Hearing the officer call for backup, Four-Eyes imdiately told his n to retreat.
After finishing his call on the balcony, the officer turned and vaguely saw the silhouette of a dog.
Frowning, he hurried to the doorway, but there wasn’t a dog in sight inside the room.
All that was left was the man with the fleshy mole—a creature worse than a dog.
Renee went with Diana and her two children to the police station to give statents.
Walking out of the police station, Renee suggested, "Sis, why don’t you guys move back ho for a while? The New Year is coming up, and it’ll be more lively with everyone together."
Diana Jennings lowered her eyes, hesitating.
She was already content with just being able to co ho for dinner occasionally.
Even if she had the nerve to move back in, it would be impossible. After all, the house was small, with only two bedrooms.
Diana and Renee used to share a room, but around their teenage years, Renee started demanding a room of her own.
Later, when Diana had an unexpected pregnancy, Dalton Jenson flew into a rage and kicked her out of the house.
Although the old saying goes that a stepmother turns a father into a stepfather, Diana knew in her heart that Rhea Dempsey had never mistreated her.
As for Renee—
She was her own little sister. Even though they were only half-sisters, Diana had never thought of holding a grudge against her.
In her eyes, her little sister just had a bad temper and was a bit spoiled.
"Renee." Diana looked at Renee’s fair face and said softly, "I know you’re worried about us, but he’s badly injured and in custody now. He probably can’t do anything."
"Sis!" Renee’s tone grew serious. "He may be in custody, but if he’s bent on revenge, there are plenty of ways. Can’t you just listen to this once?"
"But..." Diana pressed her lips together and said in a low voice, "There isn’t enough room at ho."
Renee blinked, then let out a long breath and smiled. "Sis, you, Zane, and Jasmine can just sleep with ."
Diana frowned. "I’m afraid they’ll be too noisy for you."
"I like it when they’re noisy." Renee leaned down to look at the two little ones. "I’ve been their aunt for so many years, and I’ve never even had a sleepover with them."
Diana was about to say sothing else, but Renee waved her hand decisively. "Sis, it’s settled!"
That evening, Renee brought her sister’s family and Bella ho with her.
When Rhea Dempsey saw her holding a small white dog, a sense of foreboding imdiately crept into her heart.
"Renee Jennings, you..." Ms. Dempsey was about to let loose a tirade when she suddenly caught sight of the three people behind Renee. Her tense face instantly broke into a brilliant smile.
"Oh! Diana, and Zane and Jasmine, you’re here?"
Diana smiled. "Mom."
Zane and Jasmine also greeted her obediently, "Grandma."
"Aww~" Rhea Dempsey’s smile was brighter than any flower. "My sweet darlings!"
After speaking, she glanced tentatively at Renee. Seeing that she wasn’t upset, she imdiately pulled the two little ones into the house.
"Are you hungry? What do you want to eat? Grandma will go buy it!"
Zane replied sweetly, "Grandma, Auntie already took us out to eat!"
Jasmine asked in her sweet, childish voice, "Grandma, can we play with the kitties?"
Rhea Dempsey said with a grin, "Of course you can."
"Wow! There are two kitties!" Jasmine cheered in her soft, sweet voice. "How co there are two kitties?"
Rhea Dempsey: "Your aunt gave birth to them."
Renee quietly slipped Bella in with the cats.
An expression of disbelief crossed Jasmine’s little face. "Can Auntie give birth to kitties?"
Rhea Dempsey said without batting an eye, "She can. She can give birth to puppies, too. See? That little white dog is the one she gave birth to today."
Jasmine blinked her large, dark eyes, and after a mont’s thought, she realized her grandma was joking with her.
"Grandma, Bella..." The little one began to tell her grandma all about Bella’s backstory.
Rhea Dempsey was listening intently when she suddenly looked up and saw Renee wheeling a suitcase in from outside.
"Whose luggage is that?" she asked.
Renee said casually, "Your eldest daughter’s and her children’s."
"My eldest daughter’s..." Rhea turned to look at Diana, as if in disbelief. "For real?"
Diana nodded lightly. "Mom, we might have to impose on you for a while."
Rhea Dempsey frowned.
Diana’s hands, resting on her knees, curled slightly as her heart fluttered with unease.
’She had been too impulsive, bringing the children back to stay when she knew the situation at ho.’
"Maybe we should just..."
"Are you being silly?" Rhea Dempsey cut her off. "How is coming back to your own ho an imposition?"
"You and the kids can take our room. I’ll sleep with Renee, and your dad can sleep in the living room."
Rhea Dempsey had been frowning because she was trying to figure out how to arrange sleeping for four adults and two children.
Now it was Renee’s turn to frown. "I don’t agree."
Rhea Dempsey: "Are you trying to make and your dad sleep in the living room?"
’Unfilial daughter!’
Renee crossed her legs and said lazily, "My sister and the kids can just sleep with . You don’t need to move out of your room."
Rhea Dempsey’s eyes instantly widened in surprise.
Renee: "Why are you looking at like that?"
There were so things Rhea Dempsey couldn’t say outright, so she just said, "I’m just admiring how pretty you are."
Renee’s lips curved into a smirk. "Thanks. I’ve always been pretty."
**
When giving his statent, Zane told the police officer that the Paw Patrol were the reinforcents his auntie had called.
The officer just dismissed it as childish babble.
Paw Patrol was sothing from a cartoon.
Besides, how could a person possibly command so many dogs?
Because it was the first ti anyone had seen a dozen or so dogs attack a person, the story spread like wildfire through various chat groups, even though the case itself wasn’t major.
A group from the criminal investigation team was gathered at a barbecue restaurant for a late-night al.
Kyle Morgan saw the case and read it aloud under his breath. "These dozen or so doggies are amazing! I’d call this a heroic act of justice!"
A colleague next to him asked in surprise, "But how would the dogs know that scumbag was up to no good?"
"Could it be soone told these dogs to attack?" Kyle Morgan imdiately dismissed his own idea. "No, that’s not right. So of them were strays. Who could possibly command them?"
Henry Stark listened quietly, his long, slender fingers wrapped around a glass as he took a sip of orange soda.
’He thought there was one person who could.’
Henry Stark took out his phone, opened his ssaging app, and typed a few words before deleting them one by one.
He silently recited the phone number, switched to WeChat, entered the number, and sent a friend request.
「anwhile.」
Renee took out a new four-piece bedding set.
Diana ca into the room after her shower and saw Renee, sweaty and struggling to make the bed, making a ss of things. She couldn’t help but laugh. "Renee, you go take a shower. I’ll do it."
Renee looked as if she’d seen her savior. "Thanks, sis! Mwah, mwah."
She made a gesture of blowing a kiss.
Diana was utterly exasperated.
After her shower, Renee sat on the sofa, eating fruit and playing on her phone, when she suddenly saw a new friend request on WeChat.
’Henry Stark?’
She raised an eyebrow and accepted his request.
A mont later, she received a ssage from him.
Henry Stark: [Miss Jennings, I heard about a dozen dogs ganging up on soone today.]
Renee took a bite of her apple and smiled.
Renee: [Are you sure it was a person?]
Henry Stark: [It seems I guessed right.]
Renee: [I thought Captain Stark added on WeChat to pay back the consultation fee.]
Henry Stark: [I did.]
He transferred fifty thousand to her.
Renee wasn’t one for pretense; she accepted the money without hesitation.
The next day, a sum of money suddenly appeared in her bank account. The transfer mo read: Criminal Investigation Consultation Fee.
Renee stared at the fifty thousand she had received last night, lost in thought.
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