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Chapter 547 The Balderston Family Got Involved

Chapter 547 The Balderston Family Got Involved

The next day, Hannah got a call from Charles while she was working in the office.

She didn't sleep well last night out of concern about both the post and Oscar. Even when she managed to fall asleep, her dreams were overwhelmed by Oscar's haggard face. She was easily roused from sleep. But she had to struggle to make herself fall asleep again and again.

She picked up the phone, "Mr Sawyer, what can I do for you?"

"Hannah, you start conspiring again, huh?" Charles shouted straightforwardly.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"Oh, you don't? You mean you know nothing about the post?"

"Oh, the post... I have no idea what kind of gossiper would post something like that. I can't believe it was said that you were involved in Mary's death. But Charles, I do wanna know if you had anything to do with that?"

"Enough!" his voice was mixed with burning anger.

The post greatly impacted his reputation.

"Charles, I am working right now and there is a meeting waiting for me. I gotta hang up if there is nothing serious you are gonna talk about." Hannah still maintained an impassive tone.

"You'd better pray that no one can get the evidence to prove your connection to this!" Charles threatened.

Then he hung up the phone.

Hannah stared at her phone, looking serious.

Then she dialled Manuel's number, "Hi, Manuel."

"What's the next move?"

"You have attracted enough public attention. It's time to shape public opinion."

"Okay." Manuel agreed.

"Be careful. Charles has kept an eye on you. If you are found to spread the gossip and hack the media, you will be charged."

"Don't worry."

At 1 PM, another post caught the public attention again.

The title read "Shall the Collins do something to avoid suspicion?"

Such a post with shocking content shed light on Collins's secretive involvement.

Besides, the post was developed with thorough analysis, the major indication of which could be concluded into two points: firstly, Charles, as both the son-in-law of the Collins family and one of the suspects involved in Mary's death, the Collins had every reason to take actions to avoid any suspicion. It was known to all that Collins ruled the judicial system in Kensbury City. Whatever the judgment turned out to be, misapprehension about the Collins would be still inescapable. What was more, according to domestic law, the judge in charge should have no direct nor indirect connection to the case itself. Secondly, it was also known that Charles and Oscar had been opponents against each other with great feuds. However, the trial was now conducted by the judicial system mostly ruled by the Collins, with which Charles was greatly connected. There was no doubt that such a situation would appear rather unfair.

As soon as the post was released, it led to overall agreement among social media.

Discussion about the matter soon turned into people calling for the Collins to step aside from the trial.

The Collins certainly got a negative impact under the stress of public opinion.

Soon, Charles got a call from Rowan.

"Charles, what the hell are you doing? You let Oscar replace a chance to turn the table even after he's kept imprisoned?"

Charles was rendered rather embarrassed.

He thought he had held the trump cards.

However, never did he expect Oscar to manage to exploit an advantage.

"If the situation goes on like this, we will not convince the public even if we settle down the trial as we wish!"

"May I have your suggestion?" asked Charles respectfully.

"We have no alternative but to get the Balderston family involved."

Upon hearing that, Charles gritted his teeth.

If there came another influential family, it would be much more difficult to manipulate.

Then Charles continued worriedly, "Will the Balderstons also try to manipulate the case? Though they have been keeping a low profile, they are still known as equally significant as the Collins. I am afraid the Balderstons is more complicated to tell than we expected."

"Whatever it is, I am sure at least the Balderstons won't try to offend us. We have been living in peace with them these years. Neither we nor they will break the bottom line. And I am sure they should be wise enough to know that. If they mess up with us at this moment, there will be a war. As far as I know about the Balderston family, they aren't powerful enough to fight us."

Undoubtedly, the Collins ascertained that the Balderston family would not offend them.

Charles nodded.

Of course, he had a clear understanding of the Collins's power.

"Even if the Balderstons are to get involved, it won't make any difference to the case even though there might be some chores to deal with. But it doesn't matter. I know how to balance that. But Charles, if Sarah were not with child, I would have dumped you. I don't care if you have anything to do with this case. You've got me disappointed these years. From now on, you'd better behave yourself!"

After that, the phone was hung up.

Charles's hands were still trembling.

From the very beginning, the Collins had been despising him.

With a vicious sneer, he swore he would build his success on the top of the ruins of the Collins someday.

When Hannah got a call from Melvin, she just left the office.

While staring at the screen of her phone, she took a deep breath and answered it, "Hello, Mr Balderston."

"The Collins has talked to me." Said Melvin straightforwardly.

Never did Hannah expect the Collins to make the move so soon.

They decided after the post was released within hours.

She somehow felt amazed by the Collins's decisiveness.

"They want me to get involved in the case. That means I am going to supervise the case but the trial will still be conducted in Kensbury."

"OK." Hannah nodded.

She knew it was unlikely for the Collins to give away all the power to Melvin.

"I am calling to tell you that I will play my role in the case, and also let you know that I won't offend the Collins in this matter. That's to say, I won't dig deeper into the investigation unless the Collins give up on Charles."

"Don't worry. I won't put you in a difficult position." Said Hannah.

"I want to know how much you can do." As soon as he finished, he hung up the phone.

Hannah stared at the phone blankly.

He was indicating something.

Gritting, she tried not to get herself distracted.

But more importantly, she got to figure a way out to alienate Sarah from Charles.

The answer was obvious-to get Sarah miscarried would be the best solution.

Determined, she was aware that she couldn't show any mercy to Sarah!