Soon, the phone was connected.
“Lorraine, it’s me.”
Dylan said anxiously, “There’s one thing you need to…”
“Dylan!”
However, before Dylan could get the words out, Lorraine Moore cut him off, “This is about the Campbell family, isn’t it?”
“How do you know?” Dylan was shocked.
“I heard about the afternoon.”
Lorraine Moore’s voice was very heavy and deliberately low, as if worried about being heard. “How’s dad going?” she asked.
“He’s at city Hospital. He just woke up.”
Dylan looked back at Carter Moore and said, “It should be nothing serious, dad is old, the doctor told dad to stay in the hospital for a few days, and then he can go home to rest.”
“Okay.”
Lorraine Moore sighed in relief and asked quietly, “I don't know how you offended the Campbell family, and I don’t want to ask, but I’m afraid I can’t help you this time. You might need to fend for yourself.”
“What?!”
Dylan’s hand shook and the phone almost slipped, “What do you mean? Don’t forget that you’re also a part of the Moore family.”
“With everything going on in our family, you can’t just walk away. Are you going to watch the Moore family’s legacy go down the drain, and dad get pissed off by those guys???”
Dylan was worried!
As Carter Moore had just said, the Moore family was helpless in the face of Charles Campbell’s wrath. But the Rodriguez family was different. The Rodriguez family and the Campbell family were both in Crane Town, and they were connected. In terms of power, the Rodriguez family was not as powerful as the Campbell family, but if the Rodriguez family was willing to mediate, they could certainly minimize the damage to the Moore family.
So, Lorraine Moore was now the only hope for the Moore family!
“It’s not that I don’t want to help. It’s just...”
Lorraine Moore said with resignation, “Well, since you came to me, I won’t keep it from you. Someone from the Campbell family came just now and is still here, talking to my father-in-law in the main hall.”
“I listened for a while at the door. The Campbell family made it very clear that my father-in-law should stay out of our business.”
“Also, my father-in-law... He already said yes!”
It was not loud, but it was thunderous.
“Well, it’s…”
Dylan was struck by lightning, frozen in place, his right hand shaking again. He asked, “So, Lorraine, while Mr. Rodriguez and the Campbell family are here, could you please…”
“No!”
Lorraine Moore certainly knew what Dylan was trying to say. She didn’t even give Dylan a chance to say it. “In the Rodriguez family, my father-in-law always keeps his word. No one can go against his will and no one can change what he decides.”
“If I go in there now and intercede on behalf of my family, not only will I not save you, I will not save the Moore Group, I will involve myself in it. At best, my father-in-law would reprimand me, at worst, he would accuse me of pickpocketing and even kick me out of the Rodriguez family.”
Lorraine Moore was clearly terrified of her father-in-law.
As the saying went, a big family had its complications.
The bigger the family, the harsher the rules, the more obvious the rank. And the head of the family was almost like the emperor. Like the Moore family. Carter Moore’s word was a royal edict. Who dared to disobey it?
The Moore family was like this, let alone the Rodriguez family in the Crane Town.
Dylan’s face turned pale.
“Give me the phone.”
Noticing Dylan’s expression, Carter Moore knew something was wrong and held out his hand, “let me talk to her.”
Dylan handed over the phone.
“Lorraine, I…”
“Dad!”
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