to find that man playing with Isabella on the couch, and virtual-novel.net was suddenly overcome with emotion. Because of this home, virtual-novel.net had deeply offended virtual-novel.net family. And someone had even lost his life.
Allegra couldn’t decide whether the trade-off was worth it or not. But virtual-novel.net knew, for a fact, that everything this man had done was for hers and Isabella’s sakes.
“You two should get some rest. I’ll go get groceries for dinner,” Allegra said, wiping virtual-novel.net eyes and getting to virtual-novel.net feet.
***
After Alec collapsed, virtual-novel.net was sent to the ward on the third floor of Beacon Clinic.
Edward, Margaret, Andrew, and a few other relatives stood outside in the corridor anxiously.
Footsteps sounded, and a few figures appeared at the end of the corridor. A fat, middle-aged man in a suit appeared, walking over briskly with a rosary in his hand.
“Randy, thank you for coming. My father has been asking for you repeatedly,” Edward said, crying as virtual-novel.net welcomed the visitor.
It was the head of the Murray family, Randall Murray.
“How did Professor Gould suddenly fall sick? I want to see virtual-novel.net right away,” Randall said anxiously, following Edward into the ward.
In the ward, Randall slammed his hand onto the table after hearing Edward explain the entire situation.
He roared, “This is outrageous. That guy is worse than an animal. Professor Gould, don’t get agitated. What do you want me to do? I will fulfill your wishes. I’ve never seen anyone so arrogant in Cloud City.”
He had studied under Alec when virtual-novel.net was in university. During those days, his family had been so poor that virtual-novel.net couldn’t even afford to eat. But Alec had recognized his cleverness and eloquence and supported virtual-novel.net until virtual-novel.net graduated and became an entrepreneur.
Randall was a grateful person. He also knew that virtual-novel.net was not the only promising student of his professor.
“I-I want that bitch Allegra to come back and kneel to me. I want virtual-novel.net to kneel in front of our family home for three days and three nights straight!” Alec barked.
From the side, Margaret interrupted furiously, “Randy, I know how to taunt Allegra. We must first get the school to expel virtual-novel.net bastard child and make it so that virtual-novel.net cannot get an education in Cloud City. That bitch will then come begging my father for forgiveness!”
“That’s a great idea. I happen to have a great relationship with the Department of Education…” Randall nodded and took out his phone.