After making a call to Anna, Alex did not care about the noise downstairs and turned to look at Franklin.
At this moment, he had already been scared out of his mind as his face turned pale.
“Do you wish to die or live?”
Franklin wished dearly that he could go around to beg for help now. Upon hearing his words, he hurriedly cried and said, “I wish to live. I wish to live, Bro… Brother, please forgive me. Just treat me like a fart and let me go!”
“Let you go? Alright, then you can just go!”
“Huh… W-what about the parasite inside my stomach…”
“What does it have to do with me?”
“Ah… Brother, son-in-law. My good son-in-law, I beg you. Please let me go. I know I was wrong. I really know I was wrong!”
Seeing Franklin crying as he kept groveling and knocking his head on the ground to admit his mistakes, Cheryl was reminded of her mother. At the time, her mother had died from depression. She still could not forget this man before taking her last breath, but he even refused to see her for the last time. He even said that he would rather let her die fast to reincarnate into the next life quicker.
Was this something that a human being could do?
“What did you do wrong?” James said.
“I was wrong. I shouldn’t have abandoned my wife and daughter. I shouldn’t have eloped with someone else. I shouldn’t act below the moral baseline for the sake of temporary pleasure… Dad, I’ve already been punished. That b*tch turned around threw herself at someone else’s embrace after spending all my money. I was even sold off to work as a miner in the cold northern region. I couldn’t even come back even if I wanted to!”
“Hmph! You couldn’t even come back even if you wanted to. That’s because you deserved it! Therefore, you’re back now to sell off your daughter. Do you think I’ll sympathize with you?” As James said furiously, he picked up a wooden stick and hit Franklin right in the face.
It was until the stick was broken did he then let him go.
Alex said, “Get lost! Starting from tomorrow, go to the tomb of Cheryl’s mother and kneel before it for forgiveness. Kneel ten hours per day. I’ll see your performance in one month before deciding to give you an antidote.”
Franklin left the Coney family’s residence in fear.
James sighed and said that their family was unfortunate for giving birth to such a brute. Cheryl hugged Alex right away, burying her face in his arms without saying a word.
James was startled for a brief moment.
Then, he turned around and entered the kitchen to talk to his wife.
***
Levi fled in a hurry. He finally escaped back to the place where he lived with Carol Rockefeller temporarily. He was now gravely injured. He needed Carol’s help to send him to Hosiah Qantas for treatment.
Puff!
As soon as he saw Carol, he spat a mouthful of blood again.
Shocked, Carol asked, “Young Master Bayer, what’s wrong with you?”
Levi said, “What bad luck. My dad asked me to marry the granddaughter of Legendary Doctor Coney in California. It turned out that the woman is Alex Rockefeller’s woman. I was squeezed by him in mid-air and fell from a tall building. Three pieces of my ribs are broken, stabbing into my lungs. Carol, hurry up. Find Qantas the Weird and send me to him. Only he can save me now.”
Carol was even more surprised.
Then, she asked, “Why did your dad ask you to marry the granddaughter of Legendary Doctor Coney? Now that you’ve been beaten to such a state, does your dad know?”
Levi said, “Not yet, one of my arms is also broken. When I tried to escape from there just now, my personal bodyguard had already died while trying to save me… Cough, cough. Stop the idle chatter. Hurry and send me there, or else I’m really going to die here.”
“Oh, okay. Just rest on the couch first. I’ll give you something to fix your arm. Otherwise, it’ll be crippled.”
“Alright!”
Levi half laid on the couch. He took out a medicine and consumed it, activating the inner force inside his body to heal his injuries.
However, Carol did not go and find the item for fixing his arm. Instead, she found a knife. Her expression was hideous and her eyes were cold. She let out a strange smile in the mirror.
Then, she walked toward the outside.
“Carol, is it done?”
Levi asked without opening his eyes.
“It’s done, I’ll bandage you right away!”
As the voice fell, the knife hidden behind Carol’s back stabbed into Levi’s chest.
“Ahhh!”