Without needing to be asked, Anthony extended his hands with his wrists pressed together, expecting them to be cuffed.
However, Officer Wilson who was walking over to him didn't even try to take out his handcuffs from around his belt buckle.
"There won't be any arrests happening here today," Officer Wilson said, standing behind Anthony and helping him drop his hands.
"Then what are you going to do Officer Wilson?" Julius asked
"Well, I've come to understand that my Captain cares about this trash a lot, so if I was to make the arrest I'm certain that the Captain would find a way to get him released by tomorrow. I know none of you wants that, right?"
"That sounds like a logical concern, so what's your idea, Officer Wilson?" Patience inquired.
"This is up to you guys to agree with or not but I suggest that you all KICK him out of the mansion and force him to pay the amount the necklace is worth. That would also mean that I and my partner will be responsible for holding on to the necklace for the meantime—"
"That's not fair! If we already have the necklace then why force Anthony to try and pay for it still?" Annabelle interjected
She then went on to face Patience, saying "Even though you do that, how exactly is he supposed to pay for it when you made sure to use your influence to blacklist his name from viable jobs he could do to raise money? This isn't fair at all!"
She tried to help Anthony but was met with deaf ears by the rest of the family.
Patience slowly turned and walked up to her then gently placed the back of her fingers on Annabelle's cheeks, trying to placate her "listen my beautiful and innocent granddaughter…"
Patience made Annabelle's hope shoot right up, thinking that she has her grandmother’s support but then Patience brought her face closer to hers.
Patience said "No matter what obstacles one has in front of them if they have fate on their side then they can scale through it, no problems" Patience finished with an empty expression
"What?!" Annabelle mumbled while she grab Patience's hands and took them off her cheeks "What's that supposed to mean, Grandmother—?"
"Officer Wilson, your idea is alright with me! Now, get that dog out of my mansion! I no longer want to see his face or breathe the same oxygen as it" Patience turned to Officer Wilson and then gave her final instructions which made him smirk with glee
"Alright trash, you know the drill!" Officer Wilson grabbed aggressively onto Anthony's left wrist and started pulling him toward the door right behind them.
"Don't you dare touch him!" Annabelle screamed in her loudest voice, pushing Patience's hands off her, and then ran to Anthony and Officer Wilson almost at the exit.
"Get your hands off him!" she pulled Anthony's hand free from Officer Wilson's grip before slapping the man across the face. *WACK*
After the slap, Officer Wilson was enraged and had wanted to respond with a slap too but because of who it was that slapped him, he was left to clench his fist as a way to deal with his anger.
'This b*tch, once I make you mine I'll make sure you pay for this embarrassment, fuck!' he thought, glaring at her.
"Anthony, why aren't you trying to defend yourself?! Please do something, use your charm to get the others on your side!" Annabelle pleaded with Anthony after noticing how nonchalant he was being.
After all her efforts to try and get him to take action, Anthony finally spoke.
"Wilson, how much is the necklace worth?"
"??" Annabelle was left speechless by his non-responsiveness to her question, rather he focused on Officer Wilson.
Officer Wilson grinned from ear to ear "I see you understand and are playing along. This proves that even garbage can be smart at times. The necklace is seventy-five thousand dollars so that's what you'll be working your ass off to get, good luck with that!"
"Alright, and I'm assuming there's no time limit I have to get the money?"
"The longer you take the better because it'll give the Maple family the peace of mind of not having you around and me the opportunity to do what I should have done a while back" Officer Wilson smirked, sneaking a lustful glance at Annabelle and stripping her naked with his eyes.
"Alright then, I'll start heading out," Anthony said then turned around, wanting to head to the entrance when he was suddenly stopped by Annabelle who pinched the end of his left suit sleeve
Her voice was shaky and her head lowered in despair "Hey Anthony, did you forget the promise you made to me the week I brought you home after we got married?"
"!!" Anthony remained silent
"You promised me that you wouldn't give up fighting for us, that you'll give it your all until the rest of my family comes around and starts seeing what I see in you. Are you going to break your promise to me like this?" Her asked.
Since they are married, anytime Anthony gets whatever insult or abuse from one member of the family, she ends up hearing about it and so she knows how much Anthony has had to bear all these months that they've been married.
"I haven't forgotten my promise," he said then her head quickly rose to stare at his back "However, I've come to understand that they won’t change. I’ve been too soft on them"
He turned his head and looked at Annabelle over his shoulder "My promise was to change the family and that's what I'm going to do, but I’ll do it my way" he said then started walking forward.
Once he was at the entrance, he mumbled "My new promise is that I'll make sure they pay for everything they've ever done to me. They and everyone else will dread once the Anthony from the past comes back!" he smacked his tongue and off he went
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