Once a Doormat Now Untouchable (Caleb and Sydney) novel Chapter 683

Chapter 683

The seriousness in Julian’s voice was impossible to miss.

On the other end, Raymond’s brow tightened. “What do you mean? Just because of that, you think our family…”

“I’m not finished.” Julian paused, weighing his words before continuing. “Elliot also found that, before the incident, your father had frequent contact with that police chief.”

At that, Raymond fell silent. His brows drew together, tense.

No one else in the Hutton family would do something like that. But his father was capable of acting rashly.

After a brief pause, Raymond sorted through the details and did not dare make any promises. “I’ll call my sister right now. She’s always dealt with Mr. Tarrant. She should be able to find out what happened back then.”

Joshua Tarrant had been Brimcrest’s top police officer at the time. Now that Julian mentioned it, Raymond remembered that his family did know someone like him.

In recent years, Diana had handled the family’s social and political ties.

When Raymond hung up and called Diana, even he felt uneasy. ‘The murder of anti-drug officers… How far gone did Theodore have to be to do something like that?’

If the Huttons were truly tied to it, then none of them would have any right to hope shamelessly that Sydney would return.

A life-saving debt was no less than the debt of birth.

Cursing his father inwardly, Raymond quickly explained everything. “That’s the situation. Call Mr. Tarrant as soon as possible and ask what happened back then. Find out whether our family was involved.

“Julian’s already investigating. If it leads back to us and he finds out first, we won’t be able to explain our way out of it.”

If they investigated first, they might still have some room to explain. Otherwise, given Julian’s temperament, he would never cover for them. By the time Sydney found out, anything they said would only sound forced.

Diana’s eyes turned ice-cold. “I understand.”

The moment she finished speaking, she hung up without waiting for Raymond to reply.

“Hello?”

Raymond stared at the phone in disbelief, then immediately called back.

This time, the line was busy. Diana was already on another call.

But she did not call Joshua. She called Theodore, who was overseas.

The moment the call connected, she went straight to the point. “Did Sydney’s adoptive parents’ deaths have anything to do with you?”

The blunt question caught Theodore off guard. After the shock came guilt.

He began to evade at once. “Why are you suddenly asking about that? That was years ago. And I didn’t even know them back then.”

“I didn’t ask whether you knew them.” Diana’s voice was cold. “I asked whether it had anything to do with you.”

She had no patience for evasions. “If you won’t answer, I’ll ask Mr. Tarrant myself. When that happens, things will get ugly. And if Grandpa gets angry enough, there’s no telling what decision he’ll male.”

“It had nothing to do with me!” Theodore denied it loudly, his tone almost indignant. “I had no grudge against them. Why

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would I harm them?”

“Mm.” Diana’s tone did not soften.

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