Brenda’s face also looked extremely grim as she stared intently at the news on her phone: "Everything was set up. This man has a gambling problem and is neck-deep in debt. I already let him know that his only way to avoid being beaten to death by debt collectors and to live well is to cling tightly to Raina North. Logically, he shouldn’t have turned back on his word."
"What if Raina offers him more money? Would he go back on his word?"
"This..." Brenda wasn’t confident.
She originally thought that once Nathan Lawrence showed up with the child, Raina would be crushed underfoot. Who would have thought Raina would be so troublesome, hence the plan wasn’t as detailed.
Claire North barely swallowed her complaints and frowned: "Now, we can only hope that Master Morgan Payne’s strategy succeeds."
"Don’t worry. Since Master Morgan Payne personally took action, Raina North won’t be able to escape..."
Before the words were finished, the phone suddenly rang.
The screen displayed Susan Kensington’s number.
Brenda’s eyes lit up: "It must be Susan Kensington calling to report good news, quickly answer it."
Claire North thought so too and answered the call without hesitation: "Hello, Mother..."
"Master Morgan Payne’s strategy failed. Raina and her people were already prepared. Master Morgan Payne’s informant in the Ghost Doctor’s Vale was caught red-handed."
"What? How is that possible?" Claire North exclaimed: "Didn’t Master Morgan Payne say that his informant was someone Raina trusted greatly?"
It had to be someone Raina deeply trusted, so after Beau Shelby’s death, they would frame Raina for medical malpractice, leaving her beyond redemption.
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"Miss North, although you’re Baby’s biological mother, you’ve never actually entered the Hawthorne Family. So, let’s drop this ’Mother’ title. If anyone hears it, they might misunderstand, and it wouldn’t be good for our reputation."
After Susan Kensington finished speaking, she hung up the phone before Claire could react.
"Mother-in-law! Mother-in-law!" Claire North stared at the darkened phone screen; the call was disconnected.
She looked at Brenda in panic: "It failed..."
Brenda gritted her teeth: "I don’t believe it! Raina North’s luck can’t always be this good!"
"Indeed, her luck can’t always be this good! She’s such a troublemaker and has made so many enemies; one day she’ll have a disastrous downfall! But the problem is, can we wait until then? I fear by the time that happens, everything we’ve done will already be discovered by her!
Mommy, if that time comes, you, me, and The North Family will be doomed! That heartless woman, Raina, will never spare me!"
"I can’t calm down! Mommy, I can’t calm down; how are you supposed to stay calm!"
"We’re doomed! Doomed..." Claire North repeated again and again, then suddenly raised her voice: "It’s all your fault! None of this would have happened if it weren’t for your incompetence! Mommy, you’re my mother, but why are you so incompetent!"
Brenda never expected Claire North to say such things. Listening to Claire’s relentless complaint, she couldn’t stand it any longer and slapped her across the face.
This time, Brenda didn’t hold back. With reddened eyes, she pointed at Claire North and said, word by word: "Claire North, even if I’m incompetent, it’s not for you as my daughter to reprimand me!"
The burning pain on her face brought Claire North back to her senses, and only then did she realize what she had said.
Seeing Brenda’s sorrowful and disappointed expression, she suddenly felt a wave of panic in her heart.