A Crazy Night (Nathaniel and Christina) novel Chapter 599

Chapter 599 Strategem

Nathaniel had always been independent-minded since he was a child. Nobody could ever influence his decisions.

Thus, Charlie had already gotten used to Nathaniel’s aloof response to his advice.

Nathaniel caught the ball Lucas had accidentally kicked in his direction and stood up casually.

“I will protect my family.”

He strode toward the children following that haughty declaration.

Julia appeared beside Charlie with a platter of fruits. She watched as he took a sip of tea while staring fixedly at his cup, so she asked, “Penny for your thoughts?”

Charlie sighed. “He’s become more capable than me. My son, indeed.”

Julia fell silent for a split second as she could make neither head nor tail of her husband’s remark, which came out of nowhere. She then laughed. “Well, of course. I gave birth to him, after all. I think he takes

after me.”

Smiling wordlessly, Charlie wisely refrained from making a comment lest he was sentenced to spend the Tight in the study.

That night, the Hadley residence was filled with laughter and chatter while the Gibson residence was enveloped in an awful, tense gloom.

Azure had received a call from the kidnappers demanding twenty million in ransom, which was to be collected by daybreak and sent to a location of their choosing at a predetermined time.

Seized by panic, she sought Timothy and Yerek to discuss a strategy: the latter only found out about Anya’s kidnapping that night.

After Azure relayed the whole situation, Yerek raised several points of concern.

The kidnappers did not immediately demand a ransom after getting their hands on Anya. Instead, they waited almost a full day to call her family.

Yerek thought the behavior strange, as kidnappers had no other motives for committing such a risky crime aside from money.

Azure had gotten on in years, and Anya was the apple of her eye. As such, she lost her usual cool when she heard the kidnappers would kill the girl if the ransom was not delivered, causing the entire Gibson family to descend into complete chaos.

As she was in no shape to make sense of Yerek’s concerns, he was forced to appease her first.

“Don’t worry, Grandma. Under ordinary circumstances, the kidnappers would not do anything rash before getting the ransom. Anya will be safe.”

“A ransom of twenty million! It would’ve been easy for us to gather that sum of money in the past, but. with the current predicament that the Gibson family is in, there is no way we can amass this amount.”

“There will be a way. Don’t worry.”

“Your uncle remains locked up, and your father’s health precludes him from helping Anya can only count on you. Yerck. I have some jewelry. Sell them and get some

money in Turn”

After calming Azure down, Yerek calculated the liquid cash he had on hand which amounted to only at million, which was still a long way off from twenty million

If he could resell the shares of Gibson Corporation, he might be able to put together that sum over the next few hours.

As the shares he was supposed to inherit were transferred to Christina, only Nigel still had some on hand.

A plan appeared, fully formed, in Yerek’s mind. He dialed a number. “I need you to head to Jadeborough and do something for me at once.”

That night, a lawyer entered a detention center with a briefcase.