The old woman was very surprised with her eyes wide open, as if it was the first time she had heard about this.
Albina frowned slightly at her expression.
“Can it be that she wasn’t involved in Dad’s accident? Doesn’t Grandma know anything about what Ramon and Alex have done to Dad?”
-Of course that’s not true, Mom. How can you believe this Albina and doubt me? -Ramon hastened to deny as he stared at Albina with eyes full of resentment.
“It turns out that all the words about forgiving me that this little vixen has said are simply a lie! She’ll have another purpose in helping me get this job at the Santangel Group, won’t she? Probably, she’s just looking for an opportunity to humiliate me!”
Thinking about this, Ramon became very furious.
Hearing Ramon slander her again, Albina laughed lightly and, without saying a word, directly played the recording on her phone for the old woman to hear.
Then she glared at the old woman and let out a laugh:
-You owe me two lives! You are all responsible for the death of my parents, so I will not forgive you so easily!
The old woman, ignoring his words, stared at Ramon with reddened eyes, pointed a trembling finger at him and questioned him with extreme rage:
-Did you kill your younger brother? Damn you! How could you do such a cruel thing?!
She did hate her youngest son, resenting the fact that his birth had cost her her job and made her a mediocre housewife for the rest of her life, but as much as she hated that son, the thought of killing him never occurred to her.
The old woman looked at her eldest son as if she was looking at a stranger and continued questioning when she did not get his answer.
-Why did you want to kill your brother? Ramon, it was your biological brother!
-My biological brother? Ramon looked impatiently at the old woman and scoffed, “Heh, heh, mom, you never treated him as your own son for so many years, why did I have to take him as my younger brother?
The old woman was so angry at hearing these words that she could not say anything to retort for quite a while.
Ramon continued:
-Don’t forget that you never liked Juan since he was a child. Since you could treat him like that as a mother, why do you expect that I could have fraternal feelings for him?
Mrs. Espina, very irritated, stood up, slapped her son hard and cursed loudly:
-Bestial! Even though I didn’t like Juan, he was still your brother, do you forget how much money he has given you and how good he has been to you over the years?! How could you hurt him?
Ramon, slapped, became annoyed at his mother’s angry curses, so he pushed her away forcefully.
Fortunately, the onlookers next to him held the old woman back in time.
-Ramon, you are an ingrate with no moral conscience!
The observing elders also started pointing their fingers at Ramon, scolding him for being violent to his mother.
Ramon refuted on the spot:
-Am I ungrateful? Don’t forget that it is I who have been supporting you for so many years!
-Isn’t it your responsibility that you support me? From schooling to work, I have arranged everything well for you and given you all the family resources, shouldn’t you pay me back?
-Bah! You’ve given me all the family resources? Don’t be ridiculous,” Ramon laughed coldly and said, “How did Juan get the money to set up his company? Didn’t you give it to him secretly? You seem to be very nice to me, but you really liked Juan the most, didn’t you?
The old woman looked incredulous, her face wrinkled with sadness and anguish. She had not expected her eldest son, whom she had spoiled so much for so many years, to hold such a grudge deep down.
-When have I ever given money to Juan? Haven’t all the family assets been under your management during these years? -the old woman replied.
Juan had left the Espina family without taking anything with him, and he had saved the money to set up the company by working hard with his wife.
Although the old woman was never convinced that her youngest son was more promising than her eldest, she never thought of killing him to appropriate his money.
“How could Ramon be so ruthless?”
Ramon laughed coldly, not believing his mother’s words.
He had held a grudge against Juan all these years. Inwardly, he thought he was much better than Juan and had always despised him. However, Ramon did not expect Juan to actually succeed in his business and become the owner of a small company, while he himself was still an insignificant manager in the department.
Every time Juan came back to the Espina family to visit them, bearing many gifts, Ramon felt that his younger brother came to show off and purposely humiliate him, and over time, his hatred for him grew greater and greater and he desired more and more of his property. However, he and Juan had formed their own families respectively and no longer lived in the same house, so the only way to appropriate his property was to let him die in an accident.
After Juan died, his family would be left with only two weak women, who would not be able to stand up to him. Coincidentally, Albina went blind at that time, which was simply a good opportunity for Ramon to carry out his malicious plan.
After getting Juan’s property, Ramon did have a good time for a period of time, but soon his son wasted all the money, immersed in gambling games.
Albina watched coolly as they argued fiercely like rabid dogs. Since they were now having internal problems, she didn’t need to bother. Even the onlookers began to push Ramon away, cursing that he was an ungrateful son, after seeing him act so violently towards his own mother.
Encircled by the well-wishers, Ramon had no way to approach Albina to confront her.
Alex struggled out of the crowd, looked at Albina viciously and asked:
-Albina, are you giving me money or not!
-No, I’d rather throw the money into the sea,” Albina coldly refused.
Alex put on an even gloomier face and said:
-Are you really going to watch with folded arms as my hands will be cut off?
Albina, without answering his question, said smiling:
-By the way, Alex, do you know why I didn’t call the police directly after receiving the recording?
Alex, who was full of anger, after hearing these words, calmed down and froze in the same place.
“Yes, why didn’t Albina call the police after obtaining crucial evidence? Then, not only could she get the house back, but she could also get some money out of our family as compensation. Why didn’t the police report us?”
Alex looked at her cautiously and asked:
-What other tricks do you have? What exactly do you want?
Albina suddenly burst out laughing at hearing him ask such silly questions.
“This person is really stupid, hasn’t he realized yet that his debt mess is a well-crafted trap by me?”
-In the accident on my part, the car defect was not the most main reason that caused his death, therefore, if I were to call the police to report you, quite possibly you could get out of jail after some time. Of course I would not be willing to do that. You guys owe me so much, how can I forgive you to go so easily?
After saying that, Albina showed a very soft and mysterious smile, which sent a shiver down Alex’s back.
At that moment, a group of tall and strong men, who were dressed in suits and had tattoos on their arms, could be seen heading towards where they were.
At the sight of them, Alex panicked because they appeared to be Augustine’s men.
-It turns out they are here! We’ve been looking for you for a long time,” one of the men shouted out loud when he saw the Espina’s in the noisy crowd.
The group of elders harassing Ramon stopped, turned around to look in the direction of the voice. Seeing a group of wicked-looking strong men approaching them, they immediately scattered quickly using the staff. In an instant, only the three of the Espina family were left there.
Ramon’s old clothes were completely torn by the incessant tugging of those well-meaning elders.
He turned around with the intention of scolding his mother, but then he saw the group of men in black suits heading towards them.
Alex was so frightened that his legs were shaking incessantly. He rushed to his father’s side, hiding behind him, and said in a trembling voice: -Dad, you have to save me this time. Those men are coming for me!