Chapter 1009

Chapter 1009 Arrested For Corruption However, the thought of her sister’s unnatural death caused by the Haddock family and the former’s only son locked up in prison made Kate feel horrible.

At the end of the day, Dixon was her nephew.

Meanwhile, Lochlan was thinking about something else. It’s been so long. Surely there’s a result already?

Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly received a notification from Twitter.

He tapped on it subconsciously. The moment he saw the content of the piece of news, his lips curled into a sinister smirk.

Well, well, James. I bet you never saw it coming.

“Why are you smiling so creepily, Lochlan?” Kate eyed her son dubiously, finding his expression all too foreign.

She could not help but feel a chill run down her spine.

“Nothing. It’s just that Field’s in big trouble. That’s why I’m happy.” Lochlan showed Kate his phone screen. The moment both Kate and Sienna glanced at it, they both saw the latest piece of news.

It read: The mayor of Lake City, James Field, is currently being investigated for corruption and bribery.

The amount involved in this case is at least thirty million. In 2019, James established Drieso’s demolition headquarters and took up the position of the project’s commander-in-chief. Due to it being an extremely profitable project, he made a profit of fifteen million by collecting money illegally. Starting from February 2020, James made a profit of fifteen million by bribing officers. An investigation is still ongoing to find the officers involved. For further information, please stay tuned to our account.

Kate was dumbfounded. As far as she knew, James had a good reputation and lived a simple life. He did not look like someone who would dabble in illegal affairs.

“Mr. Field is involved in corruption?”

“Yes. He’s been arrested already.” Lochlan put away the phone calmly, looking not the slightest bit surprised.

He then turned to Sienna and said, “Ms. Oates, I’ll go look into it now. You may leave if you have other things to attend to. If not, you can stay here with my mom to keep her company and to calm yourself.”

“It’s fine. I’ll wait for you.” Sienna nodded.

At this juncture, she had no other choice but to rely on the Frasers’ help.

In the meantime, Fae was about to turn on the television at the Field residence but found it to be broken.

She shook the remote. Still, it would not turn on.

Given no choice, she set down the remote to browse through TikTok on her phone.

Right then, Joseph walked in and snatched her phone away. “Mom, your phone’s so old. Why don’t I buy you a new one?”

Fae did not find his gestures odd. “It’s okay. It’s still usable.”

Suddenly, her phone fell to the ground with a crash, and the screen shattered.

Fae was speechless. “You good-for-nothing. Why did you break my phone?”

“Oh. It slipped from my hand. Come on. Let’s go get you a new one,” said Joseph cheekily.

He feared Fae might sense something was amiss if she continued staying at home.

After all, he lied to his mother about James going on a business trip the moment he returned.

Fae’s gut told her something was off with her son, but she could not quite put her finger on it.

“Come on. Dad’s not at home. It’s quite boring here.” Joseph took his mother’s hand and led her toward the door.

Hence, Fae had no choice but to leave the house.

Charlotte, too, followed them with a grin. Noticing that, Joseph took her hand in the other.

It was quite a comical scene to see Joseph walking in between Fae and Charlotte while holding their hands.

With that, the three left the governmental residence.

Fae immediately noticed the wife of the minister of communications from afar. Thus, she put on a smile, wanting to go over to greet the latter.

Strangely, the woman left hastily, as if she was avoiding Fae. The former rushed off with her head hung low, pretending to not have seen Fae.

An uncomfortable feeling rose in Fae’s heart. “What’s up with her? Why is she so scared of me?”