Chapter 169

"I might betray you?" I tried to be as calm as possible. "No way… " Howard sighed in relief. "I doubted it too. No way you would betray us." My palms started to sweat as I clenched my fingers and said, "So, Howard, any instructions from… Sir lately?" Who was this "Sir" anyway? "Our recent operations haven't been going smoothly. Sir had requested for some funds several times, but all have been denied. Some kids even got beaten up too. And without the funds, we can't locate the children's biological parents." Howard sighed and continued, "Sir mentioned that now that you've married into a wealthy family, you're preoccupied with your upper class lifestyle. He thinks that you've lost interest in the children and might even betray us." "Children?" I found myself asking. I didn't get what he was saying. "When we rescued those trafficked children, we made some enemies. Those people came yesterday and smashed Sir's windows," Howard said with a frightened expression. "Those guys are crazy