Today, Georgia and Robert hit the online headlines of the business and entertainment sections.
The headline of the business section was based on the details provided by Robert. It was reported that Robert intended to get back his father's inheritance. The news strongly accused Georgia of deceiving Robert's father and forging his testament. It also mentioned that Robert would get the inheritance back through legal means and gave an example that he had become the inheritor of Aidan a year ago.
As for the headline of the entertainment section, it was about Robert and Sierra's wedding. They rearranged the wedding at the end of the next month, which meant that it was only over 40 days away.
Moreover, the news detailed the love-and-hate story related to the triangle among Georgia, Robert and Sierra. Those two pieces of news generated heated discussion across the Internet world.
Both affairs about property and relationship were strikes against Georgia.
Reading the news, she would have been torn apart if she hadn't talked with Robert before.
Robert had emphasized that she must have a faith in him before she left.
'Maybe I should try to trust him.'
But, she wasn't worried even if there was a little chance that he might lie to her.
"Are you OK?" Simon asked, finding Georgia kept staring at the news in silence.
Georgia was famous now and she also was a member of the MU. Everyone surfed the Internet nowadays. People around her would read the news. Simon knew how words could hurt, so he didn't want Georgia to be knocked down by either sympathy or gloat.
"Just ignore them. They mean nothing to you. You are so gifted that you will be a world-known scholar sooner or later or even a scientist that leaves a good name forever. There will be people who understand you, so don't care about those who don't."
Georgia smiled, in order to dissipate Simon's worry.
"I'm fine. I'm just a bit overwhelmed, because I didn't know those news before. People are busy with their jobs in the lab, though some was looking at him curiously or made some jokes, which wasn't that bad. I got a much worse reputation on the social network before. Don't worry."
Georgia beamed at him. It made Simon believe that she wasn't defeated by the mess. Simon managed a smile in a complex mood and didn't stop her steeping herself in the experiment.
A thing happened a year ago came across his mind. He misunderstood and taunted her before. But she made it through. As someone had been hurt, she had learned how to protect herself from harm.
Simon felt sorry for her, but the fact that he was just a researcher without capacity to help her out resulted in his self-hatred.
Georgia spent the whole morning on doing experiment. She called Wilson at noon when others had lunch or rest.
"Have you read the news online?"
Wilson said yes. He, together with Elsie, investigated the event in the morning. He received Georgia's call when eating in a restaurant.
"I've read it. What are you going to do?"
Georgia owned a public-relation firm and an army of legal minds, but the plan was up to her.
She used to do nothing when news related to her broke out, just waiting for a buzz to shift the focus of netizens.
This time, Wilson still respected her choice.
"It means nothing to me. You don't need to do anything about the news. If Robert prosecutes me, you just ask the legal department to deal with it."
Georgia chose to sit still again. Wilson didn't argue with her but obeyed.
"I will do what you say."
After the phone had been hung up, Elsie asked, "Did Georgia know what happened on the Internet? Is she just going to swallow the slander? How can she put up with Robert? I had no idea that he values the money in such a way that he is going to fight over the inheritance."
Wilson suddenly laughed when Elsie was grumbling.
"We don't need to interfere with their affairs. I believe Georgia has deliberated over her decisions. You can't only focus on what appears on the surface. You and Georgia have talked with Robert before. Can't you see what kind of person Robert is? I've known that Robert has no intention to get that inheritance since a year ago. The beneficiary wouldn't have been Georgia if he had wanted it. Nothing will change him, even if he lost his memory. He must have a plan."
However, Elsie didn't agree with Wilson.
"He has rescheduled the wedding with Sierra for the end of next month. I can tell that he definitely wants to break off all ties with Georgia."
Elsie kept denouncing Robert. But Wilson didn't talk back, since he was aware that he wouldn't win when quarreling with a woman.
They drove to the corporation of Sean stealthily after the lunch.
They had paid special attention to Sean since they heard he was relevant with the fire from Benton. They tried to find out his dirty laundry.
Sean was the second master of the Poole family where his grandpa was a big shot in politics and business in D city.
So, he grew up in a capable and influential family. He got the reputation of womanizer. And there was a rumor about his having paedophilia and weird hobbies for sex.
Therefore, no whore was willing to have sex with him even though he was generous with money.
Elsie and Wilson had tailed Sean for two days. They found nothing useful because Sean had a fixed schedule that he would work in the day and go to bars or have a booty call in the night.
Yesterday, they observed the woman who had sex with Sean. Her face was black and blue, proving the rumor to be true.
"Even though we can be clear about his schedule by tracking him, we can do nothing if those bullied by him don't appeal court." Elsie wondered.
She hated the men like Sean the most, someone who screwed around and treated others as objects rather than human beings.
"He and Chase are pals. He must be part of setting the fire. We can figure out his regular schedule and make clear when they will meet each other. Also, we can find out where those girls came from along the way. At last, we can crack them down."
Tracing the source of those girls and eliminating it was how Wilson planed.
Obviously, it would offend clients who were part of this if the list was exposed. However, they would find new procurers and more innocent children would be hurt, if the clients weren't disclosed.
It was necessary to crack the clients down and prevent them from doing it again. Otherwise, destroying the source wouldn't be helpful.
The problem was that the plan required a lot of time and energy, since every client was needed to be investigated. It only could be done by monitoring their party for several times.
Waiting for a long time, Elsie and Wilson finally found Sean sneaking out at night.
They tailed him to an orphanage in East city where there were a large amount of kids. It was unusual that Sean didn't go to the suburb that were less traveled by.
Elsie and Wilson had come here before. The kids there, with eyes full of pain and sorrow, didn't lead a happy life. Sean stayed at the orphanage all night.
Instead of going home, Elsie and Wilson were waiting outside all night.
They didn't see Sean coming out until the next morning.
Elsie and Wilson exchanged gazes with each other and were sure that the source was this place.
"It's this place that provides kids for them. You should go home and have a rest. I will have someone investigate the orphanage director and the kids there. Be patient. We can investigate other clients in the next party. It's drawing to a close."
Elsie managed a smile.
After staying up all night, she was exhausted. In fact, the thought of Sean bullying kids in the orphanage at night made her angry. She wanted to break in and kicked his ass when waiting outside.
But she didn't reveal her thought to ensure that the plan could go on smoothly.
Wilson drove Elsie to the villa and then ordered someone to investigate. He didn't go to rest, though he was tired. He wanted this problem to be sorted out.
He began the investigation because of Elsie. He became more determined to work out the case, when more and more evidence was found.
He knew Elsie cared about it a lot and closing the case would make her happy.
Wilson decided to have a talk with Robert, so he asked him out in secret.
At noon, Robert came to the place that they appointed, finding Wilson was making tea.
"What do you want to discuss with me?" Robert asked Wilson.
Wilson served Robert a cup of tea and gave him a file.
"Look at this. It's about what Elsie and I are investigating. You are clear that the difficulty isn't in the investigation but in the clients. They will protect each other so as to keep themselves safe. We need a reliable plan to crack them down at a time and leave them nothing to do."
After reading the file that shocked him, Robert asked Wilson who was calm, "What's your plan?"
"They definitely will shut the media up and block channels that can voice opinions on the Internet, if what they did is uncovered. So, we need a sound marketing plan that keeps the discussion about them continued and even infuriates users in social media with the help of certain part of their behaviors if they start to delete blogs about them. We need to fuel the discussion to the extent which no one can keep things under wraps. I believe they will come to you because your firm has invested in various media and newspaper companies."
"But I'm not asking you to turn them down. Instead, it's a better choice that you help them. And then you can ask others to invest in small media platforms and help them develop. At the time when the mainstream media is blocked, people can express in these emerging media platforms. Besides, asking some media to upload their just and fair opinions is also needed. All these can keep the discussion heated..."
A smile with satisfaction touched the corners of Robert's mouth, after he listened to Wilson's plan.
"It's an excellent idea. But the scheme requires profession and secrecy. Can you do it? I don't trust others."
"Rest assured. I will give you a detailed scheme. It's between the two of us. No others will know it."
Finishing the discussion, Robert thought of what he had done recently. He wasn't sure that Georgia knew what he had hinted, so he asked Wilson, "How is Georgia going? Is she affected by the online news?"
"Don't worry. She has asked me to stay out of the Internet stuff. Apparently, she doesn't care about it, which means she has guessed what's the purpose of those news. Even, she doesn't want to launch any public-relation plan. But I'm wondering what your purpose is? I suggest that you better don't risk yourself. You have disappeared a whole year. Georgia may not care about your indecisiveness in choosing her and Sierra. However, she definitely cares about you deceiving her. She can deal with you not being with her, but she won't accept that you get hurt or even pass away."
Wilson guessed that Robert was trying to entice the enemy out by being a bait when he saw the news.
It wasn't a bad method, but it was risking his life.
It would be a happy ending if he won. But he would lose his life if he lost.
"I don't want to put up with it for much longer." he continued, "I'm uncertain whether I can get back my memory. Perhaps, I won't remember what have happened in my lifetime. But I don't want to be hesitated anymore. I need to find out to truth. Don't worry. I have my wife and children waiting for me, so I won't get myself killed."