Fiona did not have a shred of pity for the snatch thieves. She spoke with venom in her voice, and she constantly launched her foot toward them. For the past two days, she had not eaten or slept well, thinking about her 3.8 million dollars.
"I'll tell you! We handed the 3.8 million to our boss after we took it. And he gave each of us a share of it!"
The man immediately spilled everything, evidently terrified.
"Then how do you guys know that we keep our money here? It can't be a coincidence!"
Fane asked them again. He already had the answer, but he needed proper confirmation.
Furthermore, there was no way that Andrew and Fiona would think that the culprit was Xena. The two o f them-especially Fiona-had already treated Xena as a daughter-in-law.
"It—it was Xena Jackson who told our boss. She's also a member of the Motorbike Robbers. She gives us information, and if we get the money, she gets twenty percent of the share all to herself. She gets even more than we do!"
The man immediately revealed.
"Xena!"
Fiona's features contorted; she almost wanted to faint. Her head buzzed.
"No way. How could she..."
Andrew was speechless. He never imagined that Xena was the mastermind.
"Now I remembered. The two times when we spoke about keeping our money, Xena and Ben were there. There’s no way Ben would have done this. But I never thought... We treated her so nicely, and she..."
Realization washed over Andrew. He looked at his son -in-law.
"Fane, both of us were just a witness to your show, right?” he said. "I guess that you suspected Xena a long time ago."
Selena cut in before Fane could speak, "Dad, it has nothing to do with him. The main point is that I thought that there was something off about Xena. That woman can't be up to anything good, so I suspected her. I just told Fane to find a way to make something happen to reveal the truth!"
"I don't care who it is! I just want my money back!”
After the shock had subsided, Fiona shrieked even more furiously, "It must have been the four of you the last time! Give my money back. Give my 3.8 million dollars back!"
Selena flashed a mirthless smile.
"We're not leaving just yet. We're already right outside the bank. We'll go back once I've deposited this 3 million. Fane told me that it’s for me!"
Fiona said, grinning. She took the pouch and headed toward the direction of the bank.
"Ma, take a look inside that pouch. There's only scrap paper in there. What money are you talking about?”
Selena’s lips curled into a bitter smile.
"What?"
Fiona released a gasp of disbelief. Now she understood why Selena had stopped her from opening the pouch while they were playing along; it was because there was no money inside there all along.
She opened the pouch. Anger suddenly gripped her, and she just plopped onto the ground. "My money-3 million! Gone!”
Selena cast Fane a look; she did not know whether to laugh or cry at this.
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