Acting cautiously, Xavier pretended to have a conversation with Matthew. While Matthew was distracted, he turned around all of a sudden and made a dash for it. But Matthew already had his guard up since a long time ago and chased after him the moment he turned around.
They engaged in a fight for about half an hour and it ended in Xavier being defeated and killed by Matthew.
Matthew set both of their cars on fire to not leave any evidence behind. Then, he took a detour on a road away from the main highway and quietly returned to Eastcliff without anyone knowing what he just did.
Xavier’s elder brother had called him just now and he knew that something was amiss, so he asked Travis to send someone to investigate immediately.
After all, Matthew was labeled as a useless bum who relied on his wife. Nobody would have thought that a person who was called a wimp for three years would be capable of such a feat.
They suspected the Jacksons because after all, the Hughes wanted to destroy them, so they wouldn’t just be sitting ducks.
So the next day, the Hughes mobilized a big group of armed men to Eastcliff and demanded an explanation from the Jacksons. But in the end, they couldn’t do anything to them because of the lack of evidence.
To vent their frustrations, they wounded more than a dozen men from the Jacksons and left a bunch of insults before leaving.
Although the Jacksons were furious, there was nothing they could do about it. Since their family wasn’t as strong as theirs, they could only accept their fate.
But what peeved them the most was the reaction of the Ten Greatest Families.
Initially, the top ten families were in a coalition, but after the incident with the Hughes, the other nine families immediately kept a distance from the Jacksons.
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