Francis’s lawyer arrived at the police station to bail Evelyn out, but it was rejected.
The police said that Evelyn deliberately ordered the murder and caused the death of a civilian. She could not be bailed out because the crime was particularly severe.
The lawyer had no choice but to come back to report to Francis. “Sir, the police won’t release her on bail.”
Francis was very angry. “What’s going on? Can’t you even do such a small task? What am I even hiring you for?”
“It’s not a small matter. I asked a police officer who’s close to me. He revealed some info to me and said that the evidence of Miss Evelyn ordering Jacqueline to kill someone is conclusive. Not only does the police have a recording of her personally admitting that she ordered the murder, but there is also evidence of her buying the poison.”
Francis thought of how Evelyn had suggested killing Valeria several times, so he also knew what was going on.
“Is there no other way?”
“If it’s an ordinary family, we can still discuss it with them and find some connections to ask for forgiveness to clear Miss Evelyn’s name. But the Howard family is involved this time. Unless you can persuade the Howard family to forgive Miss Evelyn, she won’t be able to escape this time.”
Francis knew the severity of the matter. This was not an ordinary crime, but an order to commit murder. Moreover, someone had already died from it. If William wasn’t willing to let this go, Evelyn could very well be sentenced to death.
He had to ask William for a favour. Francis immediately called William, but no one answered.
This meant that William didn’t plan on giving in at all, so Francis had no choice but to ask his bodyguards to send him to the Wolf Group to meet William.
He waited in the reception room for half an hour before William came in with a gloomy face. “You don’t have to say anything if you’re planning on discussing your granddaughter’s murder crime with me!”
“Mr. Howard, I know that Evelyn is very unreasonable, but I didn’t expect her to do such a thing. She’s really going too far!”
“Do you think killing someone is just unreasonable or that she’s just crossing the line?” William interrupted Francis. “Do you think that your granddaughter has killed too few people?”
“That’s not what I meant! Mr. Howard, Evelyn really made a mistake this time, but she has her reasons. Mr. Howard, don’t you want to know why she did this?”
William didn’t save his dignityat all. “No matter what, it won’t give her a reason for her to kill someone!”
When Francis saw William’s cold attitude, he had no choice but to say, “I’ll just get straight to the point. Evelyn became like this because of you, and she likes you so much that she’s gone insane.”
“Don’t you find that ridiculous? Everyone knows that I’m a married man. Are you deaf or blind? Let me tell you, I can tolerate anything else, but there is only one outcome for anyone who tries to kill my wife!”
Francis felt ashamed after hearing William’s words. For the sake of his granddaughter, he had no choice but to put up with it and tried to persuade William. “Relationships are hard to understand. Evelyn can’t control her feelings because she fell in love with you, and she tried to hurt your wife because she lost her mind. I apologize for Evelyn’s actions!”
“I don’t need your apology! I don’t know how you have the nerve to come to me. If your family actually taught her well, you would be on alert when you find out how shameless your granddaughter is. The reason why she did something so vicious is that you didn’t give her any guidance at all.”
Francis could only use his trump card when he saw that William had no room for negotiation. “Mr. Howard, Evelyn is pregnant! Please show her mercy for her!”
“Your family’s upbringing is really unbelievable. Not only are you thinking about your granddaughter’s marriage, but she shamelessly got pregnant out of wedlock. How can you even say it out loud? You are really shameless!”
“No… Mr. Howard, Evelyn is pregnant with your child. You can’t insult her like this!”
“I see that you’re getting old and senile. You’d better see a doctor now!” William sneered and stood up. “See the guest out!”
Francis was driven out of the Wolf Group pathetically. When Frederick saw him, he immediately got out of the car and opened the door. “What happened to you?”
Francis got into the car with a red face. “I’ve never been humiliated like this in my entire life! He’s gone too far! Not only did he insult me, but he also refused to admit that Evelyn is pregnant with his child.”
“Ah? How could this be? Isn’t this too much?”
“Since William is stubborn, I can’t possibly ask him for help. I can only find another way.”
“Do you want Michael to persuade him?” Frederick suggested. “Since Michael is William’s friend, he should be better at persuading him.”
“It’s useless since Azalea gave birth to Michael’s child. William thinks of Michael as a member of the Gurney family, so they’ll definitely cut ties with each other. Thomas is probably a better candidate to beg him for help.”
Thomas was now the heir of the Floyd family, which meant that he was William’s cousin. Maybe Thomas’ could be useful, so Francis had hope again when he thought of this. “Call Thomas immediately and ask him for help.”
Frederick was not willing to ask Thomas for help, but he had no choice. “Sir, what if Thomas can’t convince William as well?”
“Just talk to him first!”
Frederick went to find Thomas while Francis was full of hope, but Thomas shook his head after hearing Frederick’s words. “It’s not that I don’t want to help, but I don’t think I have the capabilities to do this at all.”
“Just call William and give it a try,” asked Frederick.
Thomas called William in front of Frederick. As soon as Thomas picked up the phone and mentioned Evelyn, William immediately hung up the phone without any hesitation.
Thomas waved to Frederick and said, “See, he doesn’t care about us at all.”
“Then what should we do now? Are we supposed to watch as Evelyn is sentenced to death?”
“We can only find a way to delay her sentence. If we can lighten her charges, she won’t be sentenced to death. When the time comes, she’ll only be locked up for a few years.”
After William hung up Thomas’ call, he sneered and dialed Michael’s number. “Did Francis look for you?”
“Not yet!”
“I have blocked all his escape routes. Now that he has no way out, you can look for him now and seize this opportunity!”
“Okay, I’ll go there immediately!”
Frederick had no choice but to leave since Thomas couldn’t do anything either. He went back and told Francis, “William didn’t care about Thomas at all and he was even scolded over the phone.”
“Does this mean that Evelyn is doomed?”
“Thomas said he would find a way to delay the death sentence.”
“It shouldn’t be that easy, right?” Francis frowned and he was pacing in the room when a servant came in and reported, “Michael is here!”
Francis’ face was full of joy since Michael took the initiative to visit him. “Please bring him in!”