At this time, Harold was already filled with regrets. 7
The worst thing was not the fact that they had already been turned into a useless piece of trash because Donald's men had broken all of their limbs. After all, it would only take them a few months to fully recover from their injuries.
The worse thing was that the Interpol officers who were here just now had already said that they would b e handed over to the local authorities. If they were really handed over to the local authorities, both of them would inevitably be charged for the crime of kidnapping! 3
This was a felony, and the lightest sentence for this crime was ten years in prison! 2
When he thought about the fact that he might have to spend ten years in prison, Harold broke down completely.
As he was being carried out by Albert's men, Harold choked up, and his face was filled with tears as he asked, "Officers, can I ask you a question? Could it be that... you are really going to send us... to prison now? Both of us... the both of us have been instigated to do what we did. We were simply acting under someone else’s instructions. The true mastermind behind this entire matter is Donald Webb..." 5
Christopher also cried bitterly as he said, "Although m y son and I were wrong, we have already paid a painful price for our actions. Can all of you be magnanimous and give us a way out..."
Harold turned around with much difficulty before he looked at his father with flushed red eyes as he cried out, "Dad... I don’t want to go to prison. Dad..."
Christopher's face was filled with tears as he choked u p and said, "When the time comes, try and push all the blame to me. Just say that everything was all my idea. Say that you didn't know anything at all. Try to fight for the judge to give you a lighter sentence...”
When Harold heard this, he could not help but burst into tears.
As the father and son continued crying, the scene suddenly became very noisy and chaotic.
Albert came over at this time before he said coldly to them, "Stop crying! If you continue crying, we will really send the both of you to prison!"
As soon as Harold heard this, he asked incredulously," Officer, do you mean to say that... you are not sending us to prison?"
Albert replied coldly, "The both of you are actually very fortunate. Since we have to keep Cecilia Lawrence's arrest absolutely confidential, we cannot allow anyone from any other departments to find out about this matter for the time being. So, the fact that both of you have kidnapped Elaine and Cecilia today
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