Chapter 582

Helen was involuntarily startled. “W-What does Matthew have to do with this? It was you who borrowed the money and invested it; it was your name that was signed on the contract. Not only does Matthew have no idea about this matter from start to finish, but he never took part in it! So why should he bear the responsibility for this matter? This doesn’t sound logical at all!”

Staring into Helen’s eyes, Liam explained softly, “Mom, don’t forget that Matthew’s shares in the construction company haven’t been transferred to Dad yet, so he is still one of the company’s shareholders right now. This time’s investment was a business collaboration between the construction company and a third party. Therefore, if someone really has to take responsibility for this matter, the company’s owner should be the one to do so.”

Helen’s eyes widened. “I-Is this true? The construction company is under your Dad’s name, s-so won’t your Dad be in greater danger? I’m warning you, Liam—you must bear the responsibility for this. If you dare to make your Dad go to prison, I-I’ll kill you!”

Demi objected hastily, “Why should he bear the responsibility for this matter alone? Matthew is also a shareholder of this company, so he must take responsibility for this matter too!”

Helen shot back angrily, “What about your Dad?”

Demi bowed her head and muttered to herself with a defiant expression.

Liam said in a low voice, “Don’t worry, Mom. I’m trying to explain to you the solution right now. As I said just now, I can’t take sole responsibility for this time’s investment even if I want to. The company’s owner certainly has to take responsibility too. Even if I really want to shoulder the responsibility for everything, I don’t have the capacity to do so. Dad won’t get away from this matter if the authorities look into it.”

Helen and James were shocked at his words. “Then what should we do?”

Liam clenched his teeth and answered with a ferocious expression, “The only solution right now is to find a shareholder and transfer all of Dad’s shares to him. That way, Dad will no longer be the company’s owner, so he won’t have to be responsible for these things and can avoid going to prison!”

Uplifted by his words, James immediately asked, “Do you mean transferring all my shares to Matthew to let him take responsibility for this matter? Liam, do you think he’ll agree to this? He isn’t a fool, so how could he possibly take responsibility for this when it’s obvious that he’ll go to prison for it? Not only will he disagree, even Sasha will also object to this.”

Liam suggested softly, “He will certainly turn us down if he learns about this, but it’ll be easy if he is unaware of this matter. He was unwilling to give the company to Dad earlier, which means he must have wanted to have the company to himself. Therefore, he’ll certainly be happy if we agree to give the shares back to him right now; even Sasha will be very happy about this. Let us keep this matter secret from him first. We’ll no longer have anything to do with this matter once all Dad’s shares in the company are transferred to him. By then, he’ll have to take responsibility even if he doesn’t want to, for he is a shareholder of the company!”

James and Helen looked at each other in hesitation.

Demi immediately urged, “Dad, Mom, what else are you thinking about? This is the best solution so that all of us don’t have to go to prison.”

Feeling embarrassed, Helen argued, “That being said, i-isn’t it a little too heartless of us to do so?

Matthew has nothing to do with this, so wouldn’t we be going too far by luring him into a trap just like this? Liam, you are behind this matter, so you should bear the responsibility. Why don’t we let your Dad transfer his shares to your name? By then, we’ll hire the best attorney to help you by pushing for the lightest sentence for you. After you’re released from prison in a few years, we’ll transfer the drugstore chain to your name. How about that?”

Demi was displeased at once. “Mom, why should Liam be sentenced to prison? Why are you so kind to Matthew? He’s but a live-in son-in-law. Now that something has happened to our family, we’re giving him the opportunity to help out by asking him to bear the responsibility. What’s so heartless about that?”