Chapter 21 I Quit
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Although he was very annoyed, he was not foolish enough to give up without a fight.
"Nicole, give me the phone. I'm calling Barret."
"Use your own phone. My phone is dead."
"All I want is my phone."
"I didn't take your phone."
"You!"
The policeman interjected angrily.
"What? Why are you so mad? Stay where you are. Don't be such an unreasonable young man, ok?"
Joe really wanted to cry.
"Officer, don't you see that she is lying? You are fooled."
"You don't need to worry about that. I have basic judgment."
Joe sighed helplessly.
He finally remembered what Barret had said.
Barret had told him, "The angrier you get, the calmer you should be. Only when you are calm, you can find a solution to the problem."
He turned around, took a few deep breaths, and finally calmed down.
What should he do now?
He couldn't count on Nicole anymore. This girl would never suddenly turn her head to help him, nor would she return his phone so that he could contact Barret.
Well, the top priority now was to contact Barret.
If he showed up, he could certainly put a stop to Nicole's mischief.
But he couldn't remember Barret's phone number.
On second thought, wasn't the Andrew family big and famous? Why didn't he start from here?
"Well, officer, my grandfather is Joseph Andrew."
Then he gave Nicole a triumphant look.
Don't get ahead of yourself. Joseph Andrew is also your grandfather. What else can you do?
The Andrew family was so famous that even the policeman knew who Joseph Andrew was.
"Joseph? The chairman of Andrew Group?"
"Yes."
He thought that the policeman would be more polite to him, but the officer immediately started lecturing Joe again.
"Then I'm even more puzzled. Mr. Joseph Andrew has a very good reputation. It is really unfortunate for him to raise a grandson like you. By the way, what do you mean by telling me who your grandfather is? Are you expecting me to cut you some slack? Then you would be wrong. Everyone is equal before the law, including you. Even if Joseph Andrew breaks the law, he will be punished."
Joe was speechless and depressed.
Nicole wasn't happy to hear it.
"Hey, how can you say that? Did my grandpa do something wrong? He never breaks the law."
The policeman was slightly taken aback.
"Young lady, I'm just speaking metaphorically."
"Then don't speak metaphorically about my grandfather. Why don't you say that about yourself? My grandfather is a law-abiding good man."
After being retorted for no reason, the policeman smiled helplessly.
"Okay, I won't say anything. You've got a short temper, young lady."
Seeing that Nicole was "showing her true color", Joe decided to fight back immediately.
"Do you see it, officer? With her temper, how could I have beaten her? She is the one who has beaten me many times. She has been lying to you."
The policeman once again demonstrated what work ethic was.
"Don't change the subject. Don't try to muddle through troubled waters."
Joe was really impressed.
In today's society, such a principled person was really rare.
"Well, you can search the Internet for the Andrew Group's phone number, and then ask for Mr. Barret's phone number for me. You will understand everything when Barret gets here."
"Mr. Barret? I'm not your servant. Behave yourself and stay put. The people from the police station will be here in a minute."
"Officer, I will move the car first. I can't stop here to prevent others from passing. I know that there is a parking lot ahead. You can just give me the parking ticket. If I make a mistake, I should be held responsible."
"Look, your wife is reasonable. Okay, come back immediately after you park the car, and then we'll go to the police station to deal with domestic violence.
"Okay, I'll be back soon."
Nicole gave Joe a triumphant glance, got into the car and left.
"Oh, a sports car is really fast."
"Stop looking. She ran away and won't come back."
"Hey, I don't understand. What is wrong with you? Are you really Joseph Andrew's grandson?"
At this moment, Joe was already pissed off, and he couldn't care about his pride.
"I'm his grandson-in-law, a live-in son-in-law. Do you understand?"
"What do you mean?"
"What do you mean? The Andrew family runs a big business. I am the live-in son-in-law of the family. Do you think I'm bold enough to bully his granddaughter? I'm lucky if she doesn't bully me."
The policeman thought for a while and nodded.
"It seems so."
"Congratulations, you're getting your head together."
"Why are you so aggressive, young man?"
"I'm wronged. You'd better contact Barret. You will understand everything when he is here, or it isn't over."
The traffic policeman hesitated for a few seconds.
"Are you telling the truth?"
"Oh, it's been several minutes. Is Nicole back? Don't you see it?"
"Maybe there's a traffic jam."
"Well, what an imagination!"
"No, why does she do it? She is your wife."
Joe finally lost control and roared.
"Because I am a live-in son-in-law, I am not as good as a dog in her eyes. She can fool me all she wants. Are you satisfied?"
Seeing Joe's hysterical look, the policeman finally believed him a little bit.
"Don't be so excited. I'll contact him for you."
Then he searched the Internet for the Andrew Group's phone number and then found out Barret's phone number.
Half an hour later, Barret arrived. The people from the police station had already arrived, but to be on the safe side, they didn't take Joe back directly.
Joe almost cried out to see Barret.
"You are Mr. Barret, aren't you? Here is the..."
The policeman recounted the situation roughly. Of course, he was telling the version Nicole had told him.
Barret understood what was going on as soon as he heard it.
"Master, is that so?"
"Of course not. She is playing tricks on me, and the truth is..."
Joe told his version again.
Barret immediately decided that what Joe had said was the truth.
"Mr. Barret, as you can see, we don't know who is telling the truth, and we couldn't reach Nicole. Could you ask Nicole to come back? We will talk about it. Otherwise, the problem of unlicensed drunk driving is not easy to solve."
Barret immediately found the crux of the problem.
In fact, they needed to find out who was driving the car.
"Well, let's go to the supermarket and check the surveillance to see who was driving the car, so it will be all clear."
"Oh, why didn't we think of it? Let's go and check the surveillance."
...
After a few minutes, the truth came out.
It was clear from the surveillance video that it was indeed Nicole who had stopped in front of the supermarket and gotten out of the car. Then Joe got out of the car from the passenger seat and sat in the main driver's seat, and he did not start the car after he got in... Then Nicole entered the supermarket... and the traffic policeman came over.
"How is that? Do you believe me this time?"
The policeman looked embarrassed.
"I'm sorry, I did make a mistake. Please forgive me."
"Huh, what will you do with Nicole? Should she be detained?"
"Her case is not serious enough to warrant detention."
"Master, let's talk about this at home. Officer, thank you."
...
Joe was speechless in Barret's car for a long time.
Barret felt sorry for him.
"Master, the young lady was just joking with you. The more she teases you, the more she cares about you. Don't be mad at her."
Joe still said nothing.
"Master, please think of something happy. You will see your old friends tonight. I have prepared a lot of gifts for them. They will definitely thank you very much."
Joe let out a long sigh.
"Barret, I've decided it."
"What have you decided?"
"I'm going to divorce Nicole and leave the Andrew family!"
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