“Your son was unlucky enough to bump into an influential figure. Not only did he wreck the person's car, but he also injured the head of the person's mother-in-law. So listen carefully, Kane Brown. If you want to keep the Brown family safe, from now on, you better lay low and stay humble. But if you don't mind seeing the Brown family become a thing of the past, you can ignore my warning. Go ahead and barge into the police station with your men to rescue your son.”
Upon hearing Riley's threat, Ron and Remus could not help but give him a puzzled look. Why is he talking like that? Has he gone mad? The Browns are known for their ill temper, yet he still instigated them to break into the police station? All the cops will be in trouble if they really do as he said!
It was evident that Kane had brought a group of men with him to intimidate Riley into releasing the youngsters.
After all, they had used the same tactic in the past, and it had never failed, as Riley never dared to say no.
Yet, Kane's plan to intimidate Riley seemed to have backfired. The unexpected turn of events made Kane feel embarrassed.
If he were to back down at this point, he would lose all the respect of the Browns for good. He raised his voice as he snapped, “I don't care what you said, and I don't care who that influential figure is! I won't leave if you refuse to release my son!”
“Yeah! We're not going anywhere!” the rest of the men echoed.
Kane was not a fool.
Barging into the police station was not an option, but at the same time, leaving the place would have been too embarrassing. So he and his men decided to surround the premises instead.
Riley let out a cold snort before responding, “Not going anywhere? Sure, feel free to stay as long as you want.”
Just when he was about to leave, a young man with minor injuries darted out of the police station. “Uncle! Help me, uncle! These cops are in cahoots with Donald! Donald broke our wrists, yet these cops turned a blind eye to what he did. Ezekiel is even worse off—he's now a cripple with all his limbs broken!”
The young man who cried for help had bandages around his arm, and there were bruises all over his face.
Fury surged inside Kane when he heard his son's limbs were all broken. How dare they turn my son into a cripple?
Kane's heart was ablaze with rage. He beckoned for the others to move forward. “Guys, let's storm into the place and save my son!”
In response to the call, all the men started charging at the police station.
Ron aimed his gun and fired a warning shot at the crowd, but before he could pull the trigger again, Kane's sickle had sliced deep into his right arm, leaving a gruesome gash.
Ron cried out in agony and dropped his gun.
Before he could pick it up again, someone else had snatched it from him.
Riley believed he had made a smart move. He knew the villagers were eager to barge into the police station, so he gave them permission to do so.
Meanwhile, Riley took cover immediately, but the other cops in the building were not that lucky.
The villagers rained blows on them, and two cops were soon found lying motionless on the ground.
Amid the chaos, Remus managed to squeeze out of the crowd. He covered his face and said to Riley, “Captain Hall, things will spiral out of control if they find Ezekiel with his limbs all broken. You must find a way to prevent it from escalating any further.”
“Why should I? Let them do what they want. They injured Ron, right? There's no way they can escape from the trouble they stirred up,” Riley responded.
Remus could not fathom where Riley got his confidence from, but before he could respond, a convoy of fifty special riot-control vehicles pulled up, shoving all the carts and carriages aside.
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