Chapter 143

CHAPTER 143 Rebecca came home after meeting with Sheila the lawyer. Veronica was taking the children to the movie, so she thought of Benjamin for a second. She wanted to watch with him, but she wasn’t in the mood right now. “I wonder what he’s doing. Should I call and tell him to go and watch the movie alone?” she pondered In Elizabeth’s room, Shawn slapped his wife repeatedly even after she began crying. “70 freaking million! You think money is water? Who told you to buy a house and a private jet?” “I-I... I’m sorry,” she apologized in a crying tone. “I won’t buy anything without asking you again.” Her whole face turned red.

Seeing her like that, Shawn gritted his teeth. “Come here.” She was shaking as he hesitantly approached him, thinking he was going to hit her again. However, he hugged her tightly and kissed her on the head. “Don’t make me hit you again,” Shawn’s eyes slightly teared up, though no tears leaked out from the corners of his eyes. “I’m afraid we’ll have to sell all those things you bought.” “A-At least keep the house,” she said in a soft, meek tone. “Our children like it.” “Haa... I’ll think about it.” Nolan and Dorothy, on the other hand, were in their guest room, cursing the entire Sterling family because they lost their gold. “That bastard Jacob didn’t even come home. His movies are more important than his family!” Nolan was gnashing his old teeth. “We shouldn’t have married our daughter into this family!” “Let’s see what happens,” Dorothy said patiently. “Our daughter is still young and is in good shape. It won’t be hard for her to find another man.”

At Pure Waters bar.

Alfred strode into the bar with five movie tickets. There were no customers in the bar at the moment.

“Are those what I think they are?” Shadow asked.

Alfred grinned and looked at Benjamin who was still asleep. “Did he drink excessively last night as well?”

“I think he’s numbing the pain with it,” Shadow lowered his head slightly and sighed. “He doesn’t stop no matter how much I tell him.” “At least he’s not lashing out in rage like his dad used to after drinking,” Alfred chortled.” Anyway, this has to be expected since he fell in love with a woman full of issues. Daddy issues. Mominy issues. Sibling issues and what not. From what I can tell, nobody has been emotionally available for her when she needed it. Master Benjamin also sort of went through the same thing, being forced to fight for freedom and all... Maybe that’s why he feels a connection with her? It’s just my guess.” “I heard people say love can shatter hearts like glass,” Shadow voiced his mind, his voice full of worry. “I just hope this thing called ‘love’ doesn’t shatter his heart.” “Hoping isn’t all we can do,” Alfred waved the movie tickets in his hand. Shadow somewhat grinned and gave a thumbs-up. “You haven’t gone senile yet.”

Elsewhere in the city.

Jacob was giving an interview to a popular radio station. He talked about his movies and the latest release El Man. Everything was going great until one of the female hosts asked, “Is it true that you didn’t want to pay the tax, and so you made films with hundreds of millions?”

“I have always paid my taxes, my lady,” Jacob replied with a smile. “Tax to the government is like mother’s milk to the baby. If we don’t feed our babies well, they’ll look and act like you after growing up.” The female host began crying almost instantly, but Jacob couldn’t care less. He shook hands with the other hands and concluded the interview. After walking out of the interview, Jacob took out his mobile. He had it switched off since morning because of the tax raid.

“It’s natural for the raids to happen before big movies are released, but Terry told me they weren’t gonna raid me this time. He was dead wrong. At least Shawn hid the documents, so I’m safe.”

He switched the mobile on. He had to, given the movie would be screened in the theaters pretty soon, and he would be receiving a lot of calls and messages. He was slightly shivering. The hairs on his arms stood up. “It’s been a while since I felt this... thrill, haha.” He laughed lightly. “I’m going to become a billionaire soon!”

At Terry’s office.

Terry, Langdon, and David were talking with a stranger covering his face with a mask. “It’s all done, right?” asked Terry.

“You can rest assured, sir,” the masked man replied in a confident but snickering attitude.” Everything is going as planned.”

“It better, or your whole life will be ruined and will be played in a theater exclusively for your family.”

“Y-Yeah. I’m aware.”

After the masked man left to the guest room, Terry glanced at David with a rather confused expression. “How come the SWAT teams were called back?”

“The vice-president called them back.”

“What?” Terry was shocked. “These damned mafias have connections with someone that high up the ladder?”

“Well, they used to very much control the government in the past, so it’s no surprise,” David remarked. “By the way, my son sent some bodyguards to deal with the son-in-law, but they all died. I told him to stop going after him until we corner that bastard. I have a feeling he’s probably connected with the mafia.”

“Doesn’t matter. We should just fuck up everything he’s connected with,” Langdon opined.”

Since he works at Rye’s Pizzas, I’ll talk with their CEO and get him fired. You just make sure that bastard Rodnie never gets out.”

Terry nodded. “Not as long as I have my position.”

At Jane’s apartment.

Rebecca just arrived, but she wasn’t allowed to enter their flat. Jane’s mother stopped Rebecca outside.

“Aunt Catherine,”Rebecca was annoyed to say the least. “She doesn’t lift my calls, and you’re now letting me inside? What the hell is happening?” “I don’t know, either,” Catherine looked confused just the same. “She told me she would rather die than see your face.” “What?” Rebecca couldn’t believe what she was hearing.

“Can you tell me what happened?” Catherine asked, her voice turning cold. “She broke up with Donovan, and she doesn’t want to talk to you. I don’t want to jump to conclusions because you’re her childhood friend, but...” Rebecca’s heart shook for a second. Her heart picked up pace, not liking where this was going. “N-No, no, no. There’s nothing like that.”

“Here you are,” Donovan, who had been secretly eavesdropping, now entered the scene and put his hand around Rebecca’s shoulder and showered a cocky smile at Catherine. “Why are you wasting your time with these low-lives?”