Elaine sobbed uncontrollably over the phone.
She told Charlie everything from how Chloe had beaten her up, forced her to massage the feet of eight people, and how she was even being jointly blackmailed by Chloe and Jacelyn. After Elaine had told Charlie everything, she felt even more angry and aggrieved as she cried and said, “My dear son-in-law, they will probably beat me up badly tomorrow if you don’t buy two cigarettes from the prison guard...”
Charlie knew that the situation in the prisons in the United States would be terrible, but he did not expect that it would be so terrible.
He had originally hoped that Elaine would naturally be able to receive some practical prison education in the prison in the United States, but it seemed as though this reality education was a little too cruel based on Elaine’s description.
So, he said to Elaine, “Don’t worry, Mom. I’ll ask my client to help me buy the cigarettes.”
Elaine heaved a sigh of relief and hurriedly said, “By the way, my dear son-in-law, they also asked me to buy two cigarettes from them every day from now on... You should not feel bad about spending money at a time like this, okay?”
Charlie agreed without hesitation and said seriously, “Mom, I will spend money that should be spent, and I will not save even a penny, not to mention when this matter concerns your personal safety, Mom.”
Elaine was touched beyond words, and she choked up and said, “My dear son-in-law, you’re still the best. My life and death depend on you now...”
Charlie comforted her, “Mom, I have already arranged for someone to arrest Lucy Cardy and Clarissa Zinn. I will definitely clear your name.”
“That’s good! That’s great!” Elaine’s tense emotion eased a little, and she hurriedly said, “My dear son-in-law, I won’t continue talking to you anymore. You’d better hurry up and arrange for someone to buy the cigarettes from Jacelyn’s sister!”
“Okay,” Charlie replied. He then remembered something and instructed, “By the way, Mom, I came over to New York alone in order to get you out of prison as soon as possible. Claire stayed back in Providence alone, so you’d better call Claire and tell her that you’re doing well in prison so that she will not worry too much. Otherwise, she might get worried and come over to New York, and that would add to my troubles.”
Elaine was very touched when she heard that Charlie had returned to New York to save her.
Moreover, she also knew very well that her daughter, Claire, would definitely not be able to help her now that she had encountered this kind of thing. If she were to let Claire know that she was being bullied in prison, Claire would not only be unable to help her, but she would definitely want to come to New York which might really add to Charlie’s troubles then.
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