He was halfway there when his cell phone rang in his pocket.
Jared took the phone out with a flurry of steps, glanced at it casually, swiped it with his thumb and held it to his ear, “What’s the matter?”
It was Ben on the phone. When Jared asked him, he said, “The man we sent to spy on Connor Stockert got word that Connor Stockert was on the move and had gone out for the afternoon.”
“Where did he go?” Jared’s face went dark.
On the other end of the phone, Ben pushed his glasses and said, “To the Jefferson family.”
“The Jefferson family?” Jared narrowed his eyes, “What was he doing at the Jefferson family? Connor Stockert is connected to the Jefferson family?”
The Jefferson family was an old family in Olkmore. They had settled in Olkmore hundreds of years earlier, and the Jefferson family, unlike the merchant families, were famously scholarly, and the sons of the Jefferson family were low-key. Therefore, the Jefferson family had a very good reputation in Olkmore, and the Jefferson family hardly had much contact with any family.
In short, the Jefferson family had a sense of independence compared to other families.
However, there were exceptions to everything. The Jefferson family had a very good relationship with the Farrell family.
The biggest reason was that the old Mr. Jefferson was a guard for his grandfather.
During the war, the old Mr. Jefferson took a bullet for his grandfather.
Even though the shot wasn’t meant for his grandfather’s head or heart, it wouldn’t have killed him.
But not everyone had the courage to take a bullet for someone like the old Mr. Jefferson.
So, for this reason, he always took care of the Jefferson family.
And he knew the Jefferson family well enough to know that there were no other families in their social connection except the Farrell family. It was also impossible for them to have anything to do with the Stockert family of the Capital.
But now that Connor Stockert had turned to the Jefferson family, he had to wonder if his knowledge of the Jefferson family was not enough.
Or maybe the Jefferson family had been in contact with the Stockert family all along, but kept it a secret from the Farrell family.
If so, he had to decide whether to continue to support the Jefferson family and take care of the Jefferson family.
The old Mr. Jefferson took a bullet for his grandfather, but the Farrell family repaid the favor long ago. In those ten years, the Jefferson family was framed and the entire clan had to be driven to the farm. It was his grandfather who saved the Jefferson family.
By that time, his grandfather had paid back the Jefferson family.
After that, the support and protection for the Jefferson family were just based on the friendship between the old Mr. Jefferson and his grandfather during the war of more than ten years.
After all, the Farrell family was able to support the Jefferson family, and was not stingy with it.
Then, over the decades, they supported the Jefferson family out of sheer habit and didn’t bother to change.
But now if the Jefferson family had anything to do with the Stockert family behind their back, then they couldn’t blame Jared for being heartless.
He could be merciful enough to protect them, but he could not bear to have them secretly unite with the families which had a history with the Farrell family under his protection.
What was the difference between that and ingratitude?
Ben had no idea what Was going on in Jared’s mind, but he could tell that his tone was clearly different when he said that Connor Stockert went to the Jefferson family.
After all, Ben was clear about the relationship between the Jefferson family and the Farrell family.
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