"No," replied Luke.
The kids were smart. The old master asked to head to the study once they arrived at Crawford Manor.
Hence, it was no surprise to know that it had something to do with Allison.
"Daddy, what kind of trouble has Grandma gotten herself into?" Tommy tilted his head and asked.
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Luke fell silent.
Tommy added, "Got it. Kids shouldn''t be meddling in the adult''s affairs."
Luke''s phone rang. He put on the wireless earphones and answered the call, "Who is this?"
"Good evening, Mr. Crawford. We''re calling from the Federal Trade Commission. You filed a police
report this afternoon iming that a swindler has scammed your mother''s money by asking her to
make some investments. Is it true?" A man''s voice came from the other end of the line.
"Yes." Luke raised his brows. They were calling at this hour. Did they manage to arrest the swindler?
"ording to the lead you''ve provided us, we''ve already arrested the person at the station. Can you
please head to the police station to make a statement and im your losses back now?" the police
officer asked.
"I wasn''t the one who got cheated. I don''t know the details of the situation. You can call the one whose
money got cheated." Luke was not nning to go to the police station. He would not be able to tell
them anything even if he went there.
After all, he had only briefly exined to them how she got cheated. The main point was that Allison
provided some information about the swindler to the police officer on the other end of the line.
"Is your mother Ms. Allison Tanner?" The police officer confirmed with him.
"Yes."
"There''s one more thing we have to tell you. Although you want to im back the money, we''ve looked
into the suspect''s bank ount. There isn''t much money in it, so we specte that he has already
transferred the money somewhere else. But it''s hard to tell where he transferred the money to and how
many people are involved in this. We need you to be prepared for this," added the police officer.
What the police said was what Luke had already expected, so he replied, "I got it. Please contact her.
I''m not going to follow up on this case." "Okay, Mr. Crawford." The police officer felt strange when Luke
talked to him in such an indifferent voice. He thought that if it was some ordinary person whose money
got scammed, he would have been anxious about it.
Luke took off the earphones after the call ended. Tommy sat in the backseat and sighed, “Grandma
never fails to startle the police."
"Have you ever seen it happen?" Lanie questioned.
Ever since Lanie could remember things, the troubles Allison got herself into would always startle the
police officers. They had toe as it was within their scope of work.
However, the Crawford family held on to their principle that they should not wash their dirty linens in
public. They solved the problems themselves...
Luke did not say anything. The kids had good memories, and they could remember everything they
experienced when they were young back then.
There was nothing he could do even if he spoke up for Allison.
Besides, Luke was not nning to speak for her either.
They arrived at the vi and noticed that there was no one in the living room.
Tommy turned to look at Luke and asked, "Daddy, where''s Ms. Luca?"
"She''s probably in bed now." Luke nced at the time. It waste. Luca should be on the second floor.
He carried the toolbox, headed to the stairs, and reminded the kids, "It''s gettingte. Get yourselves
washed up and get ready to go to bed."
"Daddy, can I sleep after I finish my calligraphy homework?" Tommy asked,
"It''s up to you." Luke and the three kids made their way up the stairs.
The three of them returned to their own bedrooms when they arrived on the second floor. They thought
Luca was already asleep, so no one went to disturb her.
Luke pushed the master bedroom''s door open. Luca was not there. He had already figured out where
she was, and that was why he was not anxious about it.
After Luke put the toolbox in the bedroom opposite the master bedroom, he walked to the study and
gently knocked on the door.
"Come in," Luca''s voice came from inside.
Luke pushed the door open and saw Luca sitting on the chair. There was an apparatus on the table.
She was holding a test tube in her hands, mixing the medicine in there.
Luke had no idea what Luca was studying, but he had a feeling that the research she was doing had
something to do with the Ind of Despair.
"You''re still doing your research at this hour?" Luke asked.
"I had nothing to do, so I came here to work on my research," Luca exined with a calm voice. She
ced the diluted solution into the small fridge to keep it chilled. The research data that came outst
time was slightly inurate, and it affected the medicine badly. That was why Luca had to adjust the
proportion of the antidote again.
"I see. You''ve been working on this for quite some time. Are you stuck?" Luke deliberately asked.
"It''s the equipment," Luca shook her head calmly and changed the subject of the conversation. "Mr.
Crawford, have you settled Ms. Tanner''s problem?" "Not really. The police officers have found the
suspect. She should be on her way to the police station to make a statement now." Luke nced at his
watch and reminded her, "It''ste. Get yourself cleaned up and go to bed. The research can wait."
"Okay." Luca had already nned to stop doing her research when she knew Luke was back.
The equipment was not advanced enough. Hence, she could not rush it.
Luca arranged the papers and piled them up. Then, she walked out of the study and closed the door.
The two of them walked toward the master bedroom. Luke spoke, "Take a shower first. I''m going to
arrange the drawings."
"Okay, Mr. Crawford." Luca gently nodded. It had be a habit for Luke to take a shower in the
master bedroom without her realizing it.
On the other hand.
After Allison received the call from the police officer, she asked the driver to send her to the police
station.
In the police station.
Allison was asked to make a statement by the police after she pointed out the man who scammed her
of her money.
After going through all the procedures, Allison could not wait and asked, "Can I im the money back
now?"
The police officer shook his head, let out a sigh, and replied, "I''m sorry, Ms. Tanner. We''ve looked into
every bank ount he has. There''s not much money in them. So, we assume that he has already
transferred all the money somewhere before this. We''ll have to investigate where the money has been
transferred."
"How much longer is it going to take? I need the money," Allison pulled her mask up and frowned.
She thought she could im her money back when the police officer arrested him.
Allison could not help but be anxious when she heard that the police officers had further
investigations to do.
"Ms. Tanner, we can''t give you a specific time. The convict might have taken the money out and asked
someone to keep it for him. It''s hard to tell if that''s really the case. We need some time to look into it
too. Don''t worry, we''ll try our best to im your money back, but you have to be prepared that you
won''t get it back. Judging from our past experiences, these people are criminals with high IQs. It''s
unlikely that you''ll get the money back," exined the police officer. He knew Allison did not want to
hear it, so he secretly mumbled to himself that this would be the case unless the culprit had a
conscience and revealed where the money was himself.
However, was there any conscience in people like him?
They would rather get imprisoned for a longer time than tell the authorities where the money was. That
was why they could not figure out where these scammers hid the money. It was a chance in a million
for Allison to get her money back.