Chapter 22
Allure stepped out of the courthouse, Lawrence’s s face lit up with rescitensent. “Zayne, Ms. Schubert, we won the case he exclaimed “Let’s go celebrate!–
Enrica replied, “It’s just a recess. We still don’t know the final verdict.”
Lawrence chuckded contidently. “Don’t worry, we’ve got this. If they don’t drop the lawsuit and settle within a week, I’ll take my Labrador’s last name
I want you as their lawyer.”
Zayne said gravely, “Man, you’re already shady enough change your name too and no one
Lawrence let out a couple of dre chuckles. “Zayne, that w
was a really bad joke,”
Erica laughed too. “If it really turns out as you say, I’ll treat youtmanice meal:”
“Ms Schoben, you’d better keep your word!”
She suppressed a smile. “Yes, 1 will. ”
“Aänight then, I’d better get going to wrapthings. Ms. Schobert, see you later. Zayne, F’imott!== =
Lawence waved and hunted to his old, white jetta. Soon, he drove away with his rickety car making all sorts of clanking noises
Enrica tumed to Zame and said sincerely. “Thank you for your help, both before and now.”
He raised an eyebrow. “just a thank you and that’s it?
Enrica, treating it as playful banter between friends, laughed. “Then I’ll treat you to dinner…”
|Before she could finish, bet phone rang. She pulled it out and saw that it was Enna calling.
As soon as she answered, Enna’s urgent voice came though. “truka, come home right now. I need to talk to you!”
Ennica quickly asked, “What’s wrong? Did something happen to Dad?
Enisa passed, then replied impatiently, “Your dad’s time! It’s about pulland just get back here. I can’t explain over the phone. Til tell y
| you in person.”
Encica hung up and looked apologetically at Zayne. “I have to go home. I can’t treat you to dinner today. How about tomorrow?”
He nodded, “No problem ”
Once they were done with their conversation, she hurriedly walked toward the bus stop by the roadside. As soon as the bus anived, she quickly boarded it.
Zayne watched her leave, pondered for a moment, and then called his assistant. “Find out what’s going on with the Schubert family,”
Half an hour later, Enrica returned to Charles‘ place, tena immediately rushed up to her and questioned andously, “What took you so long? Enrica, you have to help your brother this time. You know julian–he’s a good lid. He wouldn’t hit someone for no reason!
“Now, the other kid’s parents are forcing us to withdraw hem from school, chi top of that, they’re demanding an outrageous amount in compensation. They’re clearly just trying to shake us down!”
Juliani sat on the couch with a sullen face as he absently scrolled through his phone. He shouted impatiently, “What’s the point of telling her?”
Erusa glared at tum and snapped, “Enrica is more capable than you. She might come úg with a good solution!”
Julian raised his voice infrustration, “I don’t need her help!!
Ena quickly turned to Eric and spoke in a gentle tone. “Encica, you know how your brother is He’s just got that kind of temper. Deep down, he’s not a bad ldd This time, he was truly set up: Could you reach out to Miguel and see if he can help sort this out quickly?”
Enrica frowned. “Enua, Miguel and I are already divorced.”
Enna quicidy replied, “I know, I know. But you were married for two years, so he must’ve had feelings for you at some point, right? Besides, he was the one who cheated, so he’s the one at Lault. You walked away without making a scene or taking anything from him. Considering how peasonable you’ve been, wouldn’t he be willing to help you out?”
Enrica put her handbag down “Miguel won’t help us, Ema What exactly happened? Tell me the details, and I’ll see it I can think of another way.”
Dudy then did Enna begin to recount the full story
þalian had a long–standing rivalry with a classinate at school. Bothut them were leaders of their respective cliques and had been at odds for a long time.
This time, the other student challenged julian to a fight to settle who was the strongest. The winner would take the lead over both groups. It was the unwritten nile of the school’s social deraidiy, and julian agreed without limitation, Inthe end, he woul
To their surprise, the other student’s parents refused to let the matter drop. Instead, they insisted on holding Julian accountable
e and were now demanding.
Enna had already given them ten thousand dollars, but that wasn’t enough. Now, they weir demanding a staggering 500 bundled thousand dollars. If not, they
They had some influence, and he had already been spred from school. He was just half a step away from being expelled permanently.
fama was parścking, not knowing what to do, julian was her everything. If he couldn’t even finish school, she had no idea how she would go on.
After heating the whole story, Larica hesitated for a moment and said, “How about It up a meeting with the other kid’s parents? We can see if there’s any room. for negotiation
Julian, who had been engrossed in his game, looked up and supped, “Who do you think you are? Do you really think they’d bother meeting with you? Whut, you
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think you’re some big shot?”
Enna immediately slapped him across the face. “Shut
up!”
Enrica had finally agreed to step in, and her foolish son was acting ungrateful! No matter what, Enrica had spent two years with the Zuckers. Even if Miguel retused to get involved, her past connections might still prove useful. Maybe she could actually resolve this!
And here he was, pushing her away!
Enrica had never been particularly fond of Julian. If she wasn’t worried about Enna being too preoccupied to care for Charles,
she wouldn’t have bothered to help at
she ignored Julian’s provocation and turned to Enna. “Give me their contact information. I’ll give them a call.”
Enna quickly handed over her phone. “Here it is.”
Ennica dialed the number from Enna’s phone. After a briet pause, the call connected, and a soft, gentle female voice came through the I
