Luckily for Sophia, she grabbed the shoe cab near the door and managed to stabilize herself. She sighed in relief and looked down, only to find she had just stepped on a cellphone fragment. That was just one of many cell phones lying on the ground, and they were all Adam''s.


    ''What happened here? Why did he smash all his phones?'' Sophia had a bad feeling, and she nced with a frown at the sofa in the center of the living room. There, she saw her father sitting sullenly while smoking a cigarette.


    Sophia walked over and asked, "What happened, Dad? Why did you smash your phones?"


    Adam raised his eyes and nced at his daughter. "Why are you calling me ''Dad''? Didn''t you say you don''t want me to interfere with your life? You should mind your own business too, then!"


    Sophia knew her father was simply saying that as he was angry. She sighed and sat next to her, saying, "Shouldn''t we move on from what happened? You''re still my father, and I''m still your daughter! I just didn''t want you to interfere when ites to things involving Zachary and myself. It''s not like I want to disown you as my father!"


    Adam took a big puff of his cigarette and snorted.


    Sophia then pleaded, "Please tell me what happened and why you''re so angry. I won''t worry so much if you just tell me! Is it because of Aunt Melinda and Lilin?"


    "No," Adam said worriedly. "It has nothing to do with your Aunt Melinda and Lilin. Don''t associate every little negative thing with them!"


    Sophia was not too pleased to hear that. "Is that how you see me right now? I''m only asking because I care about you! Are you going to put a gag order on me now to stop me from mentioning Aunt Melinda?" Adam was already in an irritable mood, and he became even more frustrated at the thought that his wife was going to divorce. "I didn''t meet her today. I went to deal with work matters."


    "Did some problems pop up?" Sophia frowned.


    Adam stubbed out his cigarette butt and said, "Financial and tax-rted discrepancies were found in thepanies that were supposed to be sold. They''ve been seized!"


    Sophia was shocked. "How did that happen?! Why would anyone dare to seize your property?"


    Adam has had a great influence in Molomia over recent years as he focused mainly on developing his business there. Though he did not have as much of an influence back in his home country, few would dare to make an enemy out of him. Having hispanies seized was thus very unusual, and he suspected someone must have caused this trouble.


    Adam then said, "Now that thosepanies have been seized, I''ll have to stay in the country to cooperate with their investigation. It''s a pain in the neck!"


    Sophia thought for a while and suggested, "Why don''t you just abandon them? It''s not like those small businesses mean much to you anyway. Let''s just go back to Molomia!"


    Adammented, "This is no longer a question of whether I can do what I want with them. I am forced to stay here and cooperate with the investigation. I''ve been put on a travel restriction because of those alleged financial discrepancies."


    "What?!" Sophia never expected things would be so serious. "What should we do now? Does that mean you''ll have to stay here? How long will it take toplete the investigation?"


    "How would I know? The government''s revenue department hasn''t informed me of the specific amount that I owe them in overdue taxes. They might just put me in jail if the amount is toorge!"


    ''No, no, no! How is this happening?'' Sophia thought to herself in a panic. She then turned to Adam and said, "I don''t think they''ll do that! The government is obliged to extend some courtesy to you. If worsees to worst, we could just give them some hush money!"


    Adam lit another cigarette and felt increasingly irritated. The department had new blood, and his past connections were no longer there. Things would be much trickier because of that. Sophia became less optimistic about the whole situation with every passing thought. "Maybe I could take Zachary and Benjamin back to Molomia and wait for you to wrap things up here? It looks as though things will take some time here, so I''d like to have some peace of mind for myself and bring Zachary back as soon as I can."


    Adam frowned at her suggestion. "And does that peace of minde from leaving me behind so I''ll deal with this stupid investigation alone? Is your disabled husband more important than me?"


    Sophia quickly waved her hand and exined, "No, no, that''s not what I meant! I''m just saying I have faith in your ability to deal with all this. It''s Zachary''s side that''s a little more troublesome. We ran into Corinne when we went out today, and I''m worried she''ll want to take him away from me if her feelings for him are reignited! I think it''s safer for me to bring Zachary back to Molomia at the soonest possible opportunity!"Please check at N/?vel(D)rama.Org.