The Police Station.
After her head buzzed for quite a while, Fiona managed to calm down slightly, took a deep breath, and asked, "What exactly happened? What did Tony say to you?"
Lip didn't waste time and immediately recounted the sequence of events in detail.
He spoke for a few minutes until he finished.
"Fiona, you need to have a good talk with Tony. Make him let me go." During the time he was locked up here, Lip thought a lot and realized that this incident was likely going to be huge trouble. Therefore, deep down, he was really a little scared.
But of course, Lip didn't show it. He just kept a straight face, pretending as usual that nothing was wrong. "A kid bought my weed. If Tony takes this to court, with my criminal record, the damn judge will definitely give me the maximum sentence."
"I'm afraid I'll be locked up for a very, very long time."
Hearing these words.
Almost predictably, Fiona's head started buzzing again.
Fxxk.
Kids again.
Back then, Debbie was locked up in juvie because of a kid, and she was still locked up now.
And now, Lip was going in because of a kid too...
"Why did you sell to kids..." Fiona couldn't help but complain.
Hearing this, Lip immediately frowned and replied somewhat unhappily, "What's the point of saying this now? It already happened. Besides, you know exactly what the situation is in that park. If I don't sell to them, who can I sell to?"
"Besides, didn't I give all the money I earned to this family?"
Lip spoke eloquently.
Fiona choked, speechless for a moment.
After all, what could she say?
Lip didn't just start selling weed in that park this summer; he sold it last summer too.
Fiona indeed knew, and she had never stopped him. More importantly, she felt that this kind of thing was no big deal—just some weed. This is the South Side, what does it matter...
This situation was truly interesting.
One must know that before Debbie was arrested, Fiona actually knew that Debbie occasionally locked kids in dog cages, and she also thought it was no big deal...
Heh.
This is basically the Gallagher family, and there's a reason why the Gallaghers live like this.
At this moment, seeing Fiona still not speaking, Monica couldn't hold back and spoke up excitedly, "Lip, don't worry, Mom absolutely won't let you be locked up. Mom is going to find that damn Tony right now!"
"Fxxking Tony! How dare he treat you like this!"
Monica cursed more and more vigorously.
Officer Jason next to them, although realizing that Tony arrested Lip because of a personal grudge, was still very unhappy hearing Tony being cursed by Monica like this, and visible anger appeared on his face.
Jimmy noticed it immediately... To be honest, he really wanted to leave right away, get as far away from this matter as possible. He was truly worried that if he didn't leave soon, he might really be implicated again and locked up...
Fortunately, at this time, Fiona finally came to her senses. Hearing Monica cursing and feeling anxious, she hurriedly pulled Monica's arm. "Monica, shut up!"
After stopping Monica, Fiona sighed silently and said to Lip, "I will find Tony. I will solve this."
Lip fell silent for a moment. "As soon as possible. It's almost dark."
"Mm," Fiona nodded. Then, she turned to Jason and asked with a rarely seen good temper, "Officer, may I ask where Tony is? I've known him since childhood. I need to talk to him."
Hearing this, Jason couldn't help but find it very interesting.
The reason was simple.
Up until now, Fiona's behavior was completely predicted by Tony, almost exactly.
As expected of Tony, truly amazing, Jason thought to himself, smiling slightly. Then, following Tony's instructions again, he put on a business-like attitude and replied, "Tony is out on assignment, not at the station. If you need something, call him. If you have the nerve."
These words were truly goddamn hurtful.
Fiona didn't have that good a temper. How could she stand this? Instantly, her face darkened, her expression twisted, and obvious displeasure appeared on her face.
Still a bitch with a huge temper! Jason saw clearly and thought to himself. He wasn't going to pamper Fiona. Moreover, knowing Fiona was promiscuous and sick, he despised her, so he spoke decisively, "Alright, visiting time is over. Let's go."
Soon, Fiona, Jimmy, and Monica were practically chased out of the police station by Jason.
Interestingly, once out of the station, Jimmy immediately felt much more relaxed and exhaled a long, silent breath of relief.
Fiona, still with a look of disgust, was annoyed about Lip's situation and didn't notice Jimmy's reaction. She bit her lip, took out her phone, and called Tony.
Fiona hated Tony, yes, but right now she needed Tony, so the hatred could be put aside temporarily.
Hehe, that's just how flexible she is.
Tony was indeed not at the station. He was driving his police car outside, wandering around in a very good mood. Of course, Tony was deliberately absent from the station.
His phone rang.
Seeing it was Fiona calling, Tony didn't hesitate and immediately pressed reject.
Fiona called again; Tony rejected again.
After going back and forth like this a few times, the hatred on Fiona's face could hardly be contained and was about to overflow!
"Fxxk you, Tony!" Having her call rejected by Tony once again, Fiona cursed viciously. Immediately after, she turned her head and habitually used a commanding tone to say to Jimmy, "Damn Tony won't answer my call. Give me your phone, I'll try using yours."
Jimmy's temper was really good. He didn't have any emotional reaction to this commanding tone and obediently handed over his phone.
In the blink of an eye.
Tony saw Jimmy's name displayed on the phone screen, grinned, determined it was Fiona calling, immediately pressed answer, and proactively smiled, saying, "Hello?"
"Tony, it's me, Fiona," Fiona hurriedly said.
Beep, beep, beep~~
The speed at which Tony hung up directly left Fiona dumbfounded!
One second, two seconds, three seconds...
Fiona snapped back to reality, didn't call back, couldn't hold it anymore, was furious, and stomped her feet in anger. "Fxxk, fxxk, fxxk, fxxk, fxxk!!!"
After cursing god knows how many 'fxxks' in one breath, Fiona finally calmed down. Immediately following, she commanded Jimmy, "Jimmy, calling is useless. We must find Tony. I have to talk to him face to face! Let's go find him. The South Side is only this big, I don't believe we can't find him!"
Jimmy didn't want to stay at the police station; he felt very uncomfortable and had a sense of crisis. Hearing he could leave, he nodded decisively and agreed. "Okay."
Moments later.
The three got in the car.
Jimmy stepped on the gas and sped away.
---
Dex Restaurant.
The lawyer was highly efficient and had already obtained relevant information and photos of Jack Howell.
At this moment.
The lawyer was in the kitchen, handing the documents to Dexter. "Mr. King, this is the information you wanted. This Jack Howell is a genuine American, not an immigrant, nor an illegal immigrant."
"Of course, he's a good-for-nothing drunkard, druggie, with a pile of criminal records..."
Dexter was a very wealthy major client. There was only one client like Dexter in the South Side. Therefore, the lawyer was very attentive and had a super good attitude.
Dexter listened while opening the file and reading it in detail.
Seeing this, after briefly and clearly explaining Jack Howell's situation, the lawyer obediently shut his mouth so as not to disturb Dexter's reading.
After a while.
Dexter finished reading, closed the file, and smiled at the lawyer. "Very good, thank you. Let's proceed as we discussed before."
Hearing this, the lawyer fell silent for a moment and decided to offer advice. "Mr. King, I often handle these kinds of lawsuits. I'm certain I can make it so you don't have to pay a cent."
"Do you really want to settle and pay?"
Hearing this, Dexter nodded with a smile without hesitation. "Actually, I know the law quite well too. I know if we drag this out, I indeed don't have to pay."
"However, this kind of lawsuit will have a very bad impact on my business. I have a new restaurant opening soon."
"Compared to this bit of compensation, if my business is affected, I will lose even more."
Hearing this, the lawyer nodded, expressing understanding. "That is true. Alright, I will immediately negotiate the compensation amount with the opposing lawyer... By the way, a reminder: you must buy insurance for your other houses immediately. You absolutely cannot delay anymore."
"Otherwise, if other scumbags here find out you are willing to compensate Jack Howell, this kind of thing will absolutely be endless."
"You absolutely must not overestimate the bottom line of the scumbags here."
"Those scumbags will do anything for money."
"Okay, thank you," Dexter smiled brilliantly. "I've already had someone handle it. Having learned a lesson this time, I won't suffer again."
"That's good," the lawyer said with a smile. "Then I'm leaving. Goodbye."
"Goodbye," Dexter smiled back.
Dexter was alone in the kitchen again.
Dexter smiled smugly, put Jack Howell's file on the shelf to the side, then washed his hands and happily started preparing for the evening business.
In this moment, Dexter was in a really good mood.
The reason was simple.
He didn't buy insurance for the other houses at all.
Why buy it? Buy my ass!
Jack Howell's lawsuit gave him a very good idea.
He was going to treat those houses like flypaper. By readily compensating Jack Howell, he wanted to attract lots and lots of scumbags to do the same thing...
Then, pay up.
What's the big deal? It's just money. He doesn't lack money.
When he collects a certain number of scumbags and feels it's about enough, then he will get the insurance. Subsequently, wait patiently for a period of time, and finally, take care of those scumbags one by one.
Hehe.
Solving scumbags earns merit. Use merit to open treasure chests, draw some money... back and forth, maybe he not only doesn't have to spend a cent of his own, but can even earn a little...
As for those scumbags, they pay with their lives.
Perfect!
Dexter called this plan the [Flypaper] plan, or [Dexter's South Side Purge Plan].
---
Time flew.
Evening arrived.
Because Tony was driving a police car, and police cars are conspicuous, after tossing and turning for over an hour, Fiona finally found Tony.
Seeing Tony sitting in the police car through the window, Fiona immediately commanded Jimmy excitedly, "Over there, go quickly!"
Tony's police car was parked, not moving.
For Jimmy, this was great news.
The reason was simple.
Stopping a moving police car is absolutely no small matter in America. The consequences can be big or small... If serious, maybe the police would perform an 'American Iaijutsu' (quick draw) on the spot and empty a magazine...
Jimmy didn't want to go to jail, and even less did he want to lose his life over the Gallaghers' crap, especially Lip's crap.
In fact, Jimmy was really happy Lip was arrested.
Jimmy was plotting yesterday to get Lip locked up; now it saved him the trouble.
Soon.
Jimmy parked the car behind Tony's police car.
As soon as the car stopped steadily.
Fiona and Monica couldn't wait to open the door and rushed toward Tony.
Jimmy looked at Monica and suddenly felt for no reason that with Monica's madness, maybe Monica would do something stupid and get arrested by Tony!
Actually, this was a very likely thing, and Fiona, who really had no brains, completely failed to realize it.
In the blink of an eye.
Fiona rushed to the police car, thump, thump, thump, knocked on the window.
Tony, who was chatting with his colleague in the passenger seat, suddenly saw Fiona. Instantly, he prepared to start the police car and leave, not wasting half a sentence on Fiona.
But, in the next instant, Tony saw Monica walking up to Fiona...
His gaze landed on Monica...
Hehe, a good idea immediately popped into Tony's head. Tony decisively changed his mind, grinned, pushed open the door, and got out.
"Fiona," getting out of the car, Tony proactively greeted Fiona with a smile.
Watching the smile on Tony's face and thinking about what Tony did to Lip, in that instant, Fiona really wished she could swing her fist and beat Tony into a pig's head.
Fortunately, reason still remained. Fiona gritted her teeth, endured it, and asked with a dark face, "Tony, what the hell!"
"You hate me, you come at me. Why arrest Lip? He didn't offend you!"
Hearing this, Tony maintained his smile, leaned against the car, and smiled back, "Fiona, what are you talking about? How come I don't understand?"
"Lip was arrested because he is a drug dealer selling weed to kids in the park!"
Saying this, Tony shook his head. "Honestly, what kind of drug dealer would be so stupid? Actually dealing drugs openly in a park?"
"I digress. The point is, I'm a cop. I arrested him doing my job. It has nothing to do with you."
After listening.
Fiona's eyes seemed to spew fire. She was furious at Tony treating her like an idiot. "Tony! Stop pretending!"
"Lip already told me what you said to him!"
"Let's cut the crap. If you have a problem, come at me. Don't drag those kids into it!"
"Say it. What will it take for you to let Lip go?"
Is this the attitude of someone asking for help?
No!
However, this is Fiona Gallagher.
In this moment.
Looking at Fiona, who was so bossy as if she were a queen, Tony suddenly really couldn't figure out what kind of madness possessed him in the past few years to actually fall in love with such a woman!
Truly goddamn ridiculous! Tony sighed silently with emotion.