Chapter 4 Do You Plead Guilty or Not?

These were blowup photos of the Mercedes S600 that was involved in the accident.

The driver's face was clear.

It was Reuben!

The living room was deadly quiet.

Those photos were extremely clear. On no ground were they photoshopped.

Reuben looked up at Joshua and pretended to be calm. "Where did you get these?"

Reuben was already panicking deep down.

At a dinner party last week, he drank too much, and he hit and ran off drunk.

Later on, he learned that the girl victim had no parents. She only had a good-for-nothing brother, who was some family's live-in son-in-law.

Therefore, Reuben did not take it seriously. He pulled some strings and made the incident go away.

He did not expect the live-in son-in-law to be Pamela's husband!

Also, the man obtained the evidence!

It was impossible!

Reuben had someone take care of the matter before...

Joshua questioned Reuben coldly, "Do you plead guilty or not?"

Reuben frowned and replied, "What difference does it make? You don't think you can sentence me on behalf of the law, do you? Stop being so fancy about it. You just want money, right? Your sister is as cheap as you. Here are 3 thousand dollars. Take the money and get lost!"

Though Heidy knew that Reuben was guilty, she still spoke up for him. "Tsk! She isn't worth that much. Might as well let me buy some makeup with the money."

Joshua was silent. He went straight to the tea table, grabbed a bottle of wine, and weighed it.

Seeing that, Donte quickly scolded, "Put it down! This is a 16-thousand-dollar bottle of wine! You can't afford to break it!"

"Can't I?"

Joshua sneered, "He should be the one who can't afford it!"

Before anyone could react, Joshua smashed the bottle on Reuben's head!

Pa!

The wine bottle shattered, and glass splattered everywhere.

"Ouch..."

Reuben fell to the ground, blood flowing out of his forehead mixed with the wine. The fluid spread all over his face, making him look frightening!

"Fuck you, Joshua! How dare you hit me?"

Reuben covered his head and cursed angrily.

"Beating you up is like beating a dog!"

Joshua picked up another bottle of wine and smashed it.

Reuben hurriedly dodged.

The bottle did not land on him. It hit the floor next to him.

Crack!

The wine bottle shattered, and countless fragments splattered.

They left countless scratches on Reuben!

What happened stunned Donte and his family.

After a while, Heidy was the first to react. She slapped her thigh and wailed, "Damn! He kills Reuben! Joshua is a murderer!"

Donte looked at the broken pieces on the ground, and his heart ached. "My wine... I haven't posted it on Timeline yet..."

Pamela, on the other hand, covered her mouth and froze!

Reuben cursed fiercely, "Joshua! You asshole! I should have run over that slut!"

"Your mouth stinks. It's about to get blocked!"

Joshua grabbed the necklace from the sofa and walked toward Reuben.

Heidy hurriedly stopped Joshua. "You piece of trash! What are you doing? The necklace costs more than 160 thousand dollars. Don't act rashly!"

Joshua lowered his head and looked at the necklace, a trace of ruthlessness flashing through his eyes!

"Stay away from me!"

He pushed Heidy away, pressed Reuben's head, and directly stuffed the necklace into Reuben's mouth!

"How dare you lie to my wife? You asked for it!"

"Ouch!"

Reuben wanted to struggle, but he was just a dandy who squandered his life. He wasn't a match for Joshua, who did physical work every day!

Reuben was forced to swallow the diamond necklace at last.

He couldn't even spit it out.

He could hardly breathe.

Seeing that, the other three people were completely shocked.

What had gotten into Joshua?

Joshua had always been a coward.

They could never link Joshua to someone who acted violently.

Joshua was always timid in front of them.

However, today's Joshua was like a completely different man, who was even terrifying...

Pinching Reuben's chin, Joshua stared at Reuben.

By now, Reuben was no longer arrogant.

He met Joshua's eyes, and he shivered subconsciously.

Joshua said coldly, "Didn't you say you would compensate me? The medical bills for my sister are a total of 500 thousand dollars! Just now, I accidentally smashed your wine bottles and broke your necklace, so, I'll deduct 50 thousand dollars. All in all, you owe me 450 thousand dollars now. As for how you should repay it, it depends on my mood!"

Joshua was not lying. Yesterday, Alfred invited experts for Leyla's surgery, plus the expenses of the advanced ward, the medical fee would at least be 500 thousand dollars!

As to the necklace?

When Joshua went to the jewelry shop to buy a necklace for Pamela in the morning, he saw the necklace, and it was priced at 16 thousand dollars.

Reuben, the phony, claimed that it was worth 160 thousand dollars.

How shameless was Reuben!

Reuben had long been scared out of his wits and just wanted to leave as soon as possible.

He did not dare say another word when faced with Joshua's threat. He kept nodding.

"Get lost!"

Joshua kicked Reuben.

Reuben staggered up and ran out ignominiously, not even daring to look back...

The living room was still filled with a mixture of blood and alcohol.

Heidy never dreamed of today's scene. Her plan was ruined!

If usual, she would have come forward to slap Joshua in the face.

However, after what had happened, Heidy was a bit guilty and did not dare to confront Joshua.

She suddenly had an idea and fell to the ground. "Fuck me! I'm so unlucky! I have a good-for-nothing son-in-law, and now he even dares to hit my guest in my face! I'm so afraid! After all, I'm just a weak woman! What if he treats me without mercy from now on?"

Then she turned to Pamela and cried. "Pamela, it's said on TV that some men look docile and honest, but they are a sadist deep down. I don't care! If he stays here, I will move out! Living together with him is so scary..."

Her tactics worked.

Pamela could only say to Joshua, "Joshua, maybe you..."

"I won't be living here for the next few days. I want to spend more time with Leyla in the hospital."

Joshua interrupted her words.

Pamela felt somehow upset.

She felt sorry for Joshua.

Yet on second thought, what Joshua did just now was so scary. She even felt like he was a total stranger to her.

Maybe he should be out for a few days to calm down.

Joshua took out the jewelry box from his pocket and handed it to Pamela. "This is for you. I have something to do. I'm leaving now!"

He left without looking back.

Bang!

After the door was closed, Heidy immediately stopped crying and spat at the door, cursing, "You damn trash, I wish you would die outside. I'll hold a party to celebrate your death!"

Pamela opened the box and found a necklace inside.

What a big diamond!

It was several times bigger than the one given by Reuben!

However, Heidy grabbed it and threw it into the trash can, cursing, "It's just a fake! I'm sure he got it from some cheap shop. He's got some nerve, giving such a bargain to you! This is worlds apart compared with the one Reuben gave you! He offended Reuben today. He will suffer!"

As she spoke, she walked towards the bedroom.

Donte lowered his head and followed Heidy.

Heidy was furious and slapped Donte on the head. "Why are you following me? Go clean up the floor!"

"OK!"

Donte did as he said.

"I was a fool to marry you, Donte. All of you are ungrateful bastards! I hope you are all dead!"

Heidy said angrily.

Then she slammed the bedroom door shut.

He went downstairs.

Reuben had already left in his Mercedes S600.

Today, Reuben was humiliated by Joshua. Joshua knew Reuben would retaliate.

Joshua didn't care. He would roll with the punches.

He was no longer afraid of anything or anyone!