The Legendary Man

Chapter 14 Slandered By Emmeline

The person who opened the door for them was Margaret Saunders, Emmeline’s mother.

Jonathan’s impression of his mother-in-law was that she was extremely coarse, mean, and petty. Since he married into the Smith family, she had never liked him and took pleasure in humiliating him or making him run errands.

The list of errands he had to do was endless, including replacing faulty lightbulbs, cleaning the dishes, vacuuming the floor, fixing the toilet, and even washing Margaret’s undergarments because she was too lazy to do it herself.

Even so, she was still displeased with Jonathan. Often, she would urge Josephine to get a divorce so that the latter could get married to a wealthy man.

“Mom!” Jonathan greeted her.

Regardless of how much he hated Margaret, he had to endure her as long as he was still married to Josephine.

“I’m not your mom!” Margaret responded sharply. “You went missing for three years without informing us. What do you think we are, huh? A hotel that you can come and go as you please?”

“Mom, I’ve been—”

Before Jonathan could explain what had happened to him in the past three years, she cut him off. “Enough, stop making up excuses. I’m not interested in knowing how you have been doing. In fact, I’d rather see you die, for there’s no point for you to exist except taking up space and wasting food.”

declaring, “Jonathan, let me be frank with you. You’ve been away for three years, so according to the law, your marriage with Josephine has ended. In other words, you two are divorced. Thus, don’t show up at the Smith residence again as we

a chance to explain himself, Margaret made it clear that

the loser son-in-law of hers to upset her any further. The

only

law states that my marriage with Josephine is automatically over since I wasn’t home for three years?” Jonathan demanded, his expression grim.

came home in three years, yet

a divorce. From today onward, stay away from her. If you keep clinging to her, I’ll ask someone to rough you up!” Margaret pointed at him and

to play nice since she was the one who treated him rudely first. “Are you in a

Margaret’s face, but she quickly recollected herself and answered, “Yes. So what? Josephine has been living like a widow ever since you disappeared. Can’t she marry another man? That’s better than staying with a loser

icily, “Dream on. Alvin won’t marry

that afternoon, there was no way Alvin would marry Josephine unless he had a

you think Alvin’s afraid of you?” Margaret scoffed. “Jonathan, only your boasting skills increased during the past three years, huh? Enough, stop putting up an act. I know you well. Just stay away from Josephine, or bear

she dragged Emmeline into the house and was about to shut the door to lock Jonathan outside. However, when she did so, the bruises on her daughter’s arm

solemn as she demanded, “What

Emmeline stuttered

at Jonathan. “B*stard, did you do this to Emmeline? How dare you lay a finger on her! I shall

to give Jonathan a slap

Jonathan caught it in a vise-like grip. “Your daughter got drunk in