Due to the time difference, Somerland was 13 hours ahead of the United States.
It was 1 PM in Somerland, which was around midnight on September the 11th in the United States. The night was quiet, as if needing a shocking change to wake its people.
Jasper and Henry had just gotten out of the office and were about to go eat lunch when Julian suddenly came over with a report.
“Jasper, there’s already a result regarding Calvin’s situation. His sentence will be around 8-10 years and the officials wish to get the victim’s opinion and ask if they agree with the standard sentencing.”
Jasper replied calmly, “Just follow the legal provisions available. We might be the victims, but that doesn’t mean we’re above the law.”
“10 years is long enough. By the time Calvin is released after 10 years, the world would’ve changed as well.” Julian nodded understandingly at Jasper’s reply.
The man’s intention was clear. Any criminal sentence had an upper and lower limit. The final decision on the length of jail time would be affected by the details of the crime and whether the defendant repented.
If Jasper decided on 10 years, then it would be the maximum of 10 years.
There was nothing anyone could harp on.
“I’ll pass your intentions along. Oh, and, Jasper, there’s one more thing…”
Jasper exclaimed in shock, “Jul, you’re even speaking long windedly now. Just get to the point.”
Henry then snickered and made a joke, “Did you set your eyes on a girl and now want Jasper to be your wingman?”
Julian replied awkwardly, “Stop making jokes about me, I’m talking serious business here.”
“After what happened to Calvin, a huge crisis appeared at Penelope’s company suddenly. Her supply channel from Harbor City seemed to have collapsed, but Penelope already signed contracts with many of her underwriters. Now that she can’t provide the goods, the underwriters are stirring up trouble for her.”
“Coupled with the fact that Calvin was caught and sent to prison, Penelope’s under a lot of stress and she tried to kill herself last night.”
Jasper furrowed his brows at what he heard.
“How’s Penelope doing now?” Jasper asked.
Julian replied calmly, “She was discovered in time and she’s already been treated in the hospital. She’s in MidHeart Hospital right now but her suicide attempt was also what pushed the underwriters into a panic.”
“They’re worried that if Penelope dies, they won’t be able to ask anyone to repay her debts… basically, the situation isn’t looking good at all.”
Jasper sighed lightly.
Logically speaking, he did not want to involve himself in Penelope’s matters anymore.
The point of having John arrange her a job before this was so that he could completely let go of her and move on from the past.
Whether she did her job well or if she started her own company had nothing to do with Jasper anymore. However, she ended up being used by Fabian. Even so, Penelope had not sold Jasper out, but instead told the man everything at a crucial time.
Moreover, Jasper was the one who put Calvin in jail, not that Jasper thought he handled the situation inappropriately. Still, Jasper could not help but feel slightly remorseful toward Penelope.
“Let’s go to MidHeart Hospital, then,” Jasper instructed.
“Alright.” Julian immediately turned the car around.
Henry asked playfully, “Lingering feelings?”
Due to the situation with Anna, Henry was very sensitive about the women by Jasper’s side.
No matter how ingenuine Henry was, he still did not want to see other women appear and fight with his sister over Jasper. One Wendy Schuler was enough of a headache.
“Nonsense!”
Jasper glared at Henry. “This is putting an end to any last remaining debts I owe her. She helped me but at the cost of her company threatening to close down. Not to mention, I’m the one who sent her brother to prison as well. No matter the reason, it’s only right I go visit her.”
Henry grinned in relief.
Jasper’s character had always been upstanding in this regard, and he would never lie about this.
In the advanced hospital room in MidHeart Hospital. Seven to eight chubby men were glaring and blocking the entrance to the door. Each of them looked fierce and with a bad temper.
There was also a man in a suit standing sinisterly in the hospital room.
Bang!
Suddenly, there was the sound of a water jug being kicked and shattering within the hospital room.
“Penelope, I’m warning you right now. In the whole of Nauritus City or even Southeast Province, there is not one person who dares to scam me, Martin Monty, of my money!”
Martin stood in front of Penelope’s hospital bed and roared. He ignored the sickeningly pale complexion she had and the fact that tubes were sticking out of her everywhere.
Penelope’s body was extremely weak and the frantic beeping of the monitoring device beside her showed how agitated she felt.
Her blood pressure was skyrocketing and her heartbeat beat erratically.
“Give me some more time, Mr. Monty. I’ll definitely come up with a way to solve this,” Penelope said weakly.
“Solve this? Solve my f*cking foot!”
Martin raged, pointing at Penelope’s nose to scold, “You said you’d solve it yesterday too! And look what happened, you got brave and tried to commit suicide! Is this how you plan to solve it?”
“I’m telling you, Penelope, according to the contract, you have to pay three times the compensation because you don’t have the goods. That’s a total of 6.5 million and not a cent less. Otherwise, I’ll sell you to brothels so you can pay your debt with your body for as long as there is still blood in your veins!”
“Don’t think that dying will solve everything. You still have a bedridden mother, don’t you? I’m sure you don’t want an old woman like her to still get beaten up, scolded, and tortured, right?
“You also have a brother, yes? But I heard he was put in prison. Haha, that’s alright. I’ll just use some money to have the people inside teach him a good lesson.”
Penelope immediately struggled in the hospital bed when she heard the man.
Yet, no matter how she tried, her body was too weak to do so.
Beep beep beep.
The ear splitting alarm rang out from the monitor. Penelope’s heart rate and blood pressure had reached a critical level.
“Don’t you dare, Martin! Otherwise, I’ll make sure to haunt you even after I’m dead!”
Martin said icily, “Dead? I’m not even afraid of you when you’re alive, let alone when you’re dead! Even when you’re dead you’re still going to have to repay what you owe me!”
Penelope opened her mouth widely to pant, but as she tried to breathe, the air suddenly seemed too thick to enter her lungs.
Jat that moment, the alarm from the monitor also changed to become more ear splitting and frantic.
Martin looked at Penelope, who was struggling for her life icily and sneered, “Pretending to die again? F*cking Hell, go ahead then! I’d like to see if you really die this time.”
Just then, an angry roar suddenly sounded from outside the hospital room.
“Julian, throw them all out! ”
