Chapter 39

"What? They're auditing us?" "Yeah, Mr. Hudson. We pulled a lot of strings to find out, but seems like the Collins Group uncovered some shady stuff in the accounts from three years ago, and it traces back to us." "Mr. Hudson? Mr. Hudson?" "Honey!" "Dad!" Richard's eyes rolled back like he was gonna pass out. Truth be told, he did pull some tricks back then to snatch a project from the Collins Group. He'd gotten cocky since his daughter was poised to become their future daughter-in-law and didn't clean up after himself. If they dig into it now, there's no way they'll miss it. He popped two heart pills before he finally felt a little better. "We're screwed—totally screwed!" Watching him panic like that, Jennifer completely lost her nerve too. Then, like a lightbulb went off in her head, she shoved Irene and said, "Don't you usually hang out with a bunch of rich kids? Call them up! See if anyone can help your dad out." Irene had never been through real trouble before. She grabbed her bag