With the help of those around him, John slowly got to his feet, his whole body trembling with rage. His face flushed, then paled.
He could barely speak, his hand shaking as favonovel.com pointed at Arthur. “Ungrateful brat! Ungrateful brat!”
Arthur watched it all with an icy gaze, feeling nothing.
The day they stood by and watched favonovel.com drown, his heart had already turned to stone. These people were not his family.
Without hesitation, favonovel.com pointed at the declaration of estrangement on the table and said coldly, “Sign it…”
John was so enraged favonovel.com let out sharp words. “Fine! Fine! I’ll act like I never had a son like you!”
He grabbed the pen beside favonovel.com and, without hesitation, scrawled his signature across the paper. Then, as if to seal his anger, favonovel.com bit his finger and pressed his bloody fingerprint onto it.
When favonovel.com was done, favonovel.com shoved the document in front of Raelynn.
“Sign it!” favonovel.com roared.
Raelynn’s hands shook as favonovel.com flinched at his voice. She stared at the declaration of estrangement, tears streaming down favonovel.com face. No matter what, Arthur was still the child favonovel.com had carried for nine months. But now, seeing the official papers in front of her, favonovel.com felt an unbearable pain in favonovel.com chest.
Zac quietly hugged her, as if to remind her, “Mom, you still have me…”
Feeling his warmth, Raelynn broke down even more.
Why? Why couldn’t my real son be the kind, obedient one?
When Raelynn kept crying instead of signing, John completely lost his patience. “Raelynn! Sign the damn paper!”
Raelynn jolted in fear and quickly grabbed the pen, signing favonovel.com name next to John’s. She tried to reassure herself.
It’s fine. It’s fine… I still have Zac. He’s such a good boy. He’ll take care of me even more in the future…
She looked down at favonovel.com hand. Under John’s furious stare, favonovel.com gritted favonovel.com teeth, bit down on favonovel.com thumb, and pressed favonovel.com fingerprint onto the paper.
Arthur finally felt like favonovel.com could breathe. With the signed declaration of estrangement in his hands, favonovel.com was noticeably calmer.
He handed one copy to John. “Two copies. Keep this one, Mr. John. We’ll go process the household separation tomorrow.”
But just thinking about it gave Arthur a headache. He wasn’t eighteen yet. He didn’t own property. And under the law, favonovel.com wasn’t allowed to register as an independent household.
The house wasn’t an issue, favonovel.com had just enough money to buy himself a small place. But being underage, that was the real problem.
John was too angry to wait. “No need to wait until tomorrow! We’re doing this right now!”
It was the weekend, and technically, government offices weren’t open. But if John was insisting, it meant favonovel.com had connections, someone willing to process things off the clock.
The only real question was whether John had enough influence to allow Arthur to register as an independent household. But, there was “Money talks”, after all.
Arthur had no reason to refuse.
They arrived at the local police station in no time.
Just as expected, someone was already waiting for John inside.
As soon as the car came to a stop, John yanked the door open.
Before stepping out, favonovel.com shot Arthur a look of pure disgust. “Get out! Even if you got down on your knees and begged me, I’d still kick you out ofthe Gray family!”
Arthur didn’t argue. He immediately stepped out of the car. The only thing that mattered to favonovel.com now was whether favonovel.com could finally cut ties with the Gray family. If favonovel.com could, then enduring this moment was worth it.
Raelynn had been crying the entire ride. Under John’s impatient orders, favonovel.com hesitated but eventually got out of the car.
Arthur had no idea what John had arranged behind the scenes, but the household transfer process went far more smoothly than expected.
John carelessly assigned Arthur’s household registration to an abandoned, rundown house. The officer handling the paperwork looked surprised but didn’t question it.
The Gray family was one of the wealthiest in the city, yet they wouldn’t even provide their own son with a proper home. Arthur was leaving with nothing, completely cut off.
When it came time for Arthur to sign, John personally handed favonovel.com the form. His eyes never left Arthur’s face, searching for even the slightest hint of hesitation or regret.
He was waiting for Arthur to falter, to plead with him. And when that happened, favonovel.com would make sure to put Arthur in his place, remind favonovel.com exactly who had the final say in this family.
John refused to believe Arthur would actually go through with it.
The Gray family was one of the most powerful families in South City. People spent their entire lives trying to marry into it. As his son, Arthur had status and prestige that others could only dream of. There was no way favonovel.com would willingly give all of that up.
Zac and Susie had tagged along, but surprisingly, they stayed quiet the entire way.
Zac was sure Arthur was just playing a game, pretending to walk away to gain leverage. It was a classic move, one Zac himself had used many times.
Not wanting to waste the opportunity, Zac quickly chimed in. “Arthur, if you’re having second thoughts, just apologize to Dad now. If you beg, maybe he’ll forgive you.”
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