Life After Prison by Silencieux novel Chapter 3

Judith was taken aback by the sudden appearance of those six men, and she hurriedly said to them, “Okay, okay. Wait right here. I’ll go in right away to get the money.” Judith immediately ran into the home and came out soon after with a somewhat aged plastic bag in her hand. 

She opened it to reveal money consisting of one, two, and five dollars, along with a whole bunch of quarters. As for dollar bills in bigger denominations, there are only seven or eight of them. 

“F*cking change? Again?!” The scar-faced man became impatient and said to a guy next to him, “Count them!” 

“It’s going to take ages to count seven hundred bucks’ worth of change.” The underling was a little unhappy, but he walked over here anyhow. 

“Hold it! When did my mother owe you money?” Severin shielded Judith after seeing the entire situation and asked with a sullen expression. 

“Well, I’ll be damned! I thought you were some beggar who came here to ask for food. I wouldn’t have recognized you if you hadn’t defended your mother. Aren’t you that loser who hit Mister Easton with a beer bottle five years ago?” 

The scar-faced man took one step forward and looked carefully at Severin. He then scratched his head with a smirk and said tauntingly, “You’ve been released? Well, I have to admit that I do admire your courage. I can’t imagine how you got the guts to hit Mister Easton when everybody knows that he’s from an influential family.” 

Severin said calmly, “The past in the past, and I don’t regret anything!” Having said that, Severin walked over, looked straight at the scar-faced man, and pointed to the plastic bag full of money on the ground. “What’s the deal with all this money?” 

The scar-faced man sneered and said, “What’s there to explain? Don’t you have a brain? Did you think that you wouldn’t have to pay any compensation for beating up Mister Easton? The Loughs demanded two hundred thousand, which your fiancee paid by selling your matrimonial home to Mister Easton for a hundred and fifty thousand. As for the remaining fifty thousand, you were allowed to pay the sum back in installments.” 

Then, the scar-faced man touched his chin and said, “Your parents have paid back a little less than half in the past five years, so there’s still about twenty-six thousand remaining. In any case, it’s a good thing that you were released early. At least you can help to make the payments!” 

The younger brother who squatted on the ground and counted money complained, “Yeah, your momma always gives us a pile of small change. It’s a waste of our time to count it all!” 

“You don’t need to count. The total is five hundred and seventy-six!” Judith said tremblingly. 

“F*ck this sh*t! It’s short again!” The man who squatted on the ground had tattoos all over his shoulders. After hearing Judith’s words, he tossed the money in his hand to the ground and stood up to glare at Judith. “You trying to get yourself killed, old bag?! You’re short of the correct amount every single f*cking time!” 

“I think you guys are the ones who are trying to get yourselves killed.” Severin looked angrily at the men in front of him, for it was obvious that the money had been painstakingly saved by his parents. 

“You wanna get beat up, don’t you, kid?” The six people immediately surrounded Severin and Judith. 

The scar-faced man remarked viciously, “It just so happens that my fists are itching for a fight. It’s been a while since they’ve seen blood!” 

“No! D-d-don’t hurt my son!” Judith was so frightened that she hurriedly pulled Severin back. She then immediately opened the envelope in her hand. The contents included a letter and several 10-dollar bills. Judith counted them at once and fearfully stuffed the money inside the plastic bag that was on the ground. “T-t-there! I put in a hundred dollars. Now it’s six hundred and seventy-six dollars! It’s only short by twenty-four dollars now!” 

“That’s interesting. You were hiding some of your money, didn’t you? I don’t suppose you’ll take out that hundred bucks if we didn’t threaten to beat you up?” The scar-faced man sneered and said angrily, “Are you trying to play some kind of trick on us?” 

Severin’s heart was burning with anger, and a cold glimmer flashed across his eyes. 

However, he suppressed that anger when he looked at Judith standing in front of him. In order to prevent Judith from worrying, he smiled at the other guys and said, “You there, with the scar. Yeah, I’m talking to you. we still owe twenty-six thousand, right? Well, don’t get yourselves all worked up over it. Twenty-six thousand is a small sum, and I can pay it to you in full. There’s no point causing a ruckus here.” 

“A small sum, huh? Can you believe it? This dirt-poor guy actually said that it’s a small sum. If that’s the case, then you’d better hurry up and pay it back!” Scarface looked at Severin in amusement while the thugs began to laugh.