"The relationship between my sister and you is another story. I don't want to interfere with her choice. But you... you may be a member of the Richards family, but you can't alter the outcome of this matter."
"By killing a person, you have transgressed the law. And by doing that, your man must pay for it. You should understand it." Flynt sneered. "However, you're from the Richards family, and I can give you some time to talk to your people. Mr. Santiago, I believe that you won't aid and abet in a murder, or will you?"
"Because that sounds like something the likes of you will usually do. We haven't committed any murder. Hence, we don't need to deceive anybody. If your obscurity troubles you so much that you can't help being an attention seeker, then I can lend you a hand. Might I suggest making your glorious 'achievements' the talk of the town?"
"Are you threatening me?" Flynt smirked.
"Uh- oh, I'm only offering help to settle things. You'd better not forget who you are." Santiago turned around to look at Scarlette. "Tell me, what's going on?"
Scarlette answered, "I was, you know, having a disagreement with Hadrian. Then, I talked to the waiter. Hadrian just kind of blew up and punched the waiter, and he passed out."
"I was about to stop Hadrian and tell him not to fight when he and his men stormed in and took the waiter away. Not long after that, we heard the news of his death."
While saying so, she pointed at Flynt, who seemed to be amused, an insufferable smugness displayed on his face.
Santiago, as well, was not a person who wouldn't fight back in the face of adversity. After grasping the gist of the incident, he stepped towards Flynt. "Did you, by any means, set Hadrian up as a scapegoat?"
"Jesting, are we, Mr. Santiago? Say, if I wanted to set someone up, then why didn't I target you? To frame a subordinate of yours wouldn't be worth the effort at all. Also, I have never done such a thing."
"As for whether you've done it or not, you know it very well, and God knows it too."
"But no matter, the truth will come to light eventually."
After saying this, Santiago took out his phone and made a call. Soon, somebody else came to the police station. In fact, when Santiago came out of the house, Jepherson had been notified of the news. It was just that Jepherson himself was not here. He had sent his subordinates to come in instead.
Entering the police station, one of them hurriedly approached Santiago and spoke to him, nodding.
"Mr. Jepherson is outside. He instructed us to handle this issue. He wanted you and your people to stay out of it, and leave." With that, the man turned around and left.
As Santiago took his leave, Flynt called out to him. "Santiago, previously, you lured my sister away and pretended to kidnap her as a leverage for me to release your man. This time, let's see if you have any other tricks up your sleeve."
Santiago stopped, turned around, and stared at him. "This time, I don't need any d*mned tricks to have the last laugh still."
After that, he left with Raeleigh and Scarlette. The rest of Jepherson's men immediately strode towards Hadrian and gave him a full- body examination to prevent him from being tortured here.
Raeleigh followed Santiago. As soon as they exited the police station, Stuart, who was waiting outside, came into their view. Seeing him,
Santiago knew that Jepherson had returned.
"He's still alive?" Santiago asked. Stuart quickly lowered his head and replied, "Mr. Jepherson's heart disease needs to be treated overseas. He has been receiving treatment all this while. You've misunderstood him."
"I don't need you to tell me whether I've misunderstood him. I'm clear-headed enough to judge it myself." Santiago walked to a car parked opposite the police station. He then knocked on the door, opened it, and got into it. Raeleigh didn't do the same since Jepherson was also in it. She just stood outside the car.
"Get in, will ya," Santiago told her. However, she refused and went towards Santiago's car, waiting for his return. If Santiago did not come back, then she could take another car to leave.
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