By the Police Car.
Tony sighed with emotion, shaking his head uncontrollably. "Sorry, I don't have the authority to let Lip go. What happens to Lip will be decided by the judge."
"Oh right, today is Friday. Looks like there won't be a result until Monday."
"!!!!" Fiona hadn't even realized today was Friday. Hearing this, her head buzzed instantly, and her body swayed. "Tony!"
Tony smiled. "In this world, if we do bad things, we have to bear the consequences. You didn't think you guys could be exceptions, did you?"
Hearing this, Fiona really couldn't hold it back anymore and clenched her fists.
Tony caught a glimpse and felt even happier inside.
Come on, hit me!
Assaulting a police officer, how interesting!
Ideally, mother and daughter can hit me together, and then go to the police station together to reunite with Lip.
Looking at the brilliant smile on Tony's face, Fiona was really just a hair's breadth away from losing her reason and making a move...
But, Fiona didn't make a move.
Monica, watching helplessly as Fiona was bullied by Tony like this, felt extremely heartbroken and angry. She firmly believed that as Fiona's mother, she had to protect Fiona. She suddenly reached out and shoved Tony hard, while shouting, "Fxxk you! Tony! You damn pig..."
Monica actually had some strength. Tony was shoved heavily against the car, and it actually hurt a bit.
But, it didn't matter.
Compared to the joy he was about to obtain, what was this little pain?
The next second.
Tony was going crazy with joy inside, but his face showed nothing. He suddenly pulled out the service pistol at his waist, aimed the dark muzzle at Monica, and roared, "Get on the ground! Now!"
Monica was crazy, but not stupid. Plus, deep down, like Fiona, she was actually very cowardly.
Facing the dark muzzle of the gun...
Instantly, Monica was dumbfounded. Her brain couldn't make decisions at all. Her knees went weak, and she knelt down.
At the same time.
Fiona's reaction wasn't much better. Not only was her mind blank and stunned, but her body also started trembling uncontrollably.
"Get on the ground! Now!" Seeing Monica kneel, Tony held the gun and roared again.
Hearing this, Monica was on the verge of pissing herself in fear. How dared she dawdle? She immediately lay down obediently.
Tony was very satisfied, sneered coldly, and signaled his colleague next to him to handcuff Monica.
The colleague was also a veteran cop. More importantly, he knew how that bitch Fiona had treated Tony...
So, what if Tony was making a mountain out of a molehill?
The colleague was happy to help Tony humiliate Fiona severely. He nimbly took out handcuffs, click-click, handcuffed Monica's hands behind her back while following regulations, reading Monica her charges and legal rights.
A short while later.
Monica, with her hands handcuffed, stood up again. Then, very interestingly, she wasn't afraid anymore. She put on a posture of 'you've already arrested me anyway, what else do I have to lose', and started cursing at Tony again, who had just holstered his gun.
"Tony, you son of a bitch..."
"You won't die a good death!"
"No wonder Fiona never liked you!"
"Only an idiot would like you!"
"..."
Monica hurled abuse, very uncreatively.
Tony was happy right now and didn't mind at all. He just watched with a cheerful smile as his colleague stuffed Monica into the back of the police car.
Subsequently, Tony smiled at the dumbstruck Fiona, whose body was still trembling and whose eyes were already bloodshot. "Fiona, do you have anything else to say?"
Fiona's mind was completely blank; how could she say even half a word?
Tony was very satisfied with Fiona's reaction. He smiled smugly. "Looks like you don't. Then, please step aside. I have to go throw Monica in a cell."
Dropping these words, Tony opened the car door in a super good mood, got in, and started the police car.
Fiona was still standing by the car, motionless, like a fool.
"Fiona, two more left. See you another day," Tony glanced again, left this sentence, stepped on the gas, and left.
Tony was gone.
Fiona stood there as if she had lost her soul, unable to move an inch.
Looking at Fiona like this, Jimmy sighed silently with a huge headache. Then, he walked over. "Fiona, let's go back first. Things will work out..."
It took a long time for Fiona to barely recover a bit. Under the gaze of the surrounding onlookers, she was helped into the car by Jimmy, utterly despondent.
After settling Fiona in, Jimmy sighed silently again, sat in the driver's seat, and prepared to take Fiona back.
Just then.
His phone rang once. It was a text message.
The text was from Tony: [Perform well next. These two days are your good chance. Fiona will be very weak. Seize the opportunity and make her depend on you.]
Jimmy: "..."
In this moment, for reasons he couldn't explain, Jimmy uncontrollably felt that this guy Tony was truly goddamn creepy.
Jimmy felt a chill all over his body.
---
Dex Restaurant.
Dinner service ended.
This meant it was time for Mandy to wash the dishes.
Mandy didn't dawdle and immediately went into the kitchen. However, she didn't rush to wash the dishes. Instead, she anxiously took out her phone and called Lip.
Mandy didn't know what had happened to Lip. The reason she was so anxious was purely because Lip hadn't contacted her for several hours, nor had he replied to any of her text messages.
As a die-hard romantic, Mandy couldn't stand this. If she wasn't working and currently didn't want to lose this job, she would have left long ago to find Lip.
The ringing tone for waiting for an answer sounded on and on, and then, the voicemail prompt sounded.
Mandy had to call again.
Once, twice, three times...
Lip still didn't answer!
Facing this result, Mandy was naturally extremely anxious. She stomped her foot, gritted her teeth, and decided to call Ian.
Ian answered the phone. "Mandy."
"Are you home? Do you know where Lip is? I need him for something," Mandy asked as calmly as possible... at least, she thought she was being as calm as possible.
Ian, who had returned to the Gallagher house a short while ago and learned what happened from Jimmy, fell silent for a moment hearing this before speaking. "Lip was selling weed in the park and got arrested. He probably can't answer the phone."
Hearing these words.
Mandy was instantly dumbfounded. "What?"
"Yeah, that's what happened," Ian felt very annoyed about this matter and wasn't in the mood to say more. "That's it. Hanging up."
"Wait!! Which police station is Lip locked up in now?" Mandy wanted to go see Lip and hurriedly asked.
"XX Police Station," Ian replied.
"Okay," Mandy wanted to go see Lip. She responded, hung up the phone, and became fiercely conflicted.
She struggled for quite a while.
Knowing that at this time, even if she went to the police station, it was impossible to see Lip... Mandy finally gritted her teeth hard, forcing herself to give up the plan of rushing over. She moved her body to the sink and started washing dishes.
But...
Like I said, a die-hard romantic is really scary.
Although she could force herself not to rush to the police station immediately, Mandy couldn't force herself to calm down and focus on work.
Mandy's brain was full of Lip.
So, not long after, unsurprisingly...
Crash~~~
Mandy wasn't paying attention and broke a stack of plates.
The sound of shattering rang out.
Dexter and Bianca, who were eating dinner in the front hall, heard it and immediately turned their heads to look toward the kitchen.
Veronica and Vivian did the same.
Dexter had previously learned about the arrests of Lip and Monica one after another through feedback from Little Black (the crow), and anticipated that the die-hard romantic Mandy would inevitably be distracted after finding out.
Therefore, Dexter really wasn't surprised by this commotion.
"I'll go take a look," Dexter smiled, said to Bianca, and stood up.
Bianca hurriedly stood up too. "I'm a doctor. Maybe Mandy got hurt."
That was reasonable. Dexter didn't object and nodded.
The two walked toward the kitchen together.
Veronica and Vivian, who actually wanted to go to the kitchen too and were quite concerned about Mandy, saw Dexter and Bianca moving. Considering the kitchen was only so big and squeezing a bunch of people in wasn't appropriate, they had to give up the idea and wait patiently.
Dexter and Bianca walked into the kitchen.
Because she broke quite a few plates, Mandy, whose thoughts finally returned to reality temporarily, was squatting on the ground cleaning up. Hearing the movement, she looked back, saw Dexter and Bianca, and immediately apologized to Dexter, "I'm sorry, I'll pay for it."
If it were a good boss, at a time like this, they should hurry to ask if Mandy, the employee, was injured.
Unfortunately, Dexter had no interest in being a good boss. Dexter was more interested in making Mandy grow up and not let that idiot Lip ruin her life.
So.
Dexter showed no concern, didn't even smile, and spoke with a rather indifferent expression, "No need to clean up. Go back."
Hearing this, Mandy was instantly startled and panicked. She widened her eyes in disbelief and asked Dexter, "You're firing me?"
"Go back first and think carefully about your future," Dexter neither nodded nor shook his head. "Think it through, make a decision, and then come, or don't come, to work here."
Mandy wasn't actually too stupid. Besides, these words were clear enough...
Mandy understood. She fell silent for a moment, then stood up distractedly. "Okay."
With a response, Mandy walked out with a desolate face.
Dexter turned sideways to make way.
Mandy walked out of the kitchen, found her bag, and moved toward the restaurant entrance.
Seeing this.
Veronica and Vivian, who didn't understand what was happening, immediately gathered around together and asked with concern.
"Mandy, you're going back? It's not time to get off work yet."
"Mandy, what's wrong? What did the boss say?"
Being cared for by Veronica and Vivian like this...
Instantly, uncontrollably, Mandy felt sadness rising from within, and her eyes became misty. "The boss told me to go back and rest, think carefully, and not to come for the time being..."
Hearing this.
With absolutely no fault of their own, Veronica and Vivian were dumbfounded: "????"
Why is this?
Just broke some dishes, and fired directly?
Dexter isn't that kind of person.
"I'll go talk to the boss, there must be some misunderstanding here..." Veronica, who was generally indeed a good person, blinked, came to her senses, and said she was going to find Dexter.
Seeing this, Mandy was very moved. She immediately sniffled and held Veronica back. "No need. It's my problem. The boss didn't do anything wrong."
"I'll go back and think properly. I'm leaving first."
Dropping these words, not giving Veronica a chance to say anything else, Mandy lifted her feet and trotted out of the restaurant as if escaping.
Witnessing this scene.
Veronica and Vivian looked at each other, their eyes full of confusion. "?????"
What exactly happened that we don't know about?
---
In the Hospital, a certain ward.
Jack Howell, who had deliberately broken his leg, was lying on the hospital bed, eating pudding and watching TV, while anxiously waiting for his lawyer's call.
He had no money to spend, and temporarily no way to get money. He also craved drugs immensely, feeling like he would die if he didn't use soon. So, he desperately desired this compensation money.
Unknown how much time passed.
His phone rang.
Hearing it, Jack Howell immediately pressed answer with extreme excitement. "You must tell me good news!"
"Good news!!" The lawyer, who was actually also a scumbag but hadn't been noticed by Dexter yet and hadn't entered Dexter's purge list, replied equally excitedly. "I just settled with Dexter's lawyer. Dexter is willing to pay!"
"Awesome!!!" Jack Howell heard this and was instantly beside himself with excitement. "How much money?"
"Dexter will cover all your medical expenses. In addition, he will give you one hundred and fifty thousand dollars in compensation!!!" the lawyer replied laughing loudly.
"Holy shit! That much!! Good job!!" Jack Howell shouted excitedly.
"You too, haha," the lawyer laughed back. "Dexter is very rich and promised to pay within three days. Jack, you're rich... Of course, one-third of the compensation goes to me. I'll make a small fortune too."
"Haha, no problem!" Jack Howell's brain was already full of fantasies about drugs and didn't care about anything else.
The two scum celebrated laughing like this.
While celebrating.
Suddenly, the lawyer stopped laughing and changed the subject. "Jack, I have a proposal to keep getting rich. Want to hear it?"
"Speak!" Jack Howell actually had no interest in getting rich, but he had a super interest in drugs.
"I originally thought that after being sued, Dexter would definitely buy insurance for all the properties in his hands immediately... But I didn't expect that guy Dexter to be so stupid. He hasn't bought insurance yet up to now!!"
"And he really has a lot of properties!"
"Jack, talk to your friends. Same thing, let's do it a few more times quickly! You take a cut!"
"In a few days, you can get at least two or three hundred thousand dollars!!"
"How about it?"
The scumbag lawyer spilled his evil plan in one breath!
After listening.
Two or three hundred thousand dollars!!!
How much goddamn drugs can that buy?
Do it! Do it goddammit!
Jack Howell didn't hesitate for a split second and agreed decisively. "Okay, I'll call right away!"
"Very good! Then I'll email Dexter's property list to you right away!" the lawyer said with a smile.
"Okay."
The lawyer hung up the phone, chuckling to himself. After chuckling for a while, he laughed and muttered to himself, "What kind of yacht should I buy?"