Chapter 730 The Right Thing to Do

Shawn had stayed here to run the business for Chris. He knew all about shipping, and his investigation would spare Esmae a lot of paranoia.

"Shawn! I can ask you to do it too!" Lucia said excitedly.

"Is it important?" Shawn asked.

"Is anyone around?" Lucia asked.

"Just me," Shawn replied. There was really a meeting, but he was answering his mother's phone as he stood alone in the hallway outside the conference room.

"Recently, Spencer..." Lucia told Shawn exactly what she and Arthur had discovered, and when she was done, she added,

"Shawn, what do you think is going on here?"

Shawn, cold as he was, had a lively and intelligent mind, and he immediately responded,

"I can't tell you what Spencer is doing right now, but his routes are definitely related to the freight business. He's deliberately avoiding us because there are two times and places in between where mom and I are, but Spencer has never visited. That's not like him."

Lucia nodded in agreement and said to Shawn, "Shawn, can you please look into this? I have a feeling Spencer is up to something."

"Sure, I'll look into it, even if you don't. Spencer's behavior is so suspicious," Shawn agreed immediately.

Lucia was relieved. However, she did not forget to remind him, "This matter can not be mentioned to her for the time being. You know that she always hopes that Spencer and I can get along peacefully. If she knows that I am secretly investigating him, she would not be happy."

"Don't worry. I'm on your side," Shawn said readily.

"Shawn, thank you..." Lucia was really grateful that someone as serious as Shawn was doing the research.

"Family, don't be too polite," said Shawn.

Lucia smiled and was about to say something when she heard Esmae's voice on the other end of the phone. She wanted to continue listening when the call was cut off. Lucia's hands tightened in disappointment.

In fact, she just wanted to say a word to her...

"Shawn, what were you talking to her about for so long?" Esmae asked, standing in front of the conference room, and staring at her eldest son.

Though she sounded accusatory and even used the word "she" instead of Lucia's name, Esmae did care about what she had said when she called her. "Nothing," said Shawn, who hung up the phone to prevent Lucia from hearing any potentially hurtful words. He handed the phone back to his mother and said, "Just checking in on your health and dad's."

"She cares about us?" Esmae sneered. She took the phone and unconsciously lit up the screen, glancing at Lucia's call history.

Shawn couldn't help but laugh when he noticed that she was still thinking about Lucia.

"Mom, you know Lucia respects you and dad the most. How could she not care about you?" Shawn said without hesitation.

"If she really respects me, she wouldn't have disobeyed me like this." Esmae was still angry. Ever since that day, she had been paying attention to the domestic media. She had even read the reports that media had released! As she expected, everyone was suspicious of Lucia's character, but why wouldn't she listen to her own advice?!

Sensing his mother's anger flare up again, Shawn grabbed her by the shoulder and shoved her into the conference room.

"Mom, focus on the meeting and stop worrying about it."

Esmae wanted to complain, but she had already been pushed back into the meeting room. Her subordinates were looking at her, and she had to go back to her seat. But after that, she didn't want to hear any more of the meeting.

When she got home in the afternoon, as soon as she entered the house, Shawn went upstairs. Esmae shook her head helplessly, complaining that her son wouldn't spend any more time with her. So, she went into the living room and sat down alone. She let the servants serve the fragrant black tea. In the middle of the tea, she slowly calmed down.

Now, Shawn had snuck into Helena's room. Why was he sneaking into his sister's room when he was in their own house?

The reason, of course, was Helena's rebelliousness and Esmae's stubbornness. After Christmas, Esmae, aware of Helena's connection to Otis, became so angry that she again grounded Helena at home. Not only did she cut her off from the outside world, but she had the nuns give her daily lessons to calm her mind. Helena was sick of this.

Helena was amused when she saw Shawn sneaking into her room and sitting on her bed in a daze. "Shawn, what are you doing?" she asked owns this text.

"Lucia called Mom today, but she didn't answer. I did," said Shawn, as he walked to the bed and sat down next to his sister.

"Really? Lucia called? What did she say?!" It was no wonder Helena was so excited. Her mother would not allow her to contact even with Lucia, for fear that she would help pass the message between her and Otis.

"Calm down..." Shawn frowned and said as he looked at his sister, who did not look like a lady at all. He then told her exactly what Lucia had told him over the phone.

"That son of a bitch is up to something!" Helena jumped up on the bed and said,

"Shawn, you have to find out! No, I'm going with you!"

"Can you behave yourself?" Shawn said, looking at his sister, who was jumping up and down like a monkey.

"This is not the time," Helena said, her eyes shining as she lunged at Shawn's back and whispered in his ear, "Shawn, let's get out there and figure this out right now!"

Shawn calmly picked his ear, squinted at his sister and said, "Can you get out of here?"

The light in Helena's eyes disappeared as soon as she heard this, and she lay limp on Shawn's shoulder.

"Yeah, will mom let me out?"

Shawn turned his head and looked straight ahead without saying a word, but Helena didn't miss the smile on his lips.

"Shawn! Is there any way you can get me out of here?!" Helena shrieked in delight.

"Keep your voice down," Shawn complained in disgust. "I'm going deaf."

Helena's attitude changed immediately. She was limp, coy, and pretentious. Shaking Shawn's arm, she said,

"Shawn, if there's anything you can do..."