Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 10

As the Jensen family's oldest grandchild, no one dared to go against Hector when he spoke despite him always having a smile on. Sometimes, his words worked better than his uncles' and aunts'.

For instance, Scott immediately shut up when he saw the warning in Hector's eyes. Cecily glanced at Hector and lowered her head silently so no one could see the look on her face.

Carla was soon taken away by the security guards to be watched over. However, this matter wasn't so easily resolved. On the surface, Carla hadn't stolen anything from the Jensen family, so they couldn't call the cops on her. At the most, they could only claim she was superstitious.

After all, they didn't have concrete proof that she'd stolen the Jensen family's financial fortune. It was clear that they couldn't keep her around anymore, though.

"How should we deal with this, Ms. Shannon?" Thomas asked. He didn't know how she knew something had been buried by the flower bush, but it was evident that she knew her stuff.

"Just burn it." Shannon pulled out her phone and tapped on it. Out of the corner of his eye, Hector saw her transferring half the money he'd transferred to her earlier to another account.

He raised an eyebrow at that but didn't question her. The money was hers now that he'd transferred it to her; she could do whatever she wanted with it.

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In the study, Thomas reported to George what had happened in the garden. "I found something buried by one of the flower bushes. It should be the thing that Ms. Shannon claimed was stealing the Jensen family's financial fortune."

George was surprised. "She knows about these things?"

Thomas thought about it. "It could've been a coincidence. From the surveillance footage, I saw that the item was buried a month ago. According to Ms. Shannon, the Jensen family should've already lost some money by now. But I asked Mr. Adam about this—neither the company nor anyone in the family has suffered any losses lately."

That meant that the talisman Carla had buried hadn't taken effect, which left room for doubt over Shannon's claims.

George listened thoughtfully, then smiled. "I suppose it's just an interest or hobby of hers. Well, if it doesn't affect anything major, let's just leave her to it."

Ultimately, even though Carla's plan hadn't worked, she could not remain at the Jensen residence since she'd already tried to do something to harm the Jensen family.

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When Shannon heard that neither Jensen Corporation nor the Jensen family had suffered any losses, she refused to believe it. "That's impossible."

Even if it was just a little bit, Carla had most definitely stolen the Jensen family's fortune. The slightest bit was enough for Carla and her family to earn a huge sum—Shannon was sure of that.

Scott had wondered whether he'd been too quick to jump to conclusions when he saw that Shannon was right about Carla. When he heard that nothing had happened, he snorted and said, "I said someone was just making herself sound scary, didn't I? I've never heard about anyone stealing a family's financial fortune!"

Shannon shot him a look. It was obvious she was telling him to buzz off. She turned to Hector. "You'll see I'm right if you ask someone to check Carla's and her son's accounts. Check out their transactions for the past month."

Hector was curious to see what she was capable of, so he didn't mind going to the trouble. He made a phone call and was soon given the results. When he saw the transaction records, his expression became rather odd.

Scott and Cecily were curious to know what had happened, so they couldn't help leaning closer. Before they could see anything, Hector put his phone away and looked at Shannon. "Carla's family has run into a windfall lately. They won five million dollars in the lottery."

Shannon looked like she wanted to say "I told you so". She knew she couldn't have been wrong. She said, "Financial fortune balances itself out. If they've earned five million dollars, the Jensen family should've also lost a few million dollars somewhere."

Shannon sounded serious, but Hector felt a little lost for words. He said, "Something minor went wrong with one of the projects at a branch company, and we did lose a few million dollars from it."

He hadn't taken it to heart because it was such a minor loss. If he couldn't care less about it, why would Adam be bothered? He continued, "I thought you meant we had to lose a few billion dollars for it to be considered a loss. Turns out you were only talking about a few million dollars."