"If you were to come looking for me again and behave like a lunatic in the hospital, then what awaits you is a lifetime in prison. Mister Payne, please get out of my way. If you don't, I'll call the law enforcement officers."
Vireo was very calm when he said that. He no longer has any feelings for the Payne family anymore. It was already good enough that he did not resent them. Seeing that Lucius did not get up, Vireo had no choice but to call the law enforcement offices. Within a few minutes, the law enforcement officers came over. They forcefully restrained Lucius and his wife and made way for Vireo.
"Sir and Madam, just be content with what you have. We've been working for decades, and this is the first time we see a person who was abducted let the people who had abducted him back then off the hook.
Hurry up and go back. If you make trouble here, then I'm sorry, you will have to go back to prison!"
While the law enforcement officer was talking, Vireo's car slowly started as well. When he slowly drove out, Lucius could still be heard shouting in tears behind him, "Vireo, we already have no way out anymore. If you don't help us, we’ll be screwed! Vireo, we know that we're wrong. Could you lend us a hand..."
Vireo, who was in the car, only said one word softly. "No."
He was not the person who had caused them to be cornered at the dead end. There were plenty of people in this world who led themself to their doom because of gambling and their insatiable greed.
Should Vireo be footing the bill for all of them?
The car left the entrance, drove onto the main road, and sped off. He was filled with mixed feelings and he did not feel too good. After all, he was cutting off a relationship. However, he also felt relaxed. It was as if a malignant tumor in her body had finally been cut off. In the future, he would be living his new life. He had someone he loved, and he would be having a bunch of children with the person he loved. Also, he had his mother with him, and he would accompany her for the rest of her life.
While Vireo was driving, he started imagining a scene like that. Three or five children were running in a lively little courtyard. Their elderly grandmother was sitting on a lawn chair watching everything while smiling. Isadora and himself were busy in the kitchen. What a beautiful scene that was!
Beautiful music could be heard in the car, and Vireo drove all the way back home.
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