Chapter - 224

The news shocked the whole city, even the whole state, the next day.

T-Rex, the underground lord of the Oakheart City, had been taken down by a young man called Zeke Williams.

The young man managed to defend himself against 300 men with less than 30 of his own.

The most important part was that T-Rex had been poisoned the night he was prisoned.

And Zeke was the only person to have visited T-Rex. Naturally, People began to suspect that it was Zeke who was responsible.

Zeke became famous overnight, and the underground world of Rivermouth began to pay attention to him.

Emily woke up early in the morning and got ready for work.

Sam stopped her sister. “Hey! You don’t have to go to work anymore.”

“Why?”

“I got promoted to the second lieutenant. I can get you a better job.”

“Wait, what?” Emily was so shocked that she dropped her handbag. “I thought you just got promoted to a sergeant not long ago! Why the sudden promotion? And a few ranks at that.”

“Officer Hugh will personally promote me later,” Sam nodded.

“Th-that’s good!” Emily was so excited that she has no idea how to respond. “That’s amazing!”

Madeleine was so glad that tears filled her eyes.

The two’s mother had been desperate the past few months because the Hintons were getting better day by day as they remained poor.

It was so bad that the Clemons were ashamed to even go out.

They were worried that their neighbours would mock Emily for breaking up with Zeke.

The main reason the Hintons got better was all because of Zeke.

With Sam getting promoted to a second lieutenant, they finally had a chance to make a comeback

“Right! I forgot to tell you guys another piece of good news,” Sam said.

“Is there any better news than you being promoted?”

“Mom, let me finish. Other than promoting me, there’s another reason Mr. Logan will come here. He has enough proof that Zeke murdered T-Rex. If everything goes smoothly, Zeke will be apprehended today.”

“What?” Emily yelled excitedly. “Zeke killed someone? That’s great news! Sam! Make sure Mr. Logan catches him! Zeke’s why our family is like this now!”

“Don’t worry, sis,” Sam smiled. “Everything’s well prepared.”

“That Zeke is nothing in front of my son!” Madeleine laughed. “Lucky for us, we broke every tie with him, or else our family will be dragged down by him! That’s right, Sam, can you request Mr. Logan to hold the promotion here in our community?”

“That’s the plan,” Sam nodded.

“Good. I’ll notify the neighbours. I finally have something to gloat about,” Madeleine laughed. “That’s right! Emily, invite Adam and Lily as well. I remember Lily was against the idea of dating Sam last time. I want to see the regret in her eyes.”

“Mom, stop. I’m quite fond of Lily, actually,” Sam smiled. “Don’t pressure her too much. If she took a liking to me, we could set the wedding date right away.”

“Whatever you want, son,” Madeleine nodded. “Since you’re a second lieutenant now, you’ll have to prepare at least three hundred thousand as the betrothal gift. How much do you have?”