Chapter 1021 Partners In Crime

Crawford Mansion was in chaos.

Since the thief had yet to be caught, Susan clamored in front of Old Master Crawford every day to complain about Luke. She said that Luke was not taking it seriously and he only cared about his own happiness, not caring about Thea's injury at all.

Old Master Crawford was upset by her never-ending rambling, so he summoned the family and invited them to the mansion for dinner.

Luke went back with Bianca and the kids. They walked into the living room and noticed Susan, who was alone in the living room.

Bianca sighed and prepared herself for another storm.

"Lanie, Rainie, go upstairs to do your homework. If there's something that you don't understand, make a note of it and I'll come up to help you with it later." Bianca handed the school bags to the twins. There were certain matters that she did not want to involve the kids in.

Blanche and Rainie nodded and carried their school bags upstairs.

Tommy eagerly called out to Susan, "Grandma Susan!"

Susan responded with a stern expression and looked at Luke closely.

Their family was so harmonious that it made her jealous. Everyone was under the same roof on the day of the incident but Thea was the one who got hurt.

Although Thea's condition had stabilized and she was getting better day by day, Susan could not find peace until the thief had been found.

"Luke, when did your level of efficiency become so bad?" Susan went straight into questioning him, ignoring the presence of the children.

Luke's expression remained neutral as he said to Bianca, "My love, please take Tommy upstairs."

He was more than willing to deal with matters as such alone. He did not need Bianca to be by his side.

Bianca was aware of his intentions and did not want to add to his stress. She said to Tommy, "Tommy, let’s go upstairs to watch cartoons, okay?"

Tommy wanted to say that there was also a TV downstairs and they could watch cartoons here, but upon seeing Susan's gloomy expression, he nodded and followed Bianca upstairs.

After Bianca and the kids went upstairs, Luke sat opposite Susan and said," Susan, the matter is under investigation." "Have you been procrastinating? It’s been so long since the break-in and Thea has been suffering in the hospital yet you haven't found anything useful. Are you trying to drag it out? Could it be that you’re in cahoots with the thief?" Susan was filled with wrath and started making wild guesses because she had not heard anything from him.

Luke's expression turned gloomy in an instant.

"If you have doubts about my ability, you can wait for the police to finish their investigation. I’m running a separate investigation alongside the police. Both sides are working on it at the same time," he explained as patiently as he could.

Susan was triggered by his response and pointed at him while shouting," You're finally willing to tell the truth! You're deliberately dragging out the investigation to buy time for the thief! Are you happy that

Thea is hurt? You and the thief are partners in crime!"

Her tone changed from questioning to affirmative.

Luke was running out of patience and did not care about what she thought. When he stood up and wanted to leave, Old Master Crawford came downstairs.

He had overheard the entire conversation. Old Master Crawford was exasperated that Susan said such things. She was acting like a child rather than a respectful adult. He scolded her with a sullen expression, "What nonsense are you talking about?" "Dad, did you hear what he said just now? He told me to wait for the police! This is your 'good' grandson, the one you have high hopes for! If the police are useful, why do we need him to investigate the matter?!" Susan was

arrogant and unreasonable. All she wanted was for Luke to fall from grace in front of Old Master Crawford.

Old Master Crawford had heard what Luke just said as well. Although Luke had not shown Susan any respect, it was not as bad as she made it out to be. He stared at Susan and said, "Are you done causing trouble?"

Susan thought that she finally had something on Luke and refused to let go of it. "Dad, I'm not trying to cause trouble. Maybe... he worked with outsiders to steal your antiques. Crawford Manor had a break- in the same day he came back. How could there be such a coincidence?"

It was a coincidence, and thankfully, Old Master Crawford was not swayed by her. He knocked on the floor with his cane and shouted, "Shut up!"

Susan felt wronged. Old Master Crawford was partial to Luke no matter what.

"Why would Luke steal things from the manor? Do you think that he needs the money? The cash that he has on him now is more than what you have in your bank account. Thea is Louis’ child and Luke loves Louis. Do you think he would do anything to harm Leia?" Old Master Crawford was annoyed with Susan. 1

Susan was a troublemaker. She would pick a fight whenever she saw Allison or Luke.

Old Master Crawford was so tired that he had even considered dividing the family properties after the matter was over.

Susan wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes and went on to talk about Thea. "Dad, Thea is still in the hospital. I can't bear to watch her suffer. She's a sweet child and might have to live the rest of her life with a scar on her head. How can I feel at ease when the thief is still out there?" "The police are not able to find him either.' Although Old Master Crawford felt bad for Thea, he was well aware of the situation. If the police could not find anything, Luke would need some time to investigate the matter thoroughly.

"Someone who dares to steal from Crawford Manor won't be someone simple. Give it some time, and I don't ever want to hear you spewing nonsense again. Luke will get to the bottom of it." Old Master Crawford warned her in case she went on rambling. Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g

Seeing that the thief had yet been caught, the Crawford family was the center of attention in A City. No one felt safe with the thief still out there.

Susan was aggrieved. Luke had given her hope when he asked someone to assist in the investigation. However, she had waited for so long and the case was still open. Hence, she lost her patience and thought he had no intention of helping.

"Luke, what’s the status of the investigation?" Old Master Crawford stopped looking at her and turned his focus to Luke instead.

"It’s still under investigation." Luke did not share any details of the investigation. There were a lot of people in the Crawford family and if something was revealed prematurely, it may affect the investigation.

Old Master Crawford stopped pushing him when he heard his response.

Luke said, "Grandpa, I'm going upstairs. The children are doing their homework." "Go. Feel free to spend the night here after dinner so that the children won't be tired from running around," Old Master Crawford said.

"Okay." Luke nodded and went upstairs.

Bianca was helping Rainie with her homework. When Luke walked in, she looked up and smiled as she asked, "Are you okay?" "I’m fine." Luke sat next to her, picked up Blanche's workbook, and reviewed it.

"Daddy, Mommy had already checked it," Blanche put down the textbooks in his hand and said.

"Did you get any questions wrong?" Luke asked. Lanie and Rainie both went to elite schools that were much more difficult than ordinary schools.

"Of course not! Rainie, on the other hand, is struggling," Blanche said as he looked helplessly at Rainie, who was frowning beside him. She had not been attentive in class recently and did not understand a lot of the questions.