Crossroads

Vincent accompanied Stephanie to the police station.

"We will press charges for intentional injury against Claire, and Mr. Roberts has also instructed us to pay special attention to this traffic accident" The officer who handled the case, Beck, was serious. "Claire is still in hospital, and they have detected that she has a mental illness. If she appeals. you should be aware that she might try to use her mental illness to evade legal punishment"

"Does she really have a mental illness" Stephanie was shocked.

"It doesn't matter if it's true or not. She's already broken the law by causing the accident. At worst, we'll hire a team of lawyers to fight the case with ber. I'm not afraid of her.

Vincent didn't feel much sympathy for Claire. He caught another key point and turned to Stephanie with confusion

"Is Scott interfering in this case?

He had grown up with Scott it since childhood and was surprised that someone as deep and reserved as Scott would get involved in such a matter.

Sitting across from them, Beck chimed in, "Mr. Roberts has made outstanding contributions to Caclorium. He participates in public welfare undertakings in our city every year and continues to make substantial donations to help countless impoverished families. This case involves a relative of Mr. Roberts, so our leadership will pay close attention to it."

Vincent was stunned. He had no idea that Scott enjoyed being an anonymous hero.

The Roberts family could be considered a scholarly family, with generations of professors at prestigious universities. However, compared to old money, such as the Wellington and Hayes families, its financial resources were somewhat lacking. Although the Roberts family was wealthy, facing large annual donations was quite challenging.

Vincent was speculating wildly. 'Could it be that Scott values money as nothing more than dirt, or am I not noble enough? Should I also learn from Scott's noble spirit Ignoring Vincent, Stephanie asked Beck directly, "What are our chances of winning the lawsuit if Claire uses her mental illness to fight us?"

"It's hard to say Judges usually base their decisions on whether the perpetrator's motivation was spontaneous, as well as the severity of the consequences of the traffic accident." Speaking of which, Beck deliberately lowered his voice to remind them. "Also, it depends on the ability of the lawyers you hire.

The lawyers that Vincent found for them were surely top-notch. Some top lawyers could turn black into white and use a trivial matter to ruin someone's life forever. That indeed happened before.

Courtney was so worried because she was afraid Stephanie would use a top- notch legal team.

After the inquiry, Stephanie thanked Beck and left the police station

"Stephanie, you don't need to worry about this anymore. Focus on your own work, and leave it to us Vincent left the police station. He was holding his phone, typing away, looking down.

Stephanie glanced at the screen of his phone, but he acted like a thief, immediately covering it with his palm.

Vincent replied solemnly, as if trying to change the subject, "Oh right, has the Nelson family and the Reed family heard about Claire's incident!*

Claire hadn't divorced Kevin yet, so she was technically part of the Nelson family, but they didn't seem to care. The Reed family was only paying attention through Courtney.

"I haven't mentioned it to my family. Stephanie spoke calmly, giving Vincent a good look at his suspicious face. "Just follow the proper legal procedures, and don't get involved too much."

Vincent grunted noncommittally, just in time when his phone rang.

"I have some official business to take care of. Please take a taxi back to Reed Villa by yoursell.

Holding his phone, he quickly walked towards his car like he was really busy.

Stephanie stood in place, watching his hasty figure, thinking that he must be hiding something from her.

quickly got into the car and slammed the door shut with a thud.

He looked at Stephanie outside the window with a bit of guilt before taking a deep breath and pressing the receive button on his phone.

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"Dominick, you mentioned someone has a grudge against St Stephanie and wants to retaliate against her. I have some ideas. I suspect it might be Jessica."

Holding the phone, he said as logically as possible, "She's very well hidden. It was Jessica who instigated Claire's hit-and-run. She won't do it herself. She plans to use others to do the job. I plan to send someone to investigate her thoroughly. What? You've already had someone looking into her?"

Holding the phone, Vincent was a bit surprised. Then he became slightly dejected because he had just discovered new leads, but Dominick had swooped in and taken them away. He asked glumly. "So do I need to do something now?"

Dominick hesitated for a moment and then countered, "How is she?"

By "she", he meant Stephanie.

When Vincent heard him ask that, he started getting excited. "Claire drove into her, but luckily she wasn't hurt. However, her friend Molly got minor injuries. But that makes things even more complicated, because silly Stephanie blames herself and would rather get injured herself. And Scout scolded her out of anger."

"Scott scolded her? Dominick interrupted him suddenly.

"Actually, I'm not entirely sure, Vir cent said excitedly. "There a very real chemistry between Scott and Molly. He steps in on the accident as well. I guess he felt distressed about Molly getting hit and blew off steam at Stephanie."

"Is that so?" Dominick asked with an ambiguous tone.

His voice sounded a bit sinister, and Vincent was startled, feeling like he had said too too much.

Vincent was straightforward in his speech, and he didn't mean to drag Scott into it on purpose. He was but it ended up making Scott the targer of Dominick's resentment.

ie was just tr trying to tell Dominick a piece of gossip, Vincent became cautious and picked a safe topic. "So, how do you plan to handle this? Dominick replied several words coldly and indifferently. "Lock her up in prison."

Vincent hesitated a bit. "Stephanie told me to follow the normal judicial procedures and not meddle too much.

Stephanie disdained using dirty tactics to suppress Claire and We Courtney. Vincent felt that the m accident didn't cause any serious consequences, and since Claire was instigated, there was no need to go too far.

"If she dares to drive into Stephanie, there'll be a second time, anime. If anything happens to Stephanie next time, are you responsible for that?" Dominick's voice was cold and resolute.

Vincent frowned, unsure how to respond.

If Claire really drove into Stephanie this time and hurt her, no one could bear the responsibility.

Vincent told him some details, "Claire was diagnosed with mental illness, and she may receive a lighter sentence.

lock her up in a

"Is that so?" Dominick replied unconcernedly, as if he didn't consider it a problem at all. "Since she has a mental illness, just le psychiatric hospital and never let her out again."Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

The call ended.

Vincent stared at the disconnected phone, feeling inexplicably annoyed, and leaned against the car's seat back, ching his arms.

Compared to Dominick, Vincent was om more humane. He thought, "Isn't it too harsh, locking her up infa psychiatric hospital for a lifetime!

Anyway. Dominick's decisions are not likely to change!

Vincent sighed, "These women have really lived long enough. Why would they insist on provoking Stephanie? Didn't they know she is the treasure nd Dominic?"