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"Has your daughter come home yet?"

Ricky glanced at his wife, who had just entered the living room. She had come from their bedroom, and he assumed she was just checking on him since he was still in the living room.

"Not yet. And I can't contact her," Ricky replied seriously.

It was already midnight, and his daughter, Lexi, still hadn’t returned. He had no idea where she had gone since she left the hospital earlier. He had thought she had gone home, but the maid told him that the young lady had yet to arrive.

"Your daughter is starting to be a troublemaker," his wife commented, sitting beside him.

"Minda."

"What? Don’t you know that because of what happened to James, the Smith family might pull out their investment from our company?" she said seriously.

Ricky sighed deeply. He had to admit that this was one of his concerns too. He had worked for years to court the Smith family to invest in their company. Now, all of that might be gone in an instant due to what happene
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