Dexter adjusted his collar. “How should we handle this?”

Upon hearing that, Josie blurted out, “Even if she’s my biological mother, can she just hand me over like that?”

She was well aware of their relationship, yet she insisted on rubbing salt in Dexter’s wounds.

He looked at her. “She currently lives at No. 3021, Midtown Boulevard, Slirroc, Wavery. If you want to meet her in person, I can arrange it for you.”

He was able to recite the detailed address. Josie’s eyes flickered with surprise, but it quickly faded. “My father has been ill, and these past two years, he has suffered greatly. His whereabouts are still unknown. Is it too much to ask for her to be held accountable?”

Dexter gazed at the sunlight outside as Morgan drove away. “Not at all. Can you find a legal way? If you can’t, I’ll create one for you,” he said.

Josie narrowed her eyes, almost in disbelief. “Dexter, the way you speak makes one doubt if you’re really her biological child.”

That was his mother. Despite the strained relationship they had maintained over the past few years, the bond of blood was still there. Yet, he was willing to hand Josie the knife, to personally take the life of his own mother…

you lost your mind?” Josie turned around, unsure of how to

“Whatever I owe you, you don’t

Josie turned her head.

was like a knife, instinctively making

pay the price. When that time comes, I won’t consider the

heart. “Initially, they said Xanthe was mentally ill, and Arnold led me to suspect

calm, like still waters. However, if one were to look closely, one could clearly see the turmoil hidden in the

think I

landed swiftly on his cheek. Josie’s chest heaved as she spoke. “No father in

of blood at the corner of his mouth

you admit that Grape is my

expected her birth in the first place, otherwise, why would you put me in such an embarrassing situation? Tell me, if Grape grows up and finds out that

infuriated Dexter, causing his grip to

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