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…

Josie turned

said, “Whatever I owe you, you don’t need to lift

Josie turned her head.

Dexter’s voice was like a knife, instinctively

head. “I’m not interested in Xanthe’s fate. Sooner or later, she will pay the price. When that time comes, I

ill, and Arnold led me to suspect you were too. Now,

closely, one could clearly see the turmoil hidden in the

a tissue. “If you think I

on his cheek. Josie’s chest heaved as she spoke. “No father in this world would ever speak of his

subtly turned his face away, a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth making him appear even more

grabbed Josie’s wrist. “So now you admit

otherwise, why would you put me in such an embarrassing situation? Tell me, if Grape grows up and finds out that she was conceived because her father forced himself on me on

indeed infuriated Dexter, causing his grip to tighten. “I have always looked

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