The Freemans Escaped
James glared at her. “Shut up! You’re going to gather some men? Can you gather people like Mr.
Harrison and President Sandel? This isn’t a problem that can be solved by the number of people. The
key is to get the critical figures. What’s the point of getting some small fries to threaten them? You’ll only
worsen the situation. Forget it. I can’t be bothered to lecture you. Just keep your opinions to yourself next
time. You know clearly that you’re not that capable.”
Parting her mouth, Demi wanted to argue, but no words came out in the end. With her influence, she
couldn’t even get Bonds to come, not to mention Joseph or Leanna.
Even Helen was full of praise for Matthew. All the frustrations she suffered recently finally found its outlet
after what happened tonight, and she felt greatly relieved, and proud even.
While they were chatting, Liam came back as well. Filled with frustrations, Demi glared and directed
her anger at him when she saw him coming home. “Where did you go? Why are you back so late?”
Liam sighed. “You wouldn’t believe what I’m about to say. I was making arrangements for their stay—”
“That’s bullsh*t,” Demi interrupted. “It doesn’t take that long to book rooms for the night. Moreover,
there’s a budget hotel in every corner. Tell me, where did you go fooling around this time?”
“I didn’t fool around. It’s Aunt Heidi. She insisted not to stay at the hotel saying that she had something
else on. I was worried about her safety in the middle of the night, so I offered her a ride. That’s why I
came home so late.”
“Where did you drop her off?”
“The University Town.”
Surprised, Demi asked, “What’s Aunt Heidi doing there?”
Something came into Helen’s mind, and she exclaimed, “Is it because Leia is attending university now?”
Everyone looked at each other. The person Helen just mentioned was Leia Anderson, Heidi’s daughter.
After raking through her memory, Sasha said, “Speaking of this, I think Leia is taking her university
entrance exam this year. Did she really make it into a university? Goodness, why didn’t Aunt Heidi
mention anything about this to us?”
Sighing, Helen said, “That’s how Heidi has always been. If she could, she would never trouble others.
Even though she’s divorced and bringing up Leia by herself, she didn’t ask her ex-husband for any
money regardless of how difficult the situation is for her. What a tough life she’s leading.”
James sighed as well. “Of all your family members from the Freemans, Heidi is the simplest one.
Previously, Helen called her a few times asking if Leia will be attending the university in Eastcliff, but she
kept saying that nothing has been decided yet. In the end, she didn’t even inform us after Leia had
arrived. Looks like she really doesn’t want us to worry.”
Nodding in agreement, Sasha and Matthew were quite respectful toward Heidi even though they didn’t
hold the rest of the family in high regards.
“Alright, since we found out about this, let’s visit Leia in a couple of days. It’s not easy for Heidi to bring
up a child by herself. We should help her in any way we can,” Helen said.
This time, James didn’t object. Instead, he was rather supportive of her idea. But of course, that was
mainly because he was in high spirits tonight.
Through this incident with the Freemans, James was now particularly impressed with Matthew and kept
complimenting him in between conversations. At the same time, Helen’s gaze whenever she looked at
him turned much warmer.
Deep down, Sasha was very happy because her parents had finally regarded Matthew as family.
On the other hand, Demi and Liam were disgruntled. The more their parents liked Matthew, the more
worried they became because they were concerned that it might affect their inheritance in the future.
The next morning, James found out that everyone from the Freeman Family had left Eastcliff. In fact,
Norman and his family didn’t even stay the night in the hotel, and it was said that they had left with a
rental car in the middle of the night. It seemed like they were very worried about Leanna coming after
them for the money, so they escaped during the night.
This news made James smile from ear to ear. Without the Freemans’ support, Chloe and Minerva
wouldn’t be able to stir up any more trouble. Hence, everyone was basically ignoring them now.
As for Tate’s problem, no one was interested to know how it would turn out in the end. Even Helen was
utterly disappointed in her nephew and niece, not to mention anyone else.
In the morning after Sasha dropped Matthew off at the hospital, she said, “Hey, I have a gathering with
my ex-classmates in the evening. Call me after work and we’ll go together!”
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