"Josh!" Upon seeing Josh, David's eyes gleamed enthusiastically as if he had found a sliver of hope.

Separated by a long table, David was about to limp over to Josh when the policeman on the watch

hurried over to pin him down out of concern he might lash out again.

Josh remained seated, but his disdain for his criminal brother was on full display from his back-leaning

posture, vigilant gaze, and downturned lips. To him, familial bonds had always been the most useless

thing in the Schmidt family.

In their youth, David had been Josh's playmate, but as adults, Josh regarded the foolish David merely

as a tool. He had cleaned up David's mess multiple times and spoiled him to no end, all to prevent

David from coveting his power.

His strategy had been to tame David and render David a dependent believer of his.

Alas, David was a dim-witted good for nothing.

The more Josh thought about it, the more he felt disgusted by David. Even until now, he did not think

he was in the wrong for framing David for murder. He'd done everything to save David, so it was only

fair for David to shoulder the blame.

"Josh, why am I charged with attempted murder? I've not done anything like that," David rambled, his

cracked lips trembling. "I'm innocent! They made a mistake! Someone's trying to frame me. Who did I

attempt to murder? I know nothing about that!"

"Calm down, David, and listen to me," Josh said, adopting a stern tone as he cleared his throat. He

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are against you. The man who worked for you, Magnus Vale, was caught in

him to silence your victims via

David's face turned white. "When have I

never did that!"

head helplessly. "David, you have always

at this critical time? Didn't I repeatedly assure you

what happens. Even Dad can't help

not murder. How many times should I repeat myself?" David slammed his fists on

spittle flying. "Call Dad now! I need to speak to him. He won't give

also agreed

and he frowned. "I've done all I could for you, but you messed it up all the time,

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do you mean?

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I can do

Cliff.

table in front of David. Being cautious, he did

as he feared that David might use

eyes fell on the stock transfer agreement, a sharp pain gripped his

looting a burning house!"

dead yet! I might make

This is too much! Even if I'm dead, Dad is

my stocks, not

grasped the gravity of the situation, have

you, and he'll never give a

Josh added, "Money and stock ownership

them to the

likely getting a life sentence; even if

likely lose all your assets. It's a matter of time before you're

ownership."

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