Juliette still felt angry and irreconciled over the matter. "Sonnet, you can't soften your heart just because of Mrs. Cole's kneeling! She knows this about you, so she deliberately sold herself in front of you. You’ll be walking into her trap as she wishes if you really reach a settlement with that man!"Sonnet smiled. "I’m not soft-hearted."Juliette looked at her in surprise.She just heard Sonnet say leisurely, "Letting Johnny go is like resolving the blood ties with Harold Cole and his wife, and it's also to heal my own past wounds. I’ll negotiate terms with them. If they want me to let him go, they must sever any relationship with me from now on. They’re not allowed to call me the daughter of the Cole family, and I’ll have nothing to do with them! And—"She said and winked at Juliette, "If Johnny goes to jail, he’ll lose his freedom, but he can escape his debts too, right? Those debts aren’t recognized by the law. But if he’s out, he has to pay them back. He’ll live like a rat
At noon the next day, Sonnet and Martha sat face-to-face in an elegant restaurant.Sonnet looked around and smiled coldly. "This is the first time I’m at such a nice restaurant with you for dinner."Sonnet returned home when she was 12 years old. Her eldest brother, Ivan Cole, was celebrating his birthday. The whole family went to a nice restaurant for dinner, but they did not bring her because they resented her. They even called her a hillbilly.Martha said sincerely, "I was wrong before, but I’ve already reflected on it, and I’ll make it up to you in the future. Sonnie, I’ll eat with you often in the future!"Sonnet chuckled. "That's unnecessary. I'm afraid I’ll get indigestion."Martha turned pale from the clap back."Let's get down to business. It's not impossible for me to help Johnny, but I have conditions," Sonnet said as she withdrew her smile."What conditions?"Sonnet did not answer but took out two sheets of paper from her bag and handed them to Martha. "Have a look.
‘After all, every child’s desire for maternal love is innate!’The more Martha thought about it, the more she felt that getting that money was more important, and she planned to continue to apologize to Sonnet to display her great maternal love.At this moment, she received a call from the detention center. "Mrs. Cole, please come to First People's Hospital immediately. Mr. Johnny Cole is injured."Martha's heart skipped a beat, and her voice changed. "How did he get hurt? Is the injury serious?""He almost drowned.”"Drowned?""Yes, please come here quickly." The other party hung up the phone after finishing speaking.Martha's heart was thumping. ‘Isn't he in the detention center? How could he have drowned?’She did not even bother to eat and hurriedly took a taxi to First People's Hospital. At the same time, she called Harold, asking him to go there too.When she arrived at the emergency room, she saw several police officers standing outside the door of the ward."Excuse me
Martha's cry was immediately jammed in her throat, and she took a deep breath."Who… Who wanted to kill you?" Her voice trembled a little."I don't know. I didn't put my head into the water. Someone pinned me down.""Someone in your cell?"Johnny shook his head. "I don't know. I didn't see it. I was washing my face, but someone pushed my head from behind.""But the police said that after watching the surveillance tapes, it was you who collected the water in the sink and put your head in it!""There’s a problem with the surveillance..." Johnny trembled as he spoke, and his voice lowered, "There’s even a problem with the surveillance footage, which shows how powerful the person who harmed me is!"He held Martha's hand and looked at her desperately. "Mom, quickly find a way to get me out of here, or I might really die inside!"Martha did not answer for a while.Johnny said again, "I heard that it all depends on Sonnet whether I’ll be sentenced and the severity of my sentence. If
Sonnet was startled, then laughed mockingly. "Mrs. Cole, you think too highly of me. If I had the ability, would I have gotten strangled by him as he begged me for money?” "I’ve thought about it, and only you have the biggest conflict with him. He strangled you at that time, and now you made him drown. You wanted to take revenge by suffocating him.” After much deliberation throughout the entire afternoon, Martha felt that Sonnet was the biggest suspect who instigated this behind the scenes.Sonnet sneered. "Didn't you say that I’m a hillbilly? How can a hillbilly have such widespread influence that I can even reach my hands into the detention center? If it were me, I would probably have him die directly. How could he be given a chance to be found and rescued by the police?"Martha choked. ‘Yes, even though she’s rich, she married a foolish husband and came from the countryside, so how could she have such a big network?’If she truly wanted to find ways to kill Johnny, she would
After he finished speaking, the others followed suit.Several of the burly men spoke so loudly that it was as though they were using a speaker. It was terrifying even though the men were not doing anything and were just surrounding them.Jessie's expression changed slightly, and she said to Johnny, "Johnny, get in the car!"Johnny immediately opened the door and got into the car, but two of those burly men walked up to the front of their car to block them.Jessie held the steering wheel and wondered if she should turn on the ignition."Johnny, it's only fair that you pay your debts. If you don't pay back today, we'll keep following you!" the burly men shouted from outside.Johnny did not know what else to do, so he turned to look at Martha and said, "Mom, do you have any funds at home? Please help me out. This is an emergency. I’ll pay you back when I have the money."Martha appeared reluctant.If she could come up with the money to save her son, she would have done so a long t
She was fuming! She used to live like a princess where everyone in the family gave her the best of everything, be it food or entertainment. What now? Everyone was counting on her to find connections to get them funds!Johnny used to treat her like she was the apple of his eye, but he showed his true colors now that he was in debt. He even wanted her to sacrifice herself to save him, which was terribly inhumane!She was annoyed that they kept mentioning Sonnet and comparing her with Sonnet, saying that Sonnet, a country bumpkin, married a better husband than her!The veins on her hand that was holding the steering wheel were popping, and she swore that she must find a powerful man so that she could win Sonnet!She drove the car back to the Coles’ mansion and noticed a few burly men surrounding the house before she got out of the car."The debt collectors came to our house?" Martha said angrily.Johnny stroked his mother's shoulder and said, "Don't worry about them. The law strictl
In the evening, Martha went to talk to Jessie. "Jess, we’re overjoyed that Johnny got released today, so let's go out for dinner with the whole family?"Jessie rolled her eyes and replied, "Does our family have money to go out for a meal? Besides, there are people outside who are after Johnny to collect his debts. Will we be able to eat in peace?""We don’t need to go to an expensive restaurant. I just want our family to get together. Although those debt collectors are surrounding us, they won’t dare to do anything to us. Let’s just pretend that they don't exist," Martha replied with a smile."Okay, I'll go get changed."Before she left the room with a smile on her face, Martha turned to Jessie and said, "Dress well. You’re the Coles’ princess. Even if our family is in trouble now, our princess is still a princess!"Jessie immediately straightened her posture with pride.She changed into a beautiful dress and put on makeup before she went out to dinner with her family.They went