Female Novel
Chapter 2475
"No," replied Luke.
The kids were smart. The old master asked to head to the study once they arrived at Crawford Manor.Hence, it was no surprise to know that it had something to do with Allison.
"Daddy, what kind of trouble has Grandma gotten herself into?" Tommy tilted his head and asked.
Luke fell silent.
Tommy added, "Got it. Kids shouldn't be meddling in the adult's affairs."
Luke's phone rang. He put on the wireless earphones and answered the call, "Who is this?"
"Good evening, Mr. Crawford. We're calling from the Federal Trade Commission. You filed a policereport this afternoon claiming that a swindler has scammed your mother's money by asking her tomake some investments. Is it true?" A man's voice came from the other end of the line.
"Yes." Luke raised his brows. They were calling at this hour. Did they manage to arrest the swindler?
"According to the lead you've provided us, we've already arrested the person at the station. Can youplease head to the police station to make a statement and claim your losses back now?" the policeofficer asked.
"I wasn't the one who got cheated. I don't know the details of the situation. You can call the one whosemoney got cheated." Luke was not planning to go to the police station. He would not be able to tellthem anything even if he went there.
After all, he had only briefly explained to them how she got cheated. The main point was that Allisonprovided some information about the swindler to the police officer on the other end of the line.
"Is your mother Ms. Allison Tanner?" The police officer confirmed with him.
"Yes."
"There's one more thing we have to tell you. Although you want to claim back the money, we've lookedinto the suspect's bank account. There isn't much money in it, so we speculate that he has alreadytransferred the money somewhere else. But it's hard to tell where he transferred the money to and howmany people are involved in this. We need you to be prepared for this," added the police officer.
What the police said was what Luke had already expected, so he replied, "I got it. Please contact her.I'm not going to follow up on this case." "Okay, Mr. Crawford." The police officer felt strange when Luketalked to him in such an indifferent voice. He thought that if it was some ordinary person whose moneygot scammed, he would have been anxious about it.
Luke took off the earphones after the call ended. Tommy sat in the backseat and sighed, “Grandmanever fails to startle the police."
"Have you ever seen it happen?" Lanie questioned.
Ever since Lanie could remember things, the troubles Allison got herself into would always startle thepolice officers. They had to come as it was within their scope of work.
However, the Crawford family held on to their principle that they should not wash their dirty linens inpublic. They solved the problems themselves...
Luke did not say anything. The kids had good memories, and they could remember everything theyexperienced when they were young back then.novelbin
There was nothing he could do even if he spoke up for Allison.
Besides, Luke was not planning to speak for her either.
They arrived at the villa and noticed that there was no one in the living room.
Tommy turned to look at Luke and asked, "Daddy, where's Ms. Luca?"
"She's probably in bed now." Luke glanced at the time. It was late. Luca should be on the second floor.He carried the toolbox, headed to the stairs, and reminded the kids, "It's getting late. Get yourselveswashed up and get ready to go to bed."
"Daddy, can I sleep after I finish my calligraphy homework?" Tommy asked,
"It's up to you." Luke and the three kids made their way up the stairs.
The three of them returned to their own bedrooms when they arrived on the second floor. They thoughtLuca was already asleep, so no one went to disturb her.
Luke pushed the master bedroom's door open. Luca was not there. He had already figured out whereshe was, and that was why he was not anxious about it.
After Luke put the toolbox in the bedroom opposite the master bedroom, he walked to the study andgently knocked on the door.
"Come in," Luca's voice came from inside.
Luke pushed the door open and saw Luca sitting on the chair. There was an apparatus on the table.She was holding a test tube in her hands, mixing the medicine in there.
Luke had no idea what Luca was studying, but he had a feeling that the research she was doing hadsomething to do with the Island of Despair.
"You're still doing your research at this hour?" Luke asked.
"I had nothing to do, so I came here to work on my research," Luca explained with a calm voice. Sheplaced the diluted solution into the small fridge to keep it chilled. The research data that came out lasttime was slightly inaccurate, and it affected the medicine badly. That was why Luca had to adjust theproportion of the antidote again.
"I see. You've been working on this for quite some time. Are you stuck?" Luke deliberately asked.
"It's the equipment," Luca shook her head calmly and changed the subject of the conversation. "Mr.Crawford, have you settled Ms. Tanner's problem?" "Not really. The police officers have found thesuspect. She should be on her way to the police station to make a statement now." Luke glanced at hiswatch and reminded her, "It's late. Get yourself cleaned up and go to bed. The research can wait."
"Okay." Luca had already planned to stop doing her research when she knew Luke was back.
The equipment was not advanced enough. Hence, she could not rush it.
Luca arranged the papers and piled them up. Then, she walked out of the study and closed the door.
The two of them walked toward the master bedroom. Luke spoke, "Take a shower first. I'm going toarrange the drawings."
"Okay, Mr. Crawford." Luca gently nodded. It had become a habit for Luke to take a shower in themaster bedroom without her realizing it.
On the other hand.
After Allison received the call from the police officer, she asked the driver to send her to the policestation.
In the police station.
Allison was asked to make a statement by the police after she pointed out the man who scammed herof her money.
After going through all the procedures, Allison could not wait and asked, "Can I claim the money backnow?"
The police officer shook his head, let out a sigh, and replied, "I'm sorry, Ms. Tanner. We've looked intoevery bank account he has. There's not much money in them. So, we assume that he has alreadytransferred all the money somewhere before this. We'll have to investigate where the money has beentransferred."
"How much longer is it going to take? I need the money," Allison pulled her mask up and frowned.
She thought she could claim her money back when the police officer arrested him.
Allison could not help but become anxious when she heard that the police officers had furtherinvestigations to do.
"Ms. Tanner, we can't give you a specific time. The convict might have taken the money out and askedsomeone to keep it for him. It's hard to tell if that's really the case. We need some time to look into ittoo. Don't worry, we'll try our best to claim your money back, but you have to be prepared that youwon't get it back. Judging from our past experiences, these people are criminals with high IQs. It'sunlikely that you'll get the money back," explained the police officer. He knew Allison did not want tohear it, so he secretly mumbled to himself that this would be the case unless the culprit had aconscience and revealed where the money was himself.
However, was there any conscience in people like him?
They would rather get imprisoned for a longer time than tell the authorities where the money was. Thatwas why they could not figure out where these scammers hid the money. It was a chance in a million
for Allison to get her money back.