At home.
Nathan, Penny, Benson, Leah, and Kylie were sitting together and chatting away. Queenie was sitting quietly at the side and obediently doing her homework.
Benson looked worried as he said, "Dad called me earlier and said that the Griffins had sent someone over to hurt us."
"They killed a security guard and my nephew, Leo."
Penny's beautiful face paled as she turned to Nathan. "Hubby, the Griffins are too scary. Nick killed my cousin and threatened to kill the rest of our family, too, unless you and I go see him at my grandfather's place."
Leah wiped her tears away as she wondered, "Why is our family cursed with such disasters? What do we do now?"
Nathan couldn't believe that the Griffins came after all.
Moreover, the Griffins had attacked the
Smiths, who then raised the white flag.
Despite all that, the Griffins still weren't satisfied and insisted that both he and Penny head over to be punished.
Nathan comforted Penny and her family. "Don't worry. Just leave it all to me. I will go to Grandpa's place and settle the issue."
Penny was worried that Nathan might get hurt and she refused to let him go on his own. She insisted, "I'm going with you. I am going to prepare an expensive gift for the Griffins and ask them to show mercy."
Nathan was taken aback and blurted, "We're going to give them a gift?"
Penny replied exasperatedly, "Yeah. The only solution I can think of is to get the Griffins an expensive present so that they would let our family off the hook."
Nathan grinned and replied nonchalantly, "Well, they did come all the way here screaming for blood, so we really should get them a "gift". Don't worry, I'll get them that gift."
Penny didn't think much and nodded before saying, "Okay, but Nathan, remember that the gift must be expensive or we won't not get the Griffins' forgiveness."
Nathan smiled and promised, "Okay. It'll definitely be expensive... And shocking too!"
After saying his piece, Nathan went to the balcony to call Colin and make the necessary arrangements.
One hour later.
Nathan and Penny arrived at Penny's grandfather's place.
The bodies of the Smiths' security guard, Lewis Halliwell, and Leo Smith had been sent to the morgue.
While a member of the Smith family had passed away, Nick Griffin was still there, so they didn't even dare host a funeral. They were worried about upsetting Nick.
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