Mia said angrily, "Make yourself clear. When was I going too far?"
"You can figure it out yourself." Neil slammed the door and left. He was determined to let this overbearing woman realize how she had been bossing everyone around all these years. Otherwise, she would never reflect on herself.
Mia was infuriated. She chased after Neil and shouted, "Neil Brown, if you leave now, you'd better not come back ever again."
Neil replied, "You'd better not come begging me then. Let's see if I'll come back."
Mia was at a loss for words.
Very well. This father and son had joined forces to go against her. They could just wait and see how she would deal with them later.
After leaving the house, Neil immediately gave Levi a phone call. "You little brat, where are you now?"
Levi said, "Dad, I know Mom very well. Her temper comes and goes easily. She said that she wants to send me to the special forces because she's angry at me. Once she cools down, she will definitely regret it, and she'll definitely blame you for not stopping her. In my opinion, you should really stay out of this matter if you don't want to suffer the consequence later."
Neil said, "I ran away from home too."
"Dad, you ran away from home?" Levi asked in surprise. "Wait, Dad. This doesn't sound convincing at all."
Neil replied, "It's time for me to teach your mother a lesson."
Levi concurred, "Dad, you should've shown your attitude as the head of the family a long time ago. How about this. You can decide on a place and we, father and son, can meet up and have some drinks together. None of us is allowed to leave until we're drunk."
Hence, Neil told Levi to meet at a bar that he frequented and took a taxi there right after.
After hanging up the phone, Levi still couldn't believe that his father would run away from home. After all, it was because Neil had been spoiling Mia so much that she could behave so arrogantly all these years.
In order to prevent Neil from playing tricks on him, Levi purposely asked Neil to choose the location. He thought that he could rush there and observe the whole situation beforehand. If he happened to find anything fishy, he could then retreat in time.
Levi rushed to the bar and hid in a corner. After making sure that Neil's subordinates were not around, Levi only dared to show up in front of Neil. He then asked, "Dad, did you really run away from home?"
Neil did not answer Levi's question, "Sit down and have a few drinks with me first."
Levi said, "Dad, aren't you afraid that Mom will make a huge fuss over it?"
Neil replied, "If she wants to do that, she can just do as she likes. You can call me a loser if I give in this time."
Levi sat across the table and asked the waiter to get him a glass of wine. Then, he said, "Dad, no offence, but I really don't think that it's a good idea to leave Mom alone at home. After all, she's the only woman in our family. If we don't let her win, who will, right?"
Neil said in frustration, "Why are you talking so much nonsense?"
Seeing that Neil was determined to win this time, Levi was relieved. He said, "Dad, I was just testing you. Since you can't stand Mom's temper, then we should be firm with our stand this time. If she still doesn't admit her mistake, then we won't go home."
Neil agreed, "That's exactly what I'm thinking."
Levi grinned as he said, "Very nice, Dad. Just think about it. You are the highest commander of the Chatterton Town Military. How can you let a woman walk all over you?"
Neil nodded. "You're right."
Levi raised his glass and said, "Let's drink, Dad. I wish that we can both stand up for ourselves and not get bullied by Mom ever again."
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