After Reborn, I Become a Billionaire
Chapter 511 Conspiracy (4) A Trip To River Town

Chapter 511 Conspiracy (4) A Trip to River Town

Along the way, Hannah's phone was busy.

She received calls from Oscar's parents, his brothers, David and Thomas, and her parents.

The world learned about Oscar's custody since the news was leaked to the press.

Finally, they arrived at the headquarters of the Investigation Department.

However, after they came in, they found the staff received them was not the one whom Josh got in touch with. They were told that the staff before had asked for leave since he ran into something.

"We cannot approve your bail application, because the case involved an official in City Hall, and the impact from the media and public opinions cannot be ignored. The suspect will be kept in custody until his trial. And the judge will give him what he deserves." The staff was firm.

Hannah speculated that the news was intentional and prepared long before.

She had to stay calm.

Josh asked in composure, other than emotional, "I've been retained to represent Mr Wells. May I talk with him?"

"I'm afraid not," the staff rejected quickly, "since the suspect is under our investigation. He is not permitted to meet any others, to avoid unnecessary interference."

Josh turned and looked at Hannah who was silent.

And what else could she do?

Wealth seemed so powerless before power.

Josh alternated his proposal and requested, "Then may I have a copy of Mr Wells's case?"

"Sure." The staff responded coldly as before, "Just follow the procedure, sign your name and return the receipt to me. Then I can provide a detailed document to you."

"Thanks."

Josh went to handle the file business at once.

Theodore and Hannah waited outside.

The dialogue above spoiled the composure of Hannah and Theodore.

But they still tried to stay calm, even just by appearance.

The procedure was supposed to cost less than an hour. However, Josh spent nearly all morning on it. It was already noon when he had the document.

Then they got in Jimmy's car in which Josh started his case study, and so did Hannah.

Theodore shouted, "This is on purpose, they set obstacles against us."

Theodore could not contain his anger which would drive him crazy if he did not vent out.

Hannah looked at him and listened to his complaints quietly, other than stopping.

She realized what she had to face. This was a trap and certainly, more challenges and frustrations would come.

What they could do was to get themself prepared.

The sadden pulled back to Oscar's villa.

Josh finished the reading and began analysis, saying, "The evidence is here, free of suspicion. During the past half a year when he was on duty in River Town, Oscar was in charge of 2 important construction projects in the local economic zone, from planning to contractor recommendation. And the existing investigation tells that Oscar forged 2 false accounts and snatched more than 50 million through corruption. What's more, the most fatal evidence was the illicit money the police found in Oscar's apartment."

"In his apartment?" Theodore was bewildered and doubted, "How is it possible to store such a sum of cash in the apartment? This must be a ridiculous rumour."

"It's impossible to forge such a rumour," Josh passed some photos to Theodore and added, "These are the on-site image. These are images, they must get a video of that. So it was impossibly a piece of forged evidence."

"But how come Oscar failed to spot 50 million in cash in his apartment?" Theodore puzzled.

"I finally figure out the reason why City Hall approved a week's leave for Oscar to hand his work over and even promoted him," Hannah started with tremendous anger, "This is a trick. They needed to distract Oscar to have him focus on the business in Kensbury. And they put the money in Oscar's apartment secretly. After that, someone reported Oscar's 'corruption'. Then they could get into his apartment and take the money which they hid there before out, under the camera. Then they have impeccable evidence to set Oscar up. How can he survive such a carefully-planned plot?"

"Damn!" Theodore cursed, "We have prepared for being set up, but failed to figure out how."

Hannah turned to look at him.

As for why they had prepared for the conspiracy, Theodore did not mention specifics.

"What can we do now? They are so well-prepared," asked Theodore.

Josh seemed a bit anxious.

From the point of a lawyer, the case was a hard nut that it seemed least possible to win.

"Josh, how many years in prison, at least, will Oscar face, if he returns all the money and be cooperative in the investigation, according to the laws in Northfield?"

"Since the case involved a huge amount of money, Oscar might face 5 to 10 years at best."

"5-10 years?" Theodore could not accept it.

Meanwhile, Hannah seemed calmer for she thought of something-since they had prepared so well, they would not be satisfied to put Oscar in jail just for 5 to 10 years. Their appetite must be bigger than that. Maybe, this was not the end of the conspiracy.

So if there was more to come, it must allow them a chance to search for new evidence.

"Hannah, how can you be so calm?" Theodore asked, gazing at her, annoyed, "If that happens to Oscar, to be put in custody for 5 to 10 years, everything changes."

After a deep breath, Hannah asked, "Theodore, can you have your father help and replace out if any Collins had a hand in the case?"

Theodore was transfixed for a second and then he responded, "Let me check."

Then he walked to the corner with his phone.

After a while, he returned with a worrisome expression, and said, "My father has inquired about the case secretly. According to him, the case has drawn special attention from City Hall. And none of the Collins ever show any interest to take care of this case. So for the time being, it's uncertain who takes part in it."

Hannah nodded. A map was in her mind.

City Hall was controlled by two families, the Collins and the Balderstons.

If City Hall was one of the accomplices, the mastermind must come from one of the two families.

Hannah frowned.

She was in a puzzle.

Why did the aristocratic families target Oscar?

What she knew was that Charles was the one who did not let go of Oscar. But why did they help Charles since he had been already abandoned by the Collins family?

Hannah was kind of lost in thought.

"Hannah," Theodore got annoyed, watching Hannah was lost.

He kind of fell apart at the moment.

"Do you think Oscar was barely aware of the conspiracy against him and just let it happen?" Hannah suddenly asked.

Theodore was somewhat awake by her.

"Of course, no." He said.

"When Oscar stayed in River Town, he must be very clear that he was prey. So he must be cautious with every move he took. Why did this happen just before his leaving? Because he is a smart guy." Hannah continued, "So the answer must be in River Town where Oscar was framed up. I think we should take a trip there."

A forged lie could not be flawless, she believed.

At least, Oscar would not have allowed it to be flawless.