A Bumpy Road to Power

This time, it's not questioning, but venting.

After all, he's an old man.

Even if there were no other people's control, he couldn't harm Dirk Carter at all.

It was when the commission staff wanted to take him away.

Jethro Houseman suddenly stopped.

He turned around and looked at Dirk Carter.

And said: "Since we have no chance to meet again, can you tell me why Rasco Shaw is helping you? You two clearly have a deadly feud."

This matter has always baffled Jethro Houseman.

Just like Ezekiel Sawyer.

Rasco Shaw was also personally chosen by him.

The reason for choosing Rasco Shaw was, first, because he was already at rock bottom and needed someone to help him in order to make a comeback, and Jethro Houseman was his hope of returning to power.

Second, Jethro Houseman knew about the enmity between Rasco Shaw and Dirk Carter, and their situation was fundamentally one of mutual destruction.

Choosing Rasco Shaw for this task was the perfect choice.

Compared to Ezekiel Sawyer, he was even less likely to believe there could be reconciliation between Dirk Carter and Rasco Shaw.

However, all the expectations were overturned at the last moment.

Rasco Shaw actually became the key to Dirk Carter breaking the impasse.

For the past couple of days, he racked his brains, but he still couldn't figure it out.

"You really want to know?"

Dirk Carter asked.

Jethro Houseman nodded.

Dirk Carter paused and said, "If you weren't trying to grasp Rasco Shaw's weakness and completely control him, he wouldn't have felt any crisis..."

The matter was actually quite simple.

The key to breaking the impasse was in that black notebook.

After Edgardo Houseman got that black notebook from Liza Yuill, he ordered to eliminate Liza Yuill.

After Dirk Carter rescued Liza Yuill, he assigned her a task.

That task was to find Rasco Shaw.

When Liza Yuill detailed in front of Rasco Shaw how Edgardo Houseman obtained that black notebook, Rasco Shaw's expression changed.

Just like when he met Dirk Carter once again, he desperately wanted that notebook.

To his surprise, Edgardo Houseman's secretary was also secretly after the notebook, and moreover, the notebook was already in Edgardo Houseman's hands.

Under such circumstances.

Rasco Shaw grew wary of the Houseman Family.

What followed was.

Dirk Carter secretly met with him.

He told Rasco Shaw the notebook given to Edgardo Houseman was forged.

The real notebook was still in his own hands.

If Rasco Shaw was willing to help him, he was willing to hand over the notebook.

In other words, at that moment, Dirk Carter gave up his grudge with Rasco Shaw, made a concession, and handed over what Rasco Shaw had always wanted.

Upon hearing this.

Jethro Houseman was suddenly shocked and asked, "Did you really hand over that notebook to him?"

Dirk Carter nodded and said, "I am a person who keeps promises, and when I say it, I do it, so I handed it over."

"Hahahahahaha..."

Jethro Houseman suddenly burst into laughter.

"Why are you laughing?"

Dirk Carter asked.

Jethro Houseman's eyes suddenly revealed a cold intensity.

And said, "Dirk Carter, oh Dirk Carter, you did a foolish thing, an extremely foolish one. I wanted that notebook just to destroy it. I didn't think you'd actually give it to Rasco Shaw. The consequences from now on are yours alone to bear. You'll regret it, you'll regret it..."

"What on earth is in the notebook?"

Dirk Carter asked urgently.

Jethro Houseman took a deep breath.

And said: "You will know, and one day you will know. However, when that day comes, it will be the day you regret it, hahahaha... well, well, well... just thinking there will be such a day, I can die without regret..."

After saying this.

Jethro Houseman strode out of the ward.

Dirk Carter was stunned.

At that moment, he didn't think Jethro Houseman was just trying to intimidate him.

Could it be that the notebook really hides something terrifying?

He had always thought that the notebook should record Rasco Shaw's crimes in some way, which was why he always wanted to get hold of it.

However, when Rasco Shaw betrayed Jethro Houseman to obtain the notebook, he did hesitate and also wondered.

For the greater good, he didn't delve into it.

But Jethro Houseman's words left him somewhat uneasy.

"Dirk!"

Suddenly, Ewan Forrest appeared at the door.

Seeing her flushed face and panting look, Dirk Carter knew something big had happened.

He quickly asked, "What happened?"

"Come, go home with me."

Ewan Forrest said nothing more, rushed into the ward, and grabbed Dirk Carter's hand.

Dirk Carter didn't dare delay, and with Claire Kane, they got into Ewan Forrest's car.

On the way, Ewan Forrest drove fast.

Within less than ten minutes, they arrived at Dirk Carter's apartment complex.

After opening the door.

Dirk Carter saw Dorothy Zechariah, Rose Forrest, and Caleb Ford guarding the side of the dining table, as if there was something.

Seeing Dirk Carter come in.

Dorothy Zechariah immediately grabbed his hand.

Pointing to the ashtray on the dining table, she said, "Dirk, look."

Dirk Carter took a closer look.

In the middle of the dining table, there was an ashtray.

Beside the ashtray was a half-burned piece of paper.

"What is this?"

Dirk Carter asked.

Ewan Forrest picked up the charred piece of paper and brought it in front of Dirk Carter, saying, "Look at the top."

Dirk Carter took the paper and looked closely.

He saw that on the remaining part of the burnt paper, two faint red words "Astral" were written.

"Astral? What does it mean? A mistake maybe? These two words should be 'Phenomenon,'" Claire Kane queried perplexed from beside.

Dirk Carter seemed to realize something and asked, "Where did this paper come from?"

Ewan Forrest answered, "I tore out a page from the notebook you gave to Rasco Shaw..."

On the occasion when Dirk Carter was about to give the notebook to Rasco Shaw for negotiation and collaboration, Ewan Forrest, unnoticed, tore a page from the middle and hid it.

Today, Ewan Forrest took out this paper, finding it to be a blank page, and felt quite disappointed.

So she casually tossed it onto the dining table.

Coincidentally, there was an ashtray on the dining table.

Inside the ashtray was a smoking stub that Caleb Ford hadn't extinguished.

This way.

The cigarette stub ignited the paper.

When the fire was started, it was discovered by Dorothy Zechariah, who quickly covered the flame with a towel.

After the towel was lifted.

She discovered the two words "Astral" on the remaining paper.

"Bring a lighter over here."

Dirk Carter reached out and said.

Caleb Ford quickly pulled out a lighter and handed it to Dirk Carter.

He lit it and warmed the lower part of the paper.

Indeed, the shallow and light words became distinct.

"Ah, so the contents of the notebook have to be viewed this way?"

Upon seeing this, Ewan Forrest exclaimed in surprise.

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