250: Chapter 250

Chapter 250

"Eight thousand dollars."2

"EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS?!" Matt yelled spontaneously. He got stares from the startled passerby around him. But he didn't care.

Because eight thousand dollars was basically 90% of his money right now! 

He had already used a thousand dollars for many things in just a day. If he had to send eight grand for his mother's bail, then he'd only have one thousand for the rest of the month. 

That was insane!

He had to sell his newly purchased PS 5 again and eat cheap food that was barely edible!

"I—Isn't that too expensive, Officer? Eight thousand dollars for a misdemeanor is…"

Officer Bernard chuckled, "Mr. Woods, it's not a misdemeanor. It's a crime, but not heavy enough to get her to trial immediately. Besides, Mrs. Katherine Woods already said she doesn't mind the expensive vase and simply wants you to pay for the bail if you want your mother to get released."

"Eight thousand dollars is not much considering her crime. Or if you want, you can send fifteen thousand dollars to Mrs. Katherine Woods herself, and she might drop the charge after that."

Matt gritted his teeth, "She is my wife, Officer. I have the right over her opinion. My voice matters more compared to hers."

"No, you don't," Bernard said. He got a bit angry when Matt said something offensive about Kate. But he had to uphold his professionalism as a police officer. "Mrs. Woods already told me before that you two are separating."

"That—"Matt didn't expect Kate to think that far to the point of explaining their current condition. 

"Mr. Woods, all you need to do is send eight grand to one of your relatives that can cosign the bail," Bernard said. "Or you can come by yourself to visit your mother."

"I… I don't have that much money, Officer…" 

"You do," Officer Bernard refuted. "She told me that you blackmailed her with her father's crime. You earned ten grand yesterday through that blackmail, so you should have eight grand to pay for your mother's bail."

"I don't have time to debate with you, Mr. Woods. We will be waiting for the bail for about three days at most. Though I suggest you not wait for that long, Mary Woods is old. She won't survive in the county jail."

Beep.

—

Matt was speechless with the call just now.

Just when he thought he finally had his previous easy life back, Kate fucked him over with this.

He couldn't accept his condition. He had to save his money no matter what, even if that meant he had to blackmail Kate again!

He gritted his teeth as he called Kate's number.

But then, he heard the familiar automated line for 'the number is unavailable,' meaning that Kate had blocked him again.

"GOD DAMMIT! THAT BITCH!" Matt cursed as he realized Kate had screwed him over.

It seemed that she had planned everything until now because the police officer was ready to refute every statement.

Matt knew he had no way out now. He must pay for the bail, or else his mother would suffer. 

"Fuck! I will not let this slide, Kate!" Matt cursed. "I will come to your office and tell your new boss about this! Your career is done for!"

Thus, Matt spent his whole afternoon trying to contact a few of his estranged relatives in his hometown to help with the bail.

Their family had been estranged from the others because Mary wasn't exactly the most pleasant old lady you could spend time with.

Thus, none of his family wanted to help with the bail.

But one of them, his aunt, at least would help to cosign, so Matt would send the money to his aunt, and the aunt would free Mary with the bail.

Matt could only grieve as he saw eight thousand dollars being sent to someone else. He already imagined a good life for the entire month because he had four thousand dollars left.

But now he only had a thousand, and he was unsure if he could go by without selling his game consoles again. 

He left the bank and checked his phone.

He called Kate again and was still blocked. At this point, he guessed that Kate had blocked him permanently because everything was already part of her plan.

"That woman is seriously sly. She is so evil," Matt murmured. "All I did was ask for ten grand, and she actually went so far as planning the arrest of my mom, her mother-in-law. What a poisonous woman."

Matt didn't dare to use Uber anymore. He used the subway instead as he headed toward the area where Kate's office was located. 

He scrolled through his phone gallery and stopped at the newspaper clipping of Kate's father's crime more than a decade ago. He was planning to use this to continuously blackmail Kate for easy money.

But now that he realized Kate was playing with him, he realized he had to do something to fight back! He had to retaliate so she knew that he wasn't someone to mess with.

Thus, he headed to Kate's office and stood before the big office building.

He didn't know which floor was her office, but he knew her company's name was Emperor Publishing, so he could've just asked.

He wanted to meet with the new CEO that replaced James Grant because he knew that James Grant was not someone he could mess with.

"Emperor Publishing? It's the fifteenth and sixteenth floor, Sir," the front desk in the lobby replied. 

"The CEO's office is in the fifteenth or sixteenth?" Matt asked, as he wanted to meet with the CEO directly.

The front desk opened her mouth, but before she could say anything, a big shadow loomed behind Matt, and the front desk receptionist zipped her mouth instantly.

"Fifteenth."

Matt heard the heavy voice of someone behind him. 

He turned around immediately and looked up as he faced a man a head taller than him.

Matt was shocked because of this man's beauty. 

He had deep emerald-like eyes that were intimidating yet mysterious.

He also had striking blonde hair and a face that should've filled the billboard ads. 

Even Matt, a man, wouldn't dare deny this man's actor-worthy handsomeness.

The man looked down at him as if he saw him as a mere ant and asked, "Why do you want to meet the CEO?"

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