Chapter 358: Withdraw From the Election
“What’s going on with the 30% share? When did it happen? Why didn’t you tell me anything?” Nathan immediately put down his plate upon hearing this and asked for details.
At this critical moment in the presidential competition, any change could become the biggest variable. The Prescott family was Frederick’s most powerful financial support, so the change in their share was what Nathan paid the most attention to. Claire was engaged to Frederick. Once she had 30% of the Prescott family’s shares, Frederick’s situation would be completely different. Even though the share stake was only 30%, it was very likely to play an important role at the most critical moment. In this case, the best way was to let Frederick and Claire marry as soon as possible.
Frederick knew very well that, with Nathan’s personality, even if he told him everything verbatim, Nathan would still furtively investigate it. By then, Claire’s death could no longer be concealed. Therefore, Frederick chose to confess first.
“Dad, I actually know about the 30% share, and I originally wanted to tell you after Claire acquired it. But now… nothing matters anymore because Claire is gone.”
Frederick clenched his fists tightly, pushed away the bench, stood up, walked to Nathan, and knelt down with a thud.
“What?” Nathan was truly shocked this time.
“What do you mean ‘gone’?” Jane also shouted.
To put it bluntly, Frederick was now Arthur’s biggest competitor. The most important support was the Prescott family. If anything happened to him, Arthur would be the only person Nathan would support for promotion. The intensity of supporting only one person versus two was naturally different. Of course, Jane hoped to oust Frederick as soon as possible.
“It was not long ago, just a few days after Diana came back. I was out dealing with a terrorist riot, and Claire suddenly had a stomachache. Diana was there that day, and she and Caroline took Claire to the hospital together. But there was a car accident on the way. Their car collided with a truck carrying oil tankers. There was an explosion, the oil leaked, and it burned for a long time. In the end, Claire and the truck driver were not found alive.”
At this point, Frederick had no choice but to tell everything. As Jane heard that this matter was related to Diana, she immediately became furious and questioned Diana, “What? You drove Ms. Prescott to the hospital, so how come you’re okay?”
“Mom, I was driving when a little kid ran out in front of me and blocked the road, refusing to move. I had no choice but to get out of the car. But I never expected that at that moment, the oil truck would hit my car. At that time, Claire was still in the car, but by the time I wanted to stop it, it was too late…”
Diana was frightened by Jane’s yelling, and she stood up with Frederick.
“You! You guys! Great, each of you is really great. You managed to keep such a big thing secret until now!”
Hearing all this, Nathan picked up the plate next to him and threw it to the ground with a loud sound.
“Dad, I’m sorry. I also know that Madam Prescott attaches great importance to Claire, so I could only keep it a secret for now. Then, I will find a suitable time to speak.”
Things had come to this point, and Frederick could only accept Nathan’s anger.
“The right time? Well, can you tell me when is the right time?”
Nathan paced back and forth anxiously, then kicked Frederick to the ground.
“And you, you are truly capable. You burned Ms. Prescott to ashes. I shouldn’t have let you, a scoundrel, come back from abroad!”
Kicking Frederick, Nathan kicked Diana hard.
“Nathan, now is not the time to be anxious. You should think about how to explain to Madam Prescott. After all, she attaches great importance to Claire.”
Jane knew that Diana had caused a big disaster and was afraid that Nathan would do something else, so she quickly diverted Nathan’s attention. She thought, “Frederick, from this moment on, you will withdraw from the presidential election!”