Female Novel
Chapter 1021
Chapter 1021 Partners In Crime
Crawford Mansion was in chaos.
Since the thief had yet to be caught, Susan clamored in front of Old Master Crawford every day tocomplain about Luke. She said that Luke was not taking it seriously and he only cared about his ownhappiness, not caring about Thea's injury at all.
Old Master Crawford was upset by her never-ending rambling, so he summoned the family and invitedthem to the mansion for dinner.
Luke went back with Bianca and the kids. They walked into the living room and noticed Susan, whowas alone in the living room.
Bianca sighed and prepared herself for another storm.
"Lanie, Rainie, go upstairs to do your homework. If there's something that you don't understand, makea note of it and I'll come up to help you with it later." Bianca handed the school bags to the twins. Therewere certain matters that she did not want to involve the kids in.
Blanche and Rainie nodded and carried their school bags upstairs.
Tommy eagerly called out to Susan, "Grandma Susan!"
Susan responded with a stern expression and looked at Luke closely.
Their family was so harmonious that it made her jealous. Everyone was under the same roof on theday of the incident but Thea was the one who got hurt.
Although Thea's condition had stabilized and she was getting better day by day, Susan could not findpeace until the thief had been found.
"Luke, when did your level of efficiency become so bad?" Susan went straight into questioning him,ignoring the presence of the children.
Luke's expression remained neutral as he said to Bianca, "My love, please take Tommy upstairs."
He was more than willing to deal with matters as such alone. He did not need Bianca to be by his side.
Bianca was aware of his intentions and did not want to add to his stress. She said to Tommy, "Tommy,let’s go upstairs to watch cartoons, okay?"
Tommy wanted to say that there was also a TV downstairs and they could watch cartoons here, butupon seeing Susan's gloomy expression, he nodded and followed Bianca upstairs.
After Bianca and the kids went upstairs, Luke sat opposite Susan and said," Susan, the matter is underinvestigation." "Have you been procrastinating? It’s been so long since the break-in and Thea has beensuffering in the hospital yet you haven't found anything useful. Are you trying to drag it out? Could it bethat you’re in cahoots with the thief?" Susan was filled with wrath and started making wild guessesbecause she had not heard anything from him.
Luke's expression turned gloomy in an instant.novelbin
"If you have doubts about my ability, you can wait for the police to finish their investigation. I’m runninga separate investigation alongside the police. Both sides are working on it at the same time," heexplained as patiently as he could.
Susan was triggered by his response and pointed at him while shouting," You're finally willing to tell thetruth! You're deliberately dragging out the investigation to buy time for the thief! Are you happy that
Thea is hurt? You and the thief are partners in crime!"
Her tone changed from questioning to affirmative.
Luke was running out of patience and did not care about what she thought. When he stood up andwanted to leave, Old Master Crawford came downstairs.
He had overheard the entire conversation. Old Master Crawford was exasperated that Susan said suchthings. She was acting like a child rather than a respectful adult. He scolded her with a sullenexpression, "What nonsense are you talking about?" "Dad, did you hear what he said just now? He toldme to wait for the police! This is your 'good' grandson, the one you have high hopes for! If the policeare useful, why do we need him to investigate the matter?!" Susan was
arrogant and unreasonable. All she wanted was for Luke to fall from grace in front of Old MasterCrawford.
Old Master Crawford had heard what Luke just said as well. Although Luke had not shown Susan anyrespect, it was not as bad as she made it out to be. He stared at Susan and said, "Are you donecausing trouble?"
Susan thought that she finally had something on Luke and refused to let go of it. "Dad, I'm not trying tocause trouble. Maybe... he worked with outsiders to steal your antiques. Crawford Manor had a break-in the same day he came back. How could there be such a coincidence?"
It was a coincidence, and thankfully, Old Master Crawford was not swayed by her. He knocked on thefloor with his cane and shouted, "Shut up!"
Susan felt wronged. Old Master Crawford was partial to Luke no matter what.
"Why would Luke steal things from the manor? Do you think that he needs the money? The cash thathe has on him now is more than what you have in your bank account. Thea is Louis’ child and Lukeloves Louis. Do you think he would do anything to harm Leia?" Old Master Crawford was annoyed withSusan. 1
Susan was a troublemaker. She would pick a fight whenever she saw Allison or Luke.
Old Master Crawford was so tired that he had even considered dividing the family properties after thematter was over.
Susan wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes and went on to talk about Thea. "Dad, Thea is still inthe hospital. I can't bear to watch her suffer. She's a sweet child and might have to live the rest of herlife with a scar on her head. How can I feel at ease when the thief is still out there?" "The police are notable to find him either.' Although Old Master Crawford felt bad for Thea, he was well aware of thesituation. If the police could not find anything, Luke would need some time to investigate the matterthoroughly.
"Someone who dares to steal from Crawford Manor won't be someone simple. Give it some time, and Idon't ever want to hear you spewing nonsense again. Luke will get to the bottom of it." Old MasterCrawford warned her in case she went on rambling.
Seeing that the thief had yet been caught, the Crawford family was the center of attention in A City. Noone felt safe with the thief still out there.
Susan was aggrieved. Luke had given her hope when he asked someone to assist in the investigation.However, she had waited for so long and the case was still open. Hence, she lost her patience andthought he had no intention of helping.
"Luke, what’s the status of the investigation?" Old Master Crawford stopped looking at her and turnedhis focus to Luke instead.
"It’s still under investigation." Luke did not share any details of the investigation. There were a lot ofpeople in the Crawford family and if something was revealed prematurely, it may affect theinvestigation.
Old Master Crawford stopped pushing him when he heard his response.
Luke said, "Grandpa, I'm going upstairs. The children are doing their homework." "Go. Feel free tospend the night here after dinner so that the children won't be tired from running around," Old MasterCrawford said.
"Okay." Luke nodded and went upstairs.
Bianca was helping Rainie with her homework. When Luke walked in, she looked up and smiled as sheasked, "Are you okay?" "I’m fine." Luke sat next to her, picked up Blanche's workbook, and reviewed it.
"Daddy, Mommy had already checked it," Blanche put down the textbooks in his hand and said.
"Did you get any questions wrong?" Luke asked. Lanie and Rainie both went to elite schools that weremuch more difficult than ordinary schools.
"Of course not! Rainie, on the other hand, is struggling," Blanche said as he looked helplessly atRainie, who was frowning beside him. She had not been attentive in class recently and did notunderstand a lot of the questions.