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He accepts Naomi’s smartphone with mixed feelings. To make things even worse for him, Jackson Mitchell has heard his shouting too.

[Whom I’m talking to now?]

The voice on the phone sounds heavy and dark. The fat cop’s face is now slowly painted with fear. Clearly, the Governor is upset by something.

“Sir! It’s me! Reuben Webb!”

[It’s you, Reuben? I bet you already know who that girl is!]

“I do!”

[Then, why the hell did you shout at her that way? Have you forgotten how much money Adam Saunders has poured into our police department?]

“But sir! I can’t just…”

[I heard it, Reuben! I heard everything you just said to her! Regardless of her situation, it’s not your place to call a respectable girl like her a noisy bitch! Want me to put an end to your career?]

“Apologize, sir!”

He, who previously acted tough like a man with power, is now becoming a “yes man”, only repeating “yes sir” and “understand sir” while bowing his head.

However, while Jackson Mitchell is lecturing him over the phone,