The Wolf of Los Angeles.

"There is news on the Internet that the blood-drawing needles sold by your Hallasan Trading Company have safety risks and are suspected of causing more than a dozen people to be infected with hepatitis or AIDS."

"Is it true that Rachel bullied a student at school and injured a younger student?"

As soon as they came out of the house, Veronica and Rachel were besieged by media reporters, most of whom were entertainment reporters and paparazzi, and their questions were not polite at all.

Some paparazzi even shout out more excessive tones.

"Veronica, your friend said that before you immigrated, you sold yourself to American soldiers in Korea to make money?"

"We found your old friend, and she said that when you were a kid, you often went to the trash can next to the US military base in South Korea to pick up slop and took it home to cook and eat?"

Listening to these excessive questions, Veronica wanted to go crazy and roar loudly.

But she didn't dare. If the reporters and the media caught her, these bastards would definitely say that she had mental problems and let the US Child Protection Agency intervene to deprive her of custody.

Veronica protected Rachel tightly, and it seemed that she would sink in the storm and waves of media reporters at any time.

At this most dangerous moment, two men rushed in and separated the reporters and paparazzi who were blocking the road.

Veronica finally found her prince charming.

Carol and his driver arrived.

The two men took Veronica and Rachel away from the reporters and got into a Lexus together.

Carol asked the driver to drive and said to Veronica, "I'm sorry, there was a traffic jam when I came. I was a few minutes late. I scared you."

He deliberately arrived a little later than the agreed time so that the carefully prepared reporters and paparazzi could continue to besiege the mother and daughter.

"It's okay." Veronica held Carol's arm tightly: "I came out too early."

Carol held her in her arms and said, "Don't worry, I'll take care of everything."

Veronica held back the tears that were about to flow and nodded vigorously.

Lexus arrived at the Four Seasons Hotel soon. Carol took them upstairs and said as they walked, "Stay here for the time being. No matter how fierce the reporters and paparazzi are, they can't break into the hotel."

The house was surrounded by reporters and paparazzi almost 24 hours a day, making it impossible to live there, so Veronica had to move to a hotel.

But this is not a long-term solution.

The group went upstairs and checked directly into the business suite. Carol helped them carry the few luggage they had.

After settling the two people, Rachel still didn't say a word to Veronica. She closed the bedroom door and went to play games.

Carol said, "It's getting late, I'll go order food."

Veronica thought about what she had just experienced and pulled him back: "There are things I want to talk to you about. I've been so scared these days and I have no one to consult."

Carol said affectionately: "You can tell me if you have any problems. I am your fiancé. No matter what difficulties we face, we should bear them together."

Veronica nodded repeatedly, pulled Carol to sit on the sofa, and said, "Ever since Rachel was expelled from Buckley Middle School, the media reporters have been besieging us. These bastards also dug up my past and published it in the newspapers. There were also my old friends. I used to think we could be friends for life, but when something happened to me, all I got from them were rumors."

Carol understands this mentality: "They can't bear to see you suffer, but they can't bear to see you live better than them."

"It seems... it seems to be true." Veronica's face was full of bitterness: "I have been labeled as the mother of a thief. Except for the Ackerman Charity Foundation that you helped me contact, most other clients have ended their cooperation with Hallasan Company. Rachel made a small mistake and has to accept the punishment of the whole society!"

She felt very uncomfortable. "And Rachel's classmates came to see Rachel every day and yelled at me, saying that they wanted to rescue Rachel from my clutches. I didn't let Rachel go out, and she even quarreled with me about it."

Carol hugged her and stroked her back comfortingly: "Environment, social environment is so important! Why do the rich live in fully gated communities? Their children also attend the most expensive private schools, because of the social environment."

Veronica said: "I know, I know, the environment, now I don't have a good environment, and Rachel's situation is even worse."

Melissa Ackerman was in a hurry to store blood bags because of her big boss, so she asked for it to be done as soon as possible. Carol said, "Let's leave Los Angeles together and get rid of all this terrible thing."

Veronica raised her round face and looked up at Carol: "Can our business be restarted?"

"It's definitely not worse than Los Angeles." Carol elaborated, "I told you last time that the Ackerman Charitable Foundation is going to build a medical center and biological laboratory in Baltimore. I will be the administrative and security director of the biological laboratory, and I have the final say on procurement."

Veronica was surprised: "Are you sure?"

Carol nodded. "It's settled. So let's put an end to all the bad things in Los Angeles and go to Baltimore to develop. The future is better."

He knew what Veronica cared about most: "In Baltimore, without the harassment of reporters and the seduction of bad classmates, Rachel can get back on track."

This sentence touched the heart of Veronica, the mother: "Okay, let's go to Baltimore!"

Carol said: "You'd better transfer the company. If you really can't, you should lay off the employees. The resettlement fees they bring with them are much higher than hiring new people. You should cash out everything you can."

Veronica agreed: "Give me some time, I'll get these done as soon as possible."

After all the troubles she had been going through recently, there was no one or anything she missed in Los Angeles. Carol looked at her frowning brows, tapped them with her hand, and said, "When you are done with these, let's go traveling to relax. Take Rachel with you. Doesn't she like watching Titanic? Let's go to Rosario in Lower California to see the filming location of Titanic."

"Okay." Veronica said, "Rachel will be very happy. I'll book a hotel right away."

In order to make people feel at ease, Carol did not object and let Veronica book the air tickets and hotel.

While having lunch with the chubby-faced mother and daughter, Carol announced the news, and Rachel finally smiled, a rare smile.

Veronica believes this is a very correct decision.

After lunch, Carol, who still had work to do, left the Four Seasons Hotel and returned to the headquarters of the Ackerman Charitable Foundation.

I went into Barack Burnham's office and Melissa Ackerman was there.

Carol reported to both men.

Melissa said, "Baja California is a good choice. We are being targeted by the FBI, so we should be more restrained in Los Angeles. Rosario is in Mexico, not far from Los Angeles, so we can always transport people here when needed."

Barack looked at Carol and said, "Be sure to keep an eye on the mother and daughter. Make a backup plan for what to do if something unexpected happens."

Carol said: "It's ready."

Melissa was in a good mood as her blood bags and organ bank were about to arrive. She warned, “Don’t spread this matter to anyone else, especially don’t let anyone in the family get the news.”

The last time, when her father Buddy Ackerman suddenly suffered organ failure and needed organ replacements, several of the family's regular replacements were infected with infectious diseases, forcing the foundation to look for matching candidates across the United States and even the world, and there were accidents in the process.

Barack said, "We didn't use any outside personnel this time. The news was kept under control. When we got to Rosario, we would use the team I arranged, and it would not involve anyone within the family."

Melissa was relieved: “This is for the best.”

When it comes to the inheritance of family property, the struggle is more than fierce.

The last time, Melissa suspected that her younger brother Sean was behind it.

She was still worried, so she decided to divert her brother's attention. She said to Barack, "Go to Baltimore with great fanfare and spread the news. You will meet me there. That bastard will definitely compete with me for control of the medical center."

Barack worried: "I'd better go to Baja California."

"My blood bags and organ bank, of course I have to go check it out," Melissa said.

There are some things that concern life and health that she would not tell anyone else, not even Barack, her confidant.

Melissa had to watch two blood bags being drawn, and then undergo a series of tests to make sure they were a perfect match for her.

Barack looked at Carol and said, "You have to protect Ms. Ackerman."

"We have elite personnel over there," Carroll said.

…………

Burton Road, Beverly Hills.

Edward got into a second-hand SUV, drove away from an art gallery, circled twice to make sure there was no tailback, and came to Century City Shopping Center, where he changed back to the Audi A8 in the parking lot.

He pulled off the fake beard on his face, took off the wig on his head, and took the makeup remover to wipe off the makeup that changed his facial contours.

With the information provided by Erica, Edward successfully approached Amanda and her daughter and got some information from Amanda.

Edward called his younger brother Michael over, took off the fake license plate, asked him to drive the second-hand SUV away, and drove the Audi back to Twitter and quickly walked into Hawke's office.

Seeing Edward coming back, with traces of makeup still on his face, she asked, "It seems you have gained something?"

Edward said, "Yes, I used Amanda's mother to get information from Amanda. Rachel is indeed their leader, but Nicholas said a lot of provocative words to stimulate Rachel, such as letting her enter the real high-class parties on campus and making her the party queen. He also used Rachel's worship of Paris Hilton to encourage Rachel to steal."

Hawke opened the drawer, found Nicholas's information, and handed it to Edward: "Keep an eye on him and see who he has been in contact with recently."

Edward took it and left the office again.

The next morning, Edward called first and then sent a few photos to Hawke's email.

It was in a roadside parking lot, two cars were parked side by side, and three men had rolled down their windows and were talking.

One of them was Nicholas, who looked somewhat similar to the person in the car with him.

The other person is Carol Andy.

It was not difficult for Hawke to think that Rachel's experience was all arranged. (End of this chapter)