My body went cold at the man's words, my eyes trained on Father, shock freezing me in place. The words echoing in my head.
Corruption... money laundering
Corruption... money laundering
"That's preposterous." Mother cut in, I looked away from Father whose face had gone red from all the man handling. Mother stalked over to the man with clenched fists, eyes blazing and nose flaring in anger.
"My husband would never be involved in anything as despicable as th..."
The man let out a humourless laughter, smirking at my mother.
"Looks like you don't really know everything about your husband... or maybe you're trying to play dumb." He said, his lips transforming from the smirk to a snarl. I could see the anger in Mother's face melt into fear and she took a step back as he moved to approach
