Arabella hurriedly entered her car, turning on the ignition. Then, her phone rang beside her. It was Maxwell. “Where are you?” His voice came through, calm but firm. Arabella pursed her lips for a while before responding. She wondered if he knew about what happened with Victoria. But that wasn’t important now. “I’m… leaving the gala,” She replied, already pulling out of the parking lot. “Mum texted me that Mike has been arrested.” A pause came from the other end. “Don’t go there.” Her grip tightened on the steering wheel as her brows furrowed. “What?” “Don’t go there,” he repeated. “Go home.” Arabella frowned. “Maxwell, my brother is in trouble. You don’t expect me to just go home and do absolutely nothing?” “Arabella, just trust me. Do not argue, go home and leave it to me to handle.” Arabella shook her head as she drove, overtaking a car. “No. Not anymore. You have been fixing my family’s mess all on your own without telling me, I can’t put this on you as well!” A deep

Theodore stood up on seeing him, Arabella ran towards him and looked out the door.She raised an inquisitive brow. “You came alone?”Maxwell gave a stiff nod. “Mike isn’t at the police station and your mother doesn’t want to come home, she still insists on you coming there instead.”“Then, let’s go,” Arabella responded hurriedly.“No,” Maxwell shook his head, holding her arm, stopping her. “You’re not going anywhere, Arabella. If you do, you will be putting all of us in danger.”“What do you mean by that?” She frowned. “You told me earlier that the call was a trap and now you are stopping me from going to bring my mom home. You think she’s a danger to me?”Maxwell’s jaw twitched. “At this point, yes she is,” he responded with mincing words.Arabella glanced at her father who stood there silent watching the whole ordeal play out. “Father, aren’t you going to say anything?”Theodore blinked, staring at Maxwell. He knew his wife and how she can be and also he didn’t really know much abo