Chapter 527

The car hadn’t started for long before Zeke received a call from Summer Mills.

Zeke tossed his phone to Lacey, so that she could help pick up the call.

Lacey turned on the speaker.

Summer asked nervously, “Mr. Williams, have you seen Rivermouth district’s morning news?”

“No, not yet. What’s wrong?” asked Zeke.

Summer replied, “The morning news said that Mr. Hinton murdered his own father for money...”

“It’s not just the morning news, though. Many renowned media outlets have also shared the same news, and it is trending, so everyone knows about it...”

Lacey’s eyes welled up with tears once more.

She fumbled as she fished out her phone to call Daniel’s number.

Unfortunately, she couldn’t reach him no matter how many times she tried.

What she didn’t know was that Jeremy had stomped and wrecked Daniel’s phone, so naturally, she wasn’t able to reach him.

Lacey spiraled into hopelessness and devastation while her heart ached.

At that moment, another call came in.

It was from Sharon, who was managing Nutel Entertainment.

“Mr. William, something bad happened,” informed Sharon.

Zeke took a deep breath and replied, “Yeah, I know.”

Sharon then asked, “What should we do now, Mr. Williams? Should I contact the PR team and help salvage Mr. Hinton’s reputation?”

Zeke deliberated for a moment before responding, “No, it won’t do us any good if you try to help my dad now. It might even backfire because the public may think that we’re reacting out of guilt.”

“How about this? You guys share the news as soon as possible, too. Reprimand my dad, and the crueler the better.”

Huh?

Both Lacey and Sharon were flabbergasted.

Lacey inquired, “Zeke, w-what are you planning to do?”

“Don’t worry, Lacey,” said Zeke, “Everything is under control. Just do as I asked.”

Lacey still looked worried.

“Trust me, Lacey. I have never let you down before, right?” added Zeke.

Lacey gritted her teeth and nodded, “Okay. I’ll do as you say.”

Sharon got a team of professional writers together immediately after hanging up the phone. They exaggerated and used misleading words to write the story and defame Daniel.

Zeke and Lacey reached Heartland Hospital soon after.

The hospital was already in a state of chaos then.

The crowd were hurling insults at Daniel while Jeremy and Lily were telling everyone all about Daniel’s sins.

Every media outlet was broadcasting live, and Gideon had tied Daniel’s hands to his back to take him to the police station.

At that moment, Daniel looked extremely disheveled.

There were a few footprints on his clothes, and blood can be seen on the corner of his lips. He had spat so much blood that the front side of his shirt was also stained with blood.

Daniel looked pale, and his eyes looked lifeless, like he was a walking dead.

Seeing that made Lacey felt like her heart was being shredded.

She instinctively rushed towards Daniel to save him. “Let my dad go! He was framed,” said Lacey.

Gideon frowned and reached to push Lacey away. “Get out of the way or I will sue you for obstructing government administration,” threatened Gideon.

Zeke stopped Gideon and demanded, “Who the hell are you? What authority do you have to arrest anyone?”

“I am the director of the Department of Health, and I am at the top of the department. Are you seriously questioning my authority?” replied Gideon.

Zeke scoffed, “Last I check, only the police have the legal authority to arrest someone, and you are from the Department of Health, so you have no right to do so.”

“Besides, shouldn’t the director of the Department of Health be saving the patients at a time like this?

It’s laughable that you are here arresting someone instead.”

Gideon refuted angrily, “You ba****d! The patient is already dead, so there’s no one to save.”

Zeke countered, “Dead? Have you received the declaration of death from the hospital? Or perhaps the report from the coroner’s office?”

Gideon said, “I personally examined the patient, and he showed no signs of life. What’s the point of a freaking declaration of death under these circumstances?”