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Chapter 713 The Feud (18) The Accident

Chapter 713 The Feud (18) The Accident

People began gossiping and whispering. Clearly, things went out of control.

Rowan blew the top and wondered why the minister had said something like that since Oscar had confirmed that he had surrendered and was ready to make a supportive statement in public. He narrowed his eyes and glared at Oscar.

Oscar appeared confused and helpless as if he had no idea why it would end up like this or what he should do to fix it. He did nothing though Rowan was glaring at him. Surely, Rowan couldn't make him kill the minister in public, but he was suspicious about why Oscar was suddenly so useless.

When the funeral was in a mess, the minister took out his phone slowly and said, "Mr Collins, Mr Balderston is still alive, but he's seriously injured. He's healing, so he can't show up."

"I understand you can't accept the death of Melvin. But facts speak louder than words. The dead can't be brought back to life. Hope you take care and do not play people off against one another again. No matter how, as a minister of Northfield, you must watch your mouth and behaviours, which also represents the Balderston family and the whole Northfield, but not only yourself!" Rowan said powerfully and controlled the situation.

Others began criticizing the minister and blamed him for being unreasonable and meaning to stir conflicts. So, Rowan had good reason to take him down, and he would be silenced.

A few moments later, Rowan narrowed his eyes and ordered Oscar coldly, "Take him down first. Don't ruin Melvin's funeral."

"Yes, Mr Collins!" said Oscar respectfully.

He stepped forward but the minister suddenly took out his phone and told everyone on the spot, "I'm video chatting with Mr Balderston now. He's seriously injured and can't show up today. He's entrusted me to show it to you!"

Hearing that, people fixed their eyes on the phone, including Rowan, who got worried because he didn't have Melvin's dead body.

On the phone, they saw a CIU, where Melvin was lying in bed and seriously injured, and talking to the phone weakly, "Mr Collins, thanks for caring about me. I just woke up today and happened to know you're holding my funeral."

Rowan looked like shit and trembled all over, but he could just take it at the moment.

"I'm fine now, though I thought I would be dead, fortunately, I was rescued. Thanks for the funeral, Mr Collins. I'll rest in bed for some time and heal soon. Then I'll be back." Said Melvin. The living pictures and real voices proved that Melvin was still alive. Suddenly, Rowan glared at Oscar sharply. Oscar was shocked and got to know that he had been set up by Melvin.

The plan was that Melvin would come to the funeral in person, but he'd proved he was still alive in this way, which had exposed Rowan's lies and also assured his own safety. More importantly, Rowan wouldn't go easy on Oscar at this time. Since Oscar was in charge of most of the Collins family's army, he could fight back to save himself. Then, Melvin could kill Rowan through the hand of Oscar, and he even didn't need to lose a man.

Every politician was a wily old fox. It also proved that Melvin had never trusted Oscar deep down, and he had been using him all time.

Instead of his life, Oscar thought of Cian and Hannah first after he learned the truth. Melvin didn't come to the funeral but he had pretended he had. He must have been back on the island by this time. To Melvin, the island was a rather safe place, and he would definitely go back.

No! He could not let Melvin go back to the island.

At the thought of the danger Hannah and Cian would be in, Oscar freaked out instantly, which made Rowan think Oscar was in fear of being seen through.

Oscar called Manuel in no time.

Manuel spoke before he could say a word, "Right. Melvin is back."

So, the minister played a recorded video. In fact, Melvin had planned it all ahead of time and none of them could figure out where and when exactly it was.

Manuel hung up as soon as he said it because he was aimed by thousands of guards. He had no choice but to drop his phone and weapon and surrendered. Hannah looked at him and couldn't do anything to help. Unexpectedly, she had watched Melvin leave and come back helplessly.

Melvin left with the guards in the morning. Soon afterwards, Manuel sneaked into the villa and found most of the guards left. Manuel believed it was easy-peasy to avoid the guards and save Cian and Hannah since he was a good fighter and knew the place well. He couldn't take chances to tell Laird to march in with the army, which was a big target. Once they got caught, Cian and Hannah would be murdered. So, Laird dared not act rashly and let Manuel do it himself.

It was easy, but it still took him an hour to meet up with Hannah. They met and figured out a way to escape. The tunnel was in one hidden corner. They would be safe if they could make it to the tunnel. However, Cian was closely watched there, even when he was sleeping. But Melvin seemed to be sympathetic with Hannah. His men wouldn't enter her room when she was inside.

It took some time for Manuel to figure it out, so he chose Hannah's bedroom as the first spot. He made it to her room and discussed how they were going to save Cian first. "Hannah, Cian's safety is my top priority." Said Manuel, meaning he couldn't get her out first.

Hannah nodded and understood. She wouldn't act up or get upset at this point. All she needed to do was cooperate with Manuel to keep Cian and herself safe.

"I'll go to Cian's room." She said. So far, she wasn't grounded, so she could pass the message to Cian.