Chapter 1021 Partners In Crime
Crawford Mansion was in chaos.
Since the thief had yet to be caught, Susan mored in front of Old Master Crawford every day to
comin about Luke. She said that Luke was not taking it seriously and he only cared about his own
happiness, not caring about Thea''s injury at all.
Old Master Crawford was upset by her never-ending rambling, so he summoned the family and invited
them to the mansion for dinner.
Luke went back with Bianca and the kids. They walked into the living room and noticed Susan, who
was alone in the living room.
Bianca sighed and prepared herself for another storm.
"Lanie, Rainie, go upstairs to do your homework. If there''s something that you don''t understand, make
a note of it and I''lle up to help you with itter." Bianca handed the school bags to the twins. There
were certain matters that she did not want to involve the kids in.
nche and Rainie nodded and carried their school bags upstairs.
Tommy eagerly called out to Susan, "Grandma Susan!"
Susan responded with a stern expression and looked at Luke closely.
Their family was so harmonious that it made her jealous. Everyone was under the same roof on the
day of the incident but Thea was the one who got hurt.
Although Thea''s condition had stabilized and she was getting better day by day, Susan could not find
peace until the thief had been found.
"Luke, when did your level of efficiency be so bad?" Susan went straight into questioning him,
ignoring the presence of the children.
Luke''s expression remained neutral as he said to Bianca, "My love, please take Tommy upstairs."
He was more than willing to deal with matters as such alone. He did not need Bianca to be by his side.
Bianca was aware of his intentions and did not want to add to his stress. She said to Tommy, "Tommy,
let’s go upstairs to watch cartoons, okay?"
Tommy wanted to say that there was also a TV downstairs and they could watch cartoons here, but
upon seeing Susan''s gloomy expression, he nodded and followed Bianca upstairs.
After Bianca and the kids went upstairs, Luke sat opposite Susan and said," Susan, the matter is under
investigation." "Have you been procrastinating? It’s been so long since the break-in and Thea has been
suffering in the hospital yet you haven''t found anything useful. Are you trying to drag it out? Could it be
that you’re in cahoots with the thief?" Susan was filled with wrath and started making wild guesses
because she had not heard anything from him.
Luke''s expression turned gloomy in an instant.
"If you have doubts about my ability, you can wait for the police to finish their investigation. I’m running
a separate investigation alongside the police. Both sides are working on it at the same time," he
exined as patiently as he could.
Susan was triggered by his response and pointed at him while shouting," You''re finally willing to tell the
truth! You''re deliberately dragging out the investigation to buy time for the thief! Are you happy that
Thea is hurt? You and the thief are partners in crime!"
Her tone changed from questioning to affirmative.
Luke was running out of patience and did not care about what she thought. When he stood up and
wanted to leave, Old Master Crawford came downstairs.
He had overheard the entire conversation. Old Master Crawford was exasperated that Susan said such
things. She was acting like a child rather than a respectful adult. He scolded her with a sullen
expression, "What nonsense are you talking about?" "Dad, did you hear what he said just now? He told
me to wait for the police! This is your ''good'' grandson, the one you have high hopes for! If the police
are useful, why do we need him to investigate the matter?!" Susan was
arrogant and unreasonable. All she wanted was for Luke to fall from grace in front of Old Master
Crawford.
Old Master Crawford had heard what Luke just said as well. Although Luke had not shown Susan any
respect, it was not as bad as she made it out to be. He stared at Susan and said, "Are you done
causing trouble?"
Susan thought that she finally had something on Luke and refused to let go of it. "Dad, I''m not trying to
cause trouble. Maybe... he worked with outsiders to steal your antiques. Crawford Manor had a break-
in the same day he came back. How could there be such a coincidence?"
It was a coincidence, and thankfully, Old Master Crawford was not swayed by her. He knocked on the
floor with his cane and shouted, "Shut up!"
Susan felt wronged. Old Master Crawford was partial to Luke no matter what.
"Why would Luke steal things from the manor? Do you think that he needs the money? The cash that
he has on him now is more than what you have in your bank ount. Thea is Louis’ child and Luke
loves Louis. Do you think he would do anything to harm Leia?" Old Master Crawford was annoyed with
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Susan was a troublemaker. She would pick a fight whenever she saw Allison or Luke.
Old Master Crawford was so tired that he had even considered dividing the family properties after the
matter was over.
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Susan wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes and went on to talk about Thea. "Dad, Thea is still in
the hospital. I can''t bear to watch her suffer. She''s a sweet child and might have to live the rest of her
life with a scar on her head. How can I feel at ease when the thief is still out there?" "The police are not
able to find him either.'' Although Old Master Crawford felt bad for Thea, he was well aware of the
situation. If the police could not find anything, Luke would need some time to investigate the matter
thoroughly.
"Someone who dares to steal from Crawford Manor won''t be someone simple. Give it some time, and I
don''t ever want to hear you spewing nonsense again. Luke will get to the bottom of it." Old Master
Crawford warned her in case she went on rambling.
Seeing that the thief had yet been caught, the Crawford family was the center of attention in A City. No
one felt safe with the thief still out there.
Susan was aggrieved. Luke had given her hope when he asked someone to assist in the investigation.
However, she had waited for so long and the case was still open. Hence, she lost her patience and
thought he had no intention of helping.
"Luke, what’s the status of the investigation?" Old Master Crawford stopped looking at her and turned
his focus to Luke instead.
"It’s still under investigation." Luke did not share any details of the investigation. There were a lot of
people in the Crawford family and if something was revealed prematurely, it may affect the
investigation.
Old Master Crawford stopped pushing him when he heard his response.
Luke said, "Grandpa, I''m going upstairs. The children are doing their homework." "Go. Feel free to
spend the night here after dinner so that the children won''t be tired from running around," Old Master
Crawford said.
"Okay." Luke nodded and went upstairs.
Bianca was helping Rainie with her homework. When Luke walked in, she looked up and smiled as she
asked, "Are you okay?" "I’m fine." Luke sat next to her, picked up nche''s workbook, and reviewed it.
"Daddy, Mommy had already checked it," nche put down the textbooks in his hand and said.
"Did you get any questions wrong?" Luke asked. Lanie and Rainie both went to elite schools that were
much more difficult than ordinary schools.
"Of course not! Rainie, on the other hand, is struggling," nche said as he looked helplessly at
Rainie, who was frowning beside him. She had not been attentive in ss recently and did not
understand a lot of the questions.