"Later, I found out that the stupid person was not Maryanne, but me." Milton said in a wizened tone, "Actually, she already knew it.
I sent someone to destroy her hand, and I deliberately acted tender and sweet to her. I wanted to her to love me until she couldn't extricate herself from it.
If she left, she would be in pain and despair for the rest of her life. But she's still... willing.
"Shut up! I'll kill you!!!" Tony's insufferable voice rang out.
Everything Milton said sounded like he was repenting, but in fact, he was complaining about Maryanne's suffering. It was like cutting their flesh and blood. How could he keep listening to his words?
Milton looked at Tony, who was so angry that he was about to fall to the ground, and said firmly, "Uncle, I'm sorry. Whether you want to end it officially or privately, I'll agree."
Tony was stunned for a moment before he pointed at Milton and said, "Don't think that well forgive you if you kneel here and confess everything!"
"I didn't ask for your forgiveness. If you chose to call the police, I would be arrested for kidnapping and intentional injury."
As he spoke, Milton fished out a saber from his pocket and calmly placed it in front of Tony's eyes. "I'm willing to pay both my hands to Maryanne."
"You!" Tony's voice tensed.
No matter how much he hated Milton, he was still a good person! He could not solve the problem like the gangsters.
"Hobart..." Jazmin looked at Milton with hatred and said in a trembling voice, "I want him to spend the rest of his life in prison!"
Hobart expressed his disagreement, "Dad, Mom, why don't we cripple his hands first and then send him to jail?"
After Milton finished listening, he closed his eyes and smiled. It seemed that he accepted his fate, but also seemed to say that he was relieved, "You can also do that..."
Hobart said, "Dad, Mom, I know you're kind-hearted. Leave the matter of crippling his hands to me."
Hobart stood up from the sofa as he spoke. He grabbed the military knife from Milton's hand and weighed it in his hand.
"Hobart..." Tony was still more rational. "If you do this, what’s the difference between you and him? Even if we want to get justice for Maryanne, we have to do it legally!"
Hobart said impatiently, "Dad, the legal thing to do is just sending him to jail, isn't it? And then? Can he experience the pain of Maryanne's injury in jail?
In my opinion, nothing is better than asking for justice. An eye for an eye. It was a better way. Moreover, he was willing to do so.
Who forced him? Since no one forced him, why should we bear any psychological burden?"
Hobart's words left his parents in a state of temporary silence. Of course, they knew that their eldest son was speaking nonsense, but they could not help but feel their hearts racing.
During this period, Hobart lowered his head and said to Milton, who was kneeling on the ground, "I told Maryanne before that you are a coward who dares not admit what you have done. Now I will take back my words."
Milton pursed his lips and said in a hoarse voice, "Do it."
"No-!" Maryanne pushed away Jazmin, who was about to cover her eyes, as Hobart pulled out a sharp military knife from his scabbard. She ran over recklessly and knelt beside Milton.
"Maryanne!" Hobart glared at his disappointing sister. He gritted his teeth and said, "Get out of my way!"
"No!" Maryanne suddenly raised her head and looked back at him. "Others may not know, but you do! What right do you have to make him accept the responsibility of all of this? I'm also at fault!"
Hobart roared, his face ashen, "You’re not wrong!"
"I am!" Maryanne turned to look at her father and mother and said tearfully, "Dad, Mom! It's all my fault... it's all my fault! I was jealous of Milton who liked Amelia, so I deliberately pushed her off the stairs of Home of Cook! If someone hadn't caught her downstairs, she would have long fallen to death!"
Tony and mother looked at her in shock, "You, what did you say..."
Maryanne's little face was pale as she said, "I said that I was jealous and hurt someone in the beginning, which was why I was hurt. If Milton had not noticed that I was kidnapped and come to save me in time, I might have been more injured than this."
The facts proved that not only could Milton make things up, she, Maryanne, could as well.
Tony and Jazmin were confused by the continuous turns of events, but one thing was true, that was, the wound on the hand of Maryanne. "Maryanne, are you trying to confuse us now? Are you trying to exonerate him?"
Maryanne wiped away her tears and said, "I'm not, I'm telling the truth! Dad, Mom, think about it. If Milton really did harm me like he said, would I still be pleading for him?"
Her parents couldn't help but glare at each other. They were enraged by Milton's onesided story, but they didn't think about the unreasonableness of these words. Now that their youngest daughter had warned them, they suddenly realized that there were many points of self-contradictory.
But if the truth was not what Milton said, why should he shoulder these responsibilities?
Also, Maryanne had pushed Amelia downstairs? That was Amelia! The woman who Patrick cherished!
Wait, Patrick?!
What was more painful than a child's rebellious behavior?
Jazmin shouted anxiously, "Maryanne! How can you help others? We're doing this for your own good!"
"Dad, Mom, I have always been willful. Since I was young, no matter what I want, I will get it. From today on, I don't want anything but Milton!"
Yes, Maryanne had once complained about Milton, but he was now a real man. She felt that she had nothing to complain about.
The worst situation had been set in front of her. She msut spend the rest of her life hand in hand with Milton. Otherwise, she would regret it for the rest of her life.
"Maryanne..." Milton's broken lips squirmed a little as he softly spat out this name that made his heart palpitate.
Maryanne looked at him with tears in her eyes. "So, this is the explanation you told me on the phone? You're really brave. You didn't even discuss it with me beforehand."
"Ha." Milton chuckled. "If I told you, you would definitely disagree."
"How do you know that I would disagree?"
"I just know that you must be reluctant to see me get beaten."
Maryanne couldn't help but laugh.
Watching them talk as if no one was present, and even joke around, both Tony and Jazmin were speechless.
Hobart, on the other hand, was very frustrated. He did not feel as if the truth was revealed without him explaining. Instead, he felt that something was amiss.
That's right!
"Hey, I said you guys aren't going to forgive him, are you? Then what about Maryanne's injuries? Huh?"
Hobart finally realized that something was amiss. Today was supposed to be the day for Milton to suffer, but it ended up with Maryanne getting involved. His parents, on the other hand, seemed to have softened their hearts?
How could this be!
He didn't want his parents to forgive Milton and even send Maryanne to him as a gift!

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