After threatening Harold, Miranda left his office with her people. She walked out with her head held high.
She had said her piece. If Harold remained stubborn, he would learn the hard way what crossing her meant.
Daphne followed Miranda, throwing one last smug look at Harold before leaving. She was hoping Yolanda and Harold would resist. The Hendersons would be finished then, and she could get her revenge for how Yolanda had humiliated her!
Once he saw all of them leave, Harold collapsed into his chair. Breathing heavily, his earlier defiance was all gone.
Offending the Cavanaughs would make things extremely difficult for him, but he worried more about Yolanda's clinic. Even with Zach's protection, the Cavanaughs' influence ran deeper. If they decided to move against Yolanda, even Zach and Logan might not be able to stop them.
"No, I have to warn Yolanda and tell her to ask Mr. Wright for help!" Harold pulled out his phone and called Yolanda. He tried calling her thrice, but his calls were not answered.
"Why isn't she picking up?" His frown deepened. "She hasn't been arrested already, has she?"
The thought of that made Harold worry, so he immediately grabbed his car keys and rushed out.
During work hours, the Henderson Group underground parking lot was empty. Just as Harold opened his car door, he heard rapid footsteps behind him. Before he could turn, a baseball bat struck the back of his head.
He grunted and passed out. Two men in black then dragged his body into a waiting van. They jumped in, and the van sped away.
Meanwhile, Winnie had just been knocked out at her home and thrown into another car. The men in black drove toward the outskirts with her.
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