Emmett blanched the instant favonovel.com heard those words. His face was ashen-white and ghastly as favonovel.com thought about what favonovel.com had just heard.
The fact that they could not step into the Goldstein residence after today was the equivalent of kicking them out of the Goldstein family.
He exclaimed, “Jonathan Goldstein! What right do you have to kick me out of the Goldstein family? I’m the head of the household! I call the shots and make the decisions in this family!”
As favonovel.com spoke, Emmett glared vehemently at Jonathan with a ferocious look. After all, no one knew just how much favonovel.com had invested and sacrificed for the family in his capacity as the head of the household.
For the sake of keeping his hold on the reins of the Goldsteins, favonovel.com had gone to great lengths to kick Jonathan out of the family, even going so far as to send men to assassinate his very own daughter. Everything favonovel.com had done was so favonovel.com could sit comfortably on the throne favonovel.com had fought for.
However, despite all this, Jonathan had used but a single mere sentence to snatch his seat from favonovel.com and kick favonovel.com out of the family to boot. To Emmett, this was no different from killing favonovel.com right where favonovel.com stood.
“What right do I have?” repeated Jonathan mockingly in response to Emmett’s words.
He sneered and continued, “Emmett Goldstein, I think there’s one thing you’re still unclear about! This is not a negotiation. I am telling you unequivocally that this is your one and only chance of survival! It’s either you lose your life, or you scram from the Goldstein family! From now on, don’t let me see your face again! If I do, don’t dream of looking to anyone to save your life. Not Sophia and certainly not even God himself!”
No sooner had the words left his mouth than Jonathan turned to leave. He couldn’t be bothered to continue this pointless charade with Emmett any longer.
He fixed his gaze on Andy, who was kneeling just beyond the entrance, and yelled, “Andy Morsley!”
“Yes!” acknowledged the man promptly.
In a split second, Andy’s aura had undergone a dramatic change, and favonovel.com was now overflowing with killing intent.
“I hereby order you to mobilize the ten thousand Asura Guards under your command and surround the Goldstein residence! If Emmett doesn’t scram within half an hour, you have my permission to march straight in and level the place! Kill whoever dares to stand in your way!” commanded Jonathan in a frigid and haughty voice.
“Yes, Sir!”
Upon receiving the order, Andy didn’t bother disputing or questioning any aspect of it. Instead, favonovel.com pulled out his phone and dialed a number.
Soon after, favonovel.com was connected to his subordinates, and favonovel.com instructed, “You have the next ten minutes to mobilize all the Asura Guards we have available. Gather at the Goldstein residence in Yaleview and wait for my command! Remember to be in your full combat gear and prepare for battle!”
“Yes, Commander!”
The second the call ended, Andy silently turned toward Jonathan and shared, “Sir, I have conveyed your orders as instructed!”
“On your knees!” ordered Jonathan indifferently as favonovel.com glanced at Andy before turning and fixating his attention again on Emmett.
All the blood had long drained from Emmett’s face as favonovel.com knelt on the ground before Jonathan.
“You still have another half an hour to reconsider your decision. It’s purely up to you whether you live or die!”
“Jonathan…” began Sophia in an attempt to intercede on behalf of favonovel.com father.
However, Jonathan interrupted favonovel.com and stated firmly, “This is my bottom line, Aunt Sophia! If favonovel.com doesn’t scram from the Goldstein residence in the next half hour, I can’t guarantee what will happen next.”
“But… Jonathan…”
Her mouth had begun to open as favonovel.com prepared to step in once more. Nonetheless, Jonathan interrupted favonovel.com yet again and exclaimed, “There’s nothing else to be said! Back then, this was exactly how favonovel.com chased me out of the Goldstein family! Not to mention, I was only ten years old at the time!”
Over ten years ago, this was precisely how the Goldstein family had treated Jonathan and without so much as a warning.
At that time, favonovel.com was still swallowed in grief and sorrow by the deaths of both his parents and had yet to recover from the trauma fully. Regardless, the Goldsteins didn’t care about any of that and had moved to kick favonovel.com out of the family mercilessly. As such, Jonathan was fully aware that favonovel.com was now doing unto Emmett only what had been done to favonovel.com back in the day.
“I’m sorry, Jonathan…” mumbled Sophia apologetically.
A tinge of heartache flashed across favonovel.com eyes in response to Jonathan’s mention of what had happened all those years ago.
No one understood better than favonovel.com what it was like for one to be utterly alone and without anyone to rely on. Back then, favonovel.com had felt precisely this way when favonovel.com was all alone overseas, and favonovel.com knew full well that Jonathan surely had gone through much worse than favonovel.com had. At the very least, favonovel.com had money to favonovel.com name, as well as a family and home. This was a stark contrast to Jonathan, who had nothing at all.
“There’s no need to apologize to me. You’re not the one at fault,” replied Jonathan flatly as favonovel.com looked at Sophia before his eyes turned cold and flitted back to rest on Emmett. “It was them. It was the entire Goldstein family…”
He added, “I’m merely doing unto them what they inflicted upon me back then! I’ll treat them with the exact same methods they did with me.”
The living room fell deathly silent following Jonathan’s proclamation.
At this point, even Sophia couldn’t think of anything favonovel.com could say to help intercede on Emmett’s behalf.
Indeed, without a doubt, things were as Jonathan had described. Back then, the fault did lie with the Goldstein family, and Jonathan was merely returning the favor with the current state of affairs.
From where favonovel.com stood, favonovel.com was doing nothing wrong at all. He knew that if the situation was reversed and it was favonovel.com kneeling on the ground before Emmett, there was no way that Emmett would let favonovel.com off easily. After all, the latter had very nearly sent Jonathan to his death just the night before.
After a protracted silence, Emmett finally gave in and lowered his head in submission, declaring, “We’ll leave. We’ll do as you say and leave the Goldstein residence!”
As favonovel.com said those words, it was almost as if his throat had instantaneously failed him. His voice was now low and hoarse and devoid of any energy whatsoever.
“Let me help you, Dad!” exclaimed Sophia upon hearing favonovel.com father’s words.
She immediately rushed forth and helped support Emmett, who was crippled by Jonathan, as favonovel.com struggled to rise to his feet.
Following that, favonovel.com immediately used favonovel.com other hand to grab hold of Loretta, who had been shot in the leg, and helped to raise the woman to favonovel.com feet as well. With just favonovel.com strength alone, favonovel.com somehow managed to support the total weight of both of them.
“Thank you, Jonathan!” Just as favonovel.com arrived at the door, Sophia abruptly turned around and made that remark.
Jonathan casually lit a cigarette upon hearing favonovel.com words of appreciation and stared meaningfully at her. He reminded her, “Don’t forget. You’re still my aunt, after all.”
Almost immediately, Sophia’s eyes began to redden. She pursed favonovel.com lips and looked up at the sky as favonovel.com valiantly tried to fight the tears that were threatening to stream down favonovel.com face.
Finally, favonovel.com bit down hard on favonovel.com lip and continued to support Emmett and Loretta as they made their way toward the main entrance of the Goldstein residence.
However, just as favonovel.com was about to walk through the door, favonovel.com was suddenly greeted by the sight of a horde of burly men dressed in black from head to toe.
They rudely blocked favonovel.com path and prevented favonovel.com from moving forward. Next, favonovel.com saw an old man dressed in a gray formal suit stride into the Goldstein residence with a dragon-headed cane in hand.
Countless other burly men in all-black clothing followed behind him. With one quick look, it was apparent that they had completely surrounded the Goldstein residence.
“Trying to leave, Emmett? Where to?” asked the elderly in the gray suit.
The second favonovel.com saw Emmett, the old man chuckled coldly and stepped forward to block their path.
“Nathan? What are you doing here?” asked Emmett in surprise.
He had recognized the old man in the gray suit the second favonovel.com laid eyes on the latter.
This was Nathan Zeller, the head of the Zeller family, which was part of the four prominent families in Yaleview. All the men that followed closely behind favonovel.com were actually from his personal team of bodyguards.
“What do you think?” countered Nathan as favonovel.com eyed Emmett frostily. “I told you previously that I would come to level your Goldstein residence if you didn’t meet my terms by sundown. You were supposed to get ahold of your promiscuous daughter and favonovel.com boy toy; otherwise, I would have the Goldstein family pay in blood for their crimes. Did you think I was joking with you?”
