"Nothing," Joshua sneered as he looked at Malcolm. "I hope that you remember I'm not letting you off the hook for what happened today." After that, he pointed at the lift behind Malcolm. "The lift is here. You should leave now."
Malcolm furrowed his brow as he looked at Joshua, and his mind began to race. He had to admit, it would have been better if Joshua did something to him instantly as he did not need to constantly look behind him and fear for his life. However, Joshua did nothing of the sort and merely left him a warning.
Suddenly, he remembered the time when Joshua warned him and did nothing to him too. During that time, he was still with Heather. He paid no attention to Joshua after he warned him...until the Quinn family nearly went into bankruptcy because of him.
Only then did he know that he could not afford to offend a person like Joshua.
However, the Quinn family was under Samuel's control at this moment. Even if Malcolm wanted to obtain the right to be in charge, he was not capable enough. With that said...
'What's Joshua planning to do to punish me this time?' Malcolm did not dare learn the answer to that question.
The lift began to emit rings of alert.
Beep, beep, beep!
There was nothing Malcolm could do, so he turned and entered the lift.
The moment the door of the lift closed, he saw Joshua calling Lucas again. "Have you gotten the information of those five reporters and the rest of the men? Revoke their reporter's license, and ban them from having any chances of working in the reporting industry forever."
Malcolm's eyes widened when he heard that. Those reporters lost their licenses and their jobs just because they got paid by Malcolm to film some footage.
What about him? An ominous hunch slowly rose in his heart.
The door to the elevator closed. Malcolm could no longer see Joshua and was no longer suppressed by the suffocating aura, yet the fear never left him.
Only when he was back at home did he realize what awaited him.
"You need to leave." When he entered the mansion, he saw Samuel reading the Bible in the living room. There were some neatly packed pieces of baggage in front of him.
When Samuel saw Malcolm return, he raised his head >d+?XLT? looked at Malcolm plainly. "Merchant City isn't a suitable place for you. You'll only stay put when you leave here, so you need to leave Merchant City now. You’re free to go anywhere you want."
Malcolm was astonished by what Samuel said, evident in the way his eyes widened." Dad, are you kidding me? You're asking me to leave Merchant City? I'm born here, and I've never left Merchant City. This is my hometown! How can I—'
"What of it?" interjected Samuel curtly. "Do you think I don’t know what you’re planning? I've told you: the Lynch family and Landry family had been gracious enough to let you and Granny Quinn off the hook after knowing what she and Sirius did to them. All that, yet you choose to take good for evil, continuing to cause trouble for Joshua and his family."
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