Lord Protector novel (Zeke Williams) novel Chapter 2190

Simon burst into laughter. “Are you kidding me, Mr. Hudson? We're bumpkins! How could we ever afford forty grand on clothes?”

“Oh, is that so? So you're saying you never gave your mother forty thousand?”

Simon smiled awkwardly. “It's not like you're unaware of my family's situation, sir. Times are hard so I can barely afford to send my kid to school, let alone give my mom forty grand. Hang on, Mr. Hudson. This isn't a trick question, right? Anyway, don't worry. My mom may have spent the last five years in jail instead of contributing to the family, but I'm still going to care for her. I won't abandon her.”

“It's not a trick question,” Harry responded. “I'm just chatting with you. But I have to tell you this: your mother came down to the city to buy some clothes worth forty thousand, and she says you're the one who gave her the money.”

What?

Simon flew into a rage. “Forty grand worth of clothes? Where the hell did that money come from? Godd*mmit! Don't tell me she stole it! She may be old, but she doesn't deserve any respect! Please don't be mad, Mr. Hudson. I'm responsible for this too. She asked me for a hundred bucks yesterday to buy some new clothes, but I said no. That's probably why she resorted to stealing. Please stop her, sir. Don't let her buy anything. We'll surely return every cent.”

“Okay. I understand.”

As soon as Harry ended the call, the crowd roared with laughter.

“Haha! Her son refused to even give her a hundred, and here she is claiming he gave her forty grand.”

“To be fair, her son isn't doing too well either. He can't even afford his kid's school fees. Yet, not only did this woman contribute nothing to her household, but she's even causing them more trouble. It's not a stretch to say that she doesn't deserve respect despite her age.”

“She definitely stole the money. What's worse, she staged this whole incident with money that isn't even hers. What a lunatic.”

Sally was so embarrassed that she wanted to dig herself a hole and crawl inside it.

This is so humiliating!

“Sally Lodge, tell me where you got this money from. If you don't come clean, you'll be punished according to the law.”

Okay, okay! I'll talk!

In a moment of panic, Sally came up with a blatant lie. “These are my savings. I... I had them before I was locked up. I just withdrew the cash recently.”

Harry smirked. “Oh? Which bank did you initially put the money in, then? Was it Commercial Bank, Agricultural Bank, or Construction Bank?”

“Construction Bank,” the woman answered randomly.

“But I remember seeing all your bank accounts frozen before you were put behind bars.”

Huh? I...

Sally was dumbfounded.

Harry ignored her and turned to Lacey. “Please continue, Ms. Hinton.”

Lacey was filled with gratitude.

Truthfully, all the evidence they had now was enough to clear First Bloom Apparel's name.

He saved us just with a few words! He sure is capable.

It's no wonder Zeke entrusted Linton Group to him.

“She came back to my store in the afternoon with a pile of defective clothes, acting like she had bought them from us this morning. Then, she demanded an exchange. If there was really a problem with the quality or if she didn't like the clothes, we would've been more than willing to give her a refund. The problem is that these clothes aren't even ours! She's obviously trying to slander us.”

Harry grabbed one of the clothing items and glanced at it before questioning Sally, “If you had really bought these from here, wouldn't you have identified the defects before walking away with them? Don't tell me you didn't notice anything.”

“I'm just a bumpkin, Mr. Hudson. I really couldn't tell these were defects when I first bought them,” Sally insisted.

“Oh, then how did you eventually find out?”