Chapter 57

chapter of her novel, and took a nap since she had enough time.

It was almost the end of the workday when Emma finally returned.

Seeing Emma's face full of resentment, Zoey could already guess the reason.

It was indeed as she had expected.

Emma angrily sat at her desk, irritably throwing her pencil case to the ground. "I'm so pissed off!" The more she thought about it, the angrier she got, and she suddenly stood up from her seat.

She walked over to Zoey and questioned her, "Zoey, did you do this on purpose? Why did you call me for such a crappy case? Why didn't you go yourself?"

Zoey put away her phone and glanced at her calmly. "This is an opportunity to show your abilities in front of Mr. Williams and it could affect your future promotion. Shouldn't you be thanking me?"

Emma fell silent.

Zoey's words extinguished all the anger Emma wanted to vent on her.

She was right. Zoey had already handled such big cases. If she kept being mediocre, wouldn't Zoey get promoted before her?

Thinking about this, Emma restrained her temper.

Thinking about that frustrating case, the more she kept it inside, the more annoyed she felt. She grabbed a chair from the side and sat next to Zoey, starting to complain, "Zoey, let me tell you how messed up that couple is..."

Zoey could already guess the gist without her saying it.

She interrupted Emma disdainfully, "I don't want to hear it."

Emma said, "No way! You have to listen!"

Zoey simply covered her ears.

Emma, determined to get her point across, pulled Zoey's hands away from her ears.

Emma said, "You talked so much this morning, and I listened quietly without interrupting you! Why don't you treat me the same way. "

Thinking about the morning, Zoey suddenly thought of another money-making opportunity.

Noting Emma's resolute intent to sour her mood, she gazed serenely at her and said, "Very well, if you wish for my attention, then pay me and I shall heed."

"Pay you?" Emma got even angrier. "Didn't I pay you this morning? I want you to listen to my frustrations, and now you still want money?"

Zoey explained indifferently, "This morning, you needed to listen, so you paid. Now you need to vent, so you should pay. Whoever has the need should pay."

Emma fell silent. It kind of made sense.

She asked, "How much?"

Zoey replied, "One hundred dollars."

Emma transferred the money quickly, without even bargaining with Zoey.

From the speed of the transfer, it was clear how much that couple had tormented Emma.

Zoey happily looked at her balance, which had increased by another hundred dollars, and felt great. "Go ahead."

"Do you realize how depraved this man is? He doesn't just assault his wife Ruby's chest; he targets her lower body as well. As if having mistresses and gambling weren't enough, he even vents his frustrations on Ruby when he comes home. But the most infuriating part is that all his violent tendencies occur right in front of their children!

The more Emma talked, the angrier she got. She glanced around the office, saw that John wasn't there, and whispered to Zoey, "And I really don't understand what Mr. Williams is thinking. Ruby wants a divorce, and she came to the police station for that, but Mr. Williams told her not to divorce and to give her husband another chance! Fuck, my worldview is really shattered. How can  Mr. Williams said those words?"

This society was very forgiving to everyone, even if she divorced. She could take care of the child on her own by finding a job!

"If her husband didn't have this gambling problem, I could understand Mr. Williams' stance, but this man doesn't do a single good thing! I wanted to persuade her to divorce, but Mr. Williams stopped me. It pissed me off!" Emma couldn't understand John's actions and added, "Ruby gets beaten every day. Do you know why she came to report this time? It will make you furious if you know it!"

"The reason is that she hopes the police can intervene and make her husband write a guarantee not to hit her in front of the child! Fuck!" Emma was speechless as she told Zoey about it, "You know, as a modern woman, I don't want her to sacrifice herself for anyone anymore. I even pulled her aside and persuaded her for a long time. I don't know if she listened, but after I said a lot, she just told me about her child.