Chapter 292

Meanwhile, in Park Place, Swiston.

"What? Joshua Hummer is dead, and his entire family was massacred? They e

ven burned Hummer Villa down to the ground?" Jessica, who had

been relaxing a second ago, sobered when she heard her guard's report.

The Hummer family was well known for being the top family in Swinton. Whi

le it couldn't win against the Harmon family, it was still a force to be

reckoned with, especially with Boulderthorn's support. So who could be po

werful enough to destroy that family?

"Do you know who did it?" Jessica pushed.

"The fire burned almost everything. It'll be difficult to trace the sourc

e." The guard shook his head.

"We'll be in trouble if we can't find the culprit!" Jessica frowned, pond

ering. Under normal circumstances, she'd be over the moon to learn that t

he Hummer family was gone. However, most people now knew that the Hummer

family and her daughter had something against each other, so Natasha woul

d naturally become the prime

suspect. What Jessica feared the most was that should Boulderthorn start

digging into this matter, things would get much more complicated.

"What's wrong?" Just then, Natasha walked into the room wearing silk paja

mas.

"Joshua Hummer is dead, and the entire Hummer family was destroyed while

Edwin Hummer is still missing!" Jessica summarized everything she knew.

"I already knew that. Nothing to be surprised of." Natasha stretched lazi

ly.

"Huh? When did you find out?" Jessica asked, astonished.

"Dustin called me last night," Natasha responded calmly.

"Last night?" Jessica froze before understanding dawned. "Are you saying

that he's the one who did it?"

"Yep." Natasha nodded.

"Is he crazy? How could he kill Joshua Hummer? Doesn't he know that Joshu

a's mentor is Clement Lincoln? Isn't he worried that Boulderthorn would r

etaliate?" Jessica snapped.

"The Hummer family and I are already enemies, so I don't think Dustin did

anything wrong." Natasha countered.

The truth was she'd already been prepared to fight against them

after hearing that the military had arrested Dustin. Still, it was a good

thing he returned safely.

"He did nothing wrong?" Jessica frowned. "Natasha, do you have any idea w

hat you're saying? Even your father has to be careful around Lincoln! Dus

tin won't be the only one to die if Lincoln wants revenge. You'll be drag

ged down too!"

Boulderthorn was one of the strongest guilds in Balerno. The Harmon famil

y

wouldn't be able to stand up against them, much less the guildmaster, who

had the power to control over ten thousand men.

To put

things into perspective, without military aid, no one would be able to st

op those martial artists.

"Boulderthorn may be powerful, but they are not above the law. They won't

be able to do as they please. Besides, did you really think that the Hum

mer family was going to simply let us go if Dustin hadn't killed Joshua?

Since nothing can stop us from being enemies, the next best option would

be to make the first move!" Natasha explained calmly, having thought abou

t it earlier.

"I don't care. Dustin is in big trouble this time. If you don't want to d

rag our family into this mess, you better cut all ties with him right now

!" Jessica warned.

"That's your plan? Cutting ties with him?" Natasha snorted. "You shouldn'

t forget that Dustin offended the Hummer family for me. Are you telling m

e to turn my back on him right now?"

"Why not?" Jessica responded scornfully. "Everyone has their value. Once

they're no longer of use, they should be discarded. You should always foc

us on the bigger picture."

"How could you say something like that? You haven't changed, have you? Yo

u're still so disgusting!" Natasha sneered before spinning around to leav

e.

"You" Jessica fumed.