Five minutes later, Joey took out his phone and dialed 911. “Hello, I want to surrender myself?”The person on the other end of the line hurriedly asked, “What happened? Why do you want to surrender?”Joey said emotionlessly, “I just killed someone…”“Where are you now? Are they dead?”“Yes!” Joey glanced at Janice again, and then slowly stated Janice’s address into the phone.Ten minutes later, two police cars and an ambulance arrived at Janice’s house almost at the same time.The police rushed in with the doctor. The police apprehended Joey and handcuffed him before allowing the doctor to check on the two victims.The doctor quickly announced that both victims were dead.The police immediately took Joey into the police car and formally arrested him.Sitting in the police car, Joey was very calm and indifferent. He knew that this was the end of his life anyway, it didn’t matter whether he lived or died.Although he didn’t show any expression on his face, his heart still hurt
Only now did Charlie know that the news was about Joey.The chat group among the orphanage friends went into a frenzy today.None of them could imagine that they had just had their reunion yesterday, and two friends from the orphanage died today.Max’s death was expected. They knew his true colors and what he did, so they didn’t feel sorry about his death.Joey’s news came like a tsunami to them. They had never thought that Joey, who had always liked to take advantage of others, would turn out to be a murderer.He killed his girlfriend and his girlfriend’s lover!Stephanie sent a tearful emoticon in the group, saying, “Why, why did Joey have to resort to this? Even if his girlfriend cheated, he shouldn’t have done something so horrendous!”Someone replied, “Sigh, although Joey is quite unlikable in person, he is quite pitiful actually. He loved his girlfriend to the moon and back, but this is how she repaid him.”“Joey killed two people, will he be executed?”“The news said th
However, Donald didn’t have time to console Alice at the moment. Instead of feeling sorry for her, as she was on the verge of collapsing in despair, he hated her very much.If it weren’t for her and her good-for-nothing brother, the Webb family would not have suffered such a massive credibility crisis!He didn’t give a d*mn about Nelson’s death, but the video he made right before he died dragged the entire Webb family down with him! It was very likely that the family would lose more than half their assets. If so, they would no longer be the top family in the South Region.Moreover, it was worse to be associated with human trafficking. It was certain that the people of the country would not forget this for a while. Thus, the Webb family would become the target of malicious attacks for a very long time.The consequences of these would result in a devastating and far-reaching effect on the family’s business empire. Perhaps the family’s assets would continue to shrink in the future.I
For the past few months, every day felt like a year to Hannah.She was the eldest daughter-in-law of the Wilson family and she had never really suffered a day of sorrow or despair before. In fact, when the Wilson family was at its prime, she was living a lavish and comfortable life.She couldn’t say that she had lived a royal-like extravagant life, but she did have a comfortable life in the past, so the coal mine was a literal living hell for her when she was reduced to mining coal day and night here.However, Hannah still enjoyed the most comfortable life among those who had been sent to the coal mine at the same time.The men had to work fifteen to sixteen hours a day. They didn’t have enough food to eat or warm clothes to wear and they were as skinny as skeletons after being tortured day and night.Linda, the cheater, was similarly miserable. Because she was ugly and the supervisor didn’t fancy her looks, her daily routine and work schedule were no different from the men’s.Ha
Moreover, since the first day Linda and her family were forcefully sent to this living hell, they had been working with heavy tasks, but Hannah? She became the supervisor’s mistress simply because she spent more time maintaining herself than she did!Hence, Linda glared at Hannah disdainfully and cursed, “Some women are so corrupt and brassy that they sleep with the supervisor simply to get some mediocre benefits! They are so shameless!”Hannah knew that she was mocking her. With her face flushed with anger, she chided, “Linda, watch your tongue or I’ll let you starve tomorrow!”Linda stood upright and growled, “Shut up! Why are you so full of yourself, Hannah? You’re sleeping with the nasty supervisor, that’s all! Do you really think I don’t dare to touch you just because you are his mistress? He’ll dump you when he is fed up with you! You’ll end up like me then!”“Linda, I see that you are very lively and comfortable now! Believe me or not, I’ll just whisper to the supervisor and
Hannah was so scared that she tried to roll away from Linda’s reach, for fear that the iron hook would really hit her face.That thing looked so scary, it might gauge her eyes off!However, as Hannah’s leg was injured, she couldn’t avoid the ferocious Linda’s attack continuously. If she went constantly berserk, sooner or later, she would die under her aggression!Hannah tried to stand up and escape, but her injured calf forced her to fall to the floor again.Linda was already behind her, waving the scary iron hook towards her.Hannah could not avoid her anymore. She closed her eyes in despair, thinking that today was the day she would die.Right at this crucial moment, several Toyota Land Cruiser Prados drove into the coal mine and stopped right in front of them.The dazzling headlamp shone directly on Linda’s face. A bunch of men jumped out of the car, before one of them pointed a gun at Linda and shouted, “What the f*ck are you doing? Put down the hook!”Linda was taken aback
Bryan turned to Hannah and asked, “What’s going on here? Are you his woman?”Hannah wailed desperately, “No, I’m not! He forced me!”Bryan turned to the supervisor and said coldly, “Since she doesn’t admit to being your woman, you can stop your bullsh*t with me too.”During this period of time, the supervisor had enjoyed Hannah’s company so much that he was rather addicted to her. He was, after all, an ignorant bumpkin. He had never experienced a fair and tender lady from the city before, so he found Hannah very seductive and lusty. Of course, he wasn’t happy when these men came out of nowhere and wanted to take her away, so he shouted, “I don’t give a d*mn! I’ll tell you again, she is my woman!”Bryan grinned sinisterly. “Well, since you have a death wish, I’ll grant you one.”He took out a dark pistol from his waist, aimed it at the supervisor, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.With a loud bang and a tiny spark from the muzzle, a bullet flew out of the barrel and pen
The coal mine where Hannah was kept was geographically located in the Janes Province of northwest Oskia, which was popularly known for its vinegar and coal.The province was two thousand kilometers away from Sudbury in the southeast and it might take at least one day and one night to travel to Sudbury by car. But since Sean had urged them to be quick, they had assigned the Webb family’s private jet to fetch Hannah.It took nearly three hours for the convoy to drive out of the dense mountain forest and arrive at the local airport.At this moment, a Gulfstream jet was parked on the airport hanger.Hannah gaped in absolute astonishment. She had never dreamed that a private jet would take her directly to Sudbury!Bryan took her on the plane. Her eyes were opened so wide when she saw the luxurious palace-alike interior of the plane, they almost dropped from the eye socket.Bryan frowned disdainfully at her dirty appearance and urged, “Hey, there is a bathroom behind the plane where yo
Charlie was driving Jacob to Thompson First when the latter received the text from Matilda.Seeing that they were reaching the front gates, Jacob promptly snapped at Charlie, "Charlie, stop the car now!"Charlie did so and asked in curiosity, "What's wrong?""Matilda just texted me," Jacob replied, showing the chat log between him and Matilda.Charlie was just glancing at it nonchalantly when he saw that Matilda's contact name was 'AAA July Florist'."Wait, why is that Aunt Matilda's contact name?" He exclaimed in surprise."I changed it."Jacob explained gingerly while reading through the text Matilda sent. "Her profile picture is an iris, so I changed her contact name to a florist since I'm mostly worried Elaine would peek into my phone.""Anyway, she's asking if I'm attending her wedding with Yolden. They would send us an invitation if I accept, extended to our whole family… what do you think I should say?"Charlie asked in return. "You're planning to skip it, aren't you? T
Then, Matilda suggested, "How about this—I'll ask him before deciding." "I'll pass on inviting the rest of my former classmates too. They're too vain and love comparing, so I'd rather not have anything to do with that. Also, there are our Korean friends who have it together, and they were telling us to invite them if we were going to get married. We have to keep our promise, right?""Yeah—then, it's basically decided. Aside from Charlie, we shall invite our colleagues and Korean friends while we wait for an answer from Jacob."Yolden nodded and said, "Now, I'll talk about the honeymoon—cut me short if you have a different opinion."Matilda nodded, resting her chin on her hands and smiling. "Shoot. I'm all ears."Feeling a little embarrassed by Matilda's glowing stare, Yolden took a sip of his ice water before continuing, "My idea is to head to the States for our honeymoon after the wedding…"He trailed off, staring at Matilda and waiting for a response.However, she was merely
"Oh, Jacob…?"Matilda chuckled awkwardly. "Just today, he offered to buy me dinner, but I said I didn't have the time, and I also told him about our wedding… So, we should invite him since he's aware of it.""Jacob offered to buy you dinner?" Yolden exclaimed in surprise. "Did he say why?""Nope," Matilda shrugged, smiling. "Probably just dinner between old classmates."However, she was actually smart enough to guess Jacob's intention even though Jacob was inviting her somewhere near campus. That was why she had also mentioned she was marrying Yolden while turning down Jacob, all so that he would give up on her.After she had managed to get over their past fling completely, she didn't want to give Jacob false hopes before she walked down the aisle.In the same regard, she didn't want to worry Yolden, and therefore, had deliberately discouraged Jacob.Be that as it may, Yolden was smart too.He knew about Matilda and Jacob's past and that her son, Paul's full name was Paul Jam
Before Charlie had arrived, Jacob was still furious that Matilda would soon marry Yolden.After Charlie came, however, he was instead worried that Matilda would send him a wedding invitation.Meanwhile, Matilda and Yolden were discussing their list of guests.They had different social circles, but most of their friends were Stateside, and they only had some distant relatives in this country.Still, they had colleagues in Aurous Hill. Matilda had classmates too, but she was out of touch with them aside from Jacob, whom she often met.Still, as they discussed who should be invited, Matilda first suggested, "Let's go through everyone. First, our Stateside friends… I don't think we should tell them at all since it's a long journey, and inviting them would seem tactless. What do you think?"Yolden nodded, smiling, "I was just thinking the same thing. We're close with our Stateside friends and always keep in touch, but inviting them to our wedding might be a stretch. We'd just hit a wa
With that being said, once Matilda was thrown in the mix, Elaine would suddenly become an African honey badger, with every bit of black air force energy that was implied.As such, if Jacob had managed to be brave and take that one step back then, Charlie would have tried to help, stopping Elaine from harassing Jacob or Matilda.However, the reality was that Jacob had to bungle the chance when Matilda offered it to him.That was why the best option was for Jacob to understand that he couldn't get together with Matilda now so that he would feel much better.And since he had always been a coward, Charlie's slight intimidation cleared his head considerably.He then sighed, "Well, that's just life—you don't always get what you want, and you should never try to claim what you couldn't. I couldn't bring myself to choose Matilda over thirty years ago, so not being together now only makes sense.""Now, I can only pray that Elaine never finds out… or at least that things don't get out of h
Then, Jacob quickly pressed, "Dear boy, maybe you could stay a few days instead of taking more jobs. At least you could be there to stop my wife if she snaps.""Sure," Charlie chuckled, cheerfully agreeing to it. "Don't worry—Claire's returning in a couple of days too, and you'll be fine with us around. You're cheating in your mind, anyway…"Pausing, he then added a reminder, "But if she's really furious, just bear with her beatings and clawings. Live and let live, as they say."That left Jacob sulking, however. "What the hell! If I knew this would happen, I should have just taken her to court and divorced her openly! That way, I'd definitely make things work with Matilda. Yolden wouldn't even stand a chance!"Charlie had to keep a straight face. "Now, you're not quite right there—don't you know what would happen to your wife if you took this to court?"Jacob snorted coolly. "Elaine would just snap at me, hit me, and make sure I don't get a cent in the divorce. That's no big deal—
"Fuck!" When Jacob heard what Charlie said, he was horrified. He nervously asked, "Matilda isn't going to come to our house to deliver the invitation, is she? If Elaine finds out that I've been hiding Matilda's return from her all this time, I'll be so dead!" Charlie, having long seen through Jacob, knew he would never escape the shadow and claws of Elaine. He shook his head and said, "Whether they'll invite you, I have no way of knowing. If you're worried, you can tell Matilda that you don't want to be invited to her wedding and that you don't want to go." Jacob sighed. "That's just a temporary solution. Even if she doesn't know now, she'll probably find out sooner or later. A lot of our mutual friends already know about Matilda's return. You went to the gathering too. But those friends are not really in contact with Elaine, so she hasn't found out yet." Charlie smiled and said, "Matilda's return to the country was at a pretty sensitive time. If I'm not mistaken, she came b
Jacob then realized that Charlie was also driving a Rolls-Royce, and it was a more expensive Phantom. Surprised, he asked, "Charlie, where did you get this car?" Marilyn had prepared the car for Charlie when he left Scarlet Pinnacle Manor. He had driven it to Thompson First, so he had decided to use it today. Charlie replied, "A client lent it to me. You sounded urgent, so I drove it over." Then, he added, "You're something else. You're crying like a baby yet you're still in the mood to ask about the car. What's going on? Your friend said you'd cried twice already?" "That bloody Simon!" Hearing this, Jacob became furious and cursed, "He still doesn't have the slightest clue! He's such a damned fool! The more I try to avoid him, the more he keeps blabbering on and on. Argh, he's so stupid!" Charlie asked, "What exactly is bothering you?" Jacob's face instantly turned dejected, and with a long sigh, he choked up and said, "Charlie— Matilda— She's getting married—" "Gettin
Things were a little different and unique in the United States, though. Westerners tended to approach marriage with greater caution. Many couples stayed together for years, had several children, and yet remained as boyfriend and girlfriend. Being together, having children, and raising them jointly didn't necessarily mean they would get married. In fact, it was not uncommon for some to walk down the aisle only after having multiple kids. Because of this environment, elderly couples in the West often limited their relationships to dating, and at most, cohabitation. Very few progressed to the stage of marriage. However, Yolden, like a young man in the throes of passionate love, had invited her on a trip, secretly prepared a proposal ceremony by the seaside, and gotten down on one knee with a ring to propose. These actions deeply moved Matilda and, at the same time, gave her an unprecedented sense of security. Now, Yolden had moved their wedding up a big step and set the date just on