Their grandfather isn't a native in this country, it was their grandmother that is. He didn't come from an ordinary wealthy family either, but being the second son he has more freedom not having to worry about taking over the patriarchy of his clan thus when he met their grandmother he chose to settle down in this coutry with her.
Thus losing the people from both end of his family broke him, it wasn't easy starting all over again. He has to take over the family patriarch position as soon as he could as his clan holds a big position and responsibility to the inner social circle, without their clan the balance of power that's been peacefully going through the years will crumble and there sure will be chaos, especially in the political and underground world. The social world will have to be reformed as well.
Two years after he took over the position of clan head they found out who initiated the attack, their grandfather has gathered his best men to attack Ruiz but when they arrive at his said hideout he is already dead.
It was at this moment that they realized that there is someone behind all this but has no idea as to who it is specifically so they decided to retreat for the meantime, but their grandfather never stopped investigating Ruiz death.
"Your grandfather has a difficult time going through all Paul's connections and accounts as they are well secured and all important jobs he have taken we're done offline and off the grid. Every trace of transaction activity on his account is wiped carefully as well, but after years of struggle your grandfather finally finds something on Ruiz on one of his hideout. Seems like he like taking jobs old school style as everything on the internet could be easily track. Someone seemed to have hired him for a certain job eight years ago a few months before we were attacked. With difficulty, they try to trace the address that contacted him but they only find out that it was sent from somewhere in the Western Continent also there is no indication as to what the job is all about for they seemed to have communicated in other ways afterwards." Selene filled them up.kool
"Well, that's a bummer." Jake mumbled.
Selene agreed then continue. "That leaves your grandfather with only one lead. One week before our attack one of his subordinate personal accounts received half a billion dollars which pique your grandfather's interest. A day after our attack another one of his subordinate personal accounts received another half a billion dollars and finally before he went into hiding his secretary's account received five hundred million."
"Very wise who would have bother to check his underling's personal account in the first place." Julian has to give it to the man for being clever.
"Yes, but your grandfather is a wise man. Our best tech could not directly trace the account that wired those money but were able to trace as to which bank did it came from and it's fortunate that those three transactions were all processed by one bank. With your grandfathers' connection, he gains access to the accounts that were active for the days when Paul's subordinates received those money and it turned out that only one account wired all those. The account belongs to a guy named Cedric Johnson."
"This Cedric Johnson what does he do for a living?" Julian was curious as to what status this man held to have the guts to order an attack on their family.
"He is the current head of the Johnson clan who is behind the multi-billion jewelry company Pristine." Selene answered.
"So what's his purpose on attacking our family?" Jazz inquired.
"Your grandfather wondered that as well but after a thorough investigation, he can't find any motive as to why Cedric Johnson would order an attack to our family considering that we have never crossed paths with him nor offended him in any other way, though the old Johnson and your late grandmother know each other they maintain a civil and professional relationship." Selene explained.
"You said that grandfather found no motive for him to attack us how sure is he?" Jin stares fixedly at the man's profile that is shown on the hologram.
"After months of monitoring him, the man turned up to be clean as a whistle. He does everything within the law, no records at all no matter how hard your grandfather looks for a loophole. Not even a single connection to the underworld until those times when he wired money to Paul Ruiz. Your grandfather has checked for his past and besides it wasn't until eight years ago that his family came back to take over the company since the old Johnson retired." Selene showed them the man's family records of staying out of the country.
"He could have asked someone else to do the deeds for him?" Jazz suggested.
"No, even if he does grandfather would be able to tract the connection." Jin said while looking at the rest of the information of the man on a tablet.
"Then why would he wire those large amounts of money to Paul?" Jazz wondered.
"He is clearly being framed up. With a multi-billion company, it would be impossible for them not to make an enemy especially that he does everything per the law. In the world of business, many firms do illegal things purely for profit. So it is not impossible that the guy purposely impersonates Mr. Cedric." Julian vindicated.
"The question now is by who?" Jake sighs seeing that there are a lot of missing things for them to connect the dots.
"It's written here that he has a half-brother." Jaden speaks up for the first time.
"That he does." Selene smiled proudly at how the five of them have grown. "Daniel Johnson, his illegitimate brother who is the result of a one night stand of old Johnson with his secretary though Daniel is older than Cedric the inheritance wasn't given to him since old Johnson did not marry his mother. The Johnson clan follows the tradition of having the company to be passed on the firstborn of legal marriage."
"This might have made Mr. Daniel hates his brother much especially that he was the firstborn between the two of them." Jake smirked at the typical family drama of the upper-class circle.
"Precisely the reason why Cedric chose to manage one of their company's branches abroad to avoid conflict with his brother. That is where he met his wife Naomi Green a negotiator who he often worked with. Now exactly eight years ago the old Johnson announced his retirement and have asked Cedric to come home and take over the company but he refused convinced that the old man is still capable of doing so and considering the fact that he and his brother isn't at great terms and that his wife just given birth to their second child. But their old man gives the ultimatum giving him no choice but to come back and take over the company." Selene pulls an article showing the well speculated celebration party of Cedric Johnson's takeover on their company.
"I remember that one." Julian recalled that their family had received an invitation letter at that time and that he, the twins, and their grandmother have all attended the said banquet.
"Oh right, it was us who escorted grandmother then." Jake remembered as well.
Their grandmother came from not only one but two of the most prominent families in the country thus it is no surprise that she is being invited to such an event.
"Cedric had been a very good host and though grandma only observed him for a while she said he is a good man and will lead Pristine into greater heights. His brother, on the other hand, has been nothing but a total snob." Jaden recalled.
"Well not until he learned who we are." Jake sneered then he remembered something else. "Wait! Remember how he asked many personal questions at grandma at that time?"
"Yeah but we just ignored it assuming that he is just trying to make a connection with us." Jaden added.
"Do you think he framed his brother?" Jazz gasped. Being part of a family that gets along, well most of the time, this is really something. While their family isn't perfect at least they don't try to purposely hurt each other to this level. That's just too low, it only shows how incompetent he is as a person.
"Could be, it says here that he has been involved in some underworld business in the past and he is also involved in multiple lawsuits but due to their great family influence, all those lawsuits are settled down without a fuzz. The media haven't even heard of it." Jin continues to browse the rest of the information obtained by their grandfather.
"Jin is right, it is also the perfect time since Cedric just arrived." Julian agreed with his sister.
"Your grandfather has also concluded that as well but he is good at erasing all the possible links that could implicate him thus we can't assert for sure if he actually did frame his younger brother. Now, this is the interesting part this day's Pristine is on shaky grounds since it was found out that around 2 billion of their fund is missing and that Cedric is on the brink of losing his position as president of the company. The money is still unfound and how it was lost is still under investigation also during the havoc it so happens that Daniel has 2 billion on his hands to bring to the company giving him now a total of 12% share hold. Cedric has suspected his brother to have been the one who took it but can't find proof." Selene pulled up the information and showed them.
"Now that's interesting," Jin mumbled fully convinced that Daniel did indeed frame his brother.
"Now usually we don't meddle with the family business but since they involve us first we can't just let this matter settle down on their own." Selene declared.
"I understand that, for if Daniel did indeed frame his brother with what happens 8 years ago we need to stop him from his plans on acquiring Pristine which is obviously what he is planning now. Because the moment he takes over Pristine it would just be easy for him to use Cedric and make it look like it was him who had hired Ruiz to attack us." Julian concluded.
"This Daniel is too cunning thus we must be careful in our actions. Aunt Sel, I know that grandpa has already laid out a plan so tell us." Jin looked at their aunt who smiled wickedly.