Chapter 212 - More time together (2/2)
The crowd gathered more as they listened to the mother.
”Look at the young miss, she must be really rich. Her clothes and her car are all expensive.” Someone from the crowd spoke.
”Yeah... bet she is just going to leave without getting charge.”
”What kind of woman drives like that and don't take responsibility?”
Lena was very apologetic and was going to really take care of the situation carefully. But after hearing that the mother was rejecting the attention of police and throwing the rich card at her, Lena knew that the mother was just a greedy woman.
”Are you saying that the police are all corrupted and take bribes as long as someone is rich?” Lena pointed out.
”I--- No. But who is to say that my child was not harmed and you will pay for the damaged?!”
”That is why I am reporting it. An official police report will have documented the situation and the expenses will be put on me.”
The mother calmed down a bit. ”Then call them.”
Lena smiled. She picked up her phone and dialed the emergency number. After the call connected, Lena told the responder her situation.
”Ah yeah. I am on Granger street. There is a woman here claiming that I crashed into her daughter with my car. I think she is committing fraud and I need an immediate report here.”
When the mother heard ”fraud”, she quickly swatted Lena's phone out of her hand and her phone crashed onto the cement floor.
”Fraud?! You are the one committing fraud, not me!” The mother shouted. ”Everyone here saw that you hit her with your car.”
Lena bent down and picked up her phone. Shen Milli was going to get out of the car but Lena waved her hand to tell her mom that she got this.
Lena stood back up and walked closer to the angry mother. ”Woman... Look at your daughter. Her scratches are already healing, so those were not from my car. And trust me, if I crashed into her, she would be dead and bleeding right now.”
”You! You are making excuses to not take responsibility.”
”Yeah, yeah. The police will be here to investigate this. You have until they come, to stay, or leave right now and you might not go to jail.”
”Sammy! Come here. We are leaving.” The old mother went to grab her daughter but Lena blocked her path.
”I said you, not your daughter.” Lena clarified.
”You b*tch. You can't block me from taking my daughter.”
Lena turned around to the teen girl. ”Do you know this woman? Is she your mother?”
The teen girl was scared. She looked at Lena, then to the other woman, and back to Lena. ”She's not my mom.”
”Well... looks like I should have the police take you for kidnapping too?” Lena turned back and replied to the angry mother.
The angry mother did not take a second to let Lena stop her nor took the chance with the cops, she bolted out of the scene. People from the crowd gasped at the scene. A few minutes later, the police came but Lena just said it was a misunderstanding.
The crowd broke out. Shen Milli got out of the car and went to stay with the teenage girl as Lena went to move her car off to the side of the road.
”Do you have someplace to stay?” Shen Milli asked the little girl.
Both her and Lena knew after a while that there was something wrong. First, it looked like the girl was running away from that other lady. And it looked like her injuries was not from anything but parental abuse.
The teenage girl looked at Shen Milli and Lena. ”My dad.”
”Where is he?”
”Somewhere here. Mom and he is not together anymore.”
”Does he know what your mom is doing to you?”
The girl shook her head. ”No... mom does not let me talk to him. He does not know we are in City A.”
”Do you know exactly where he is here?” Lena asked. ”We can take you to him.”
”I don't now. I only say him with someone.” The little girl took out a magazine page that was probably ripped out and handed it to Lena. ”Him. My dad was with him.”
Lena glanced at it. ”Are you sure your dad knows him?”
”Yeah! They walked into a car together.”
Shen Milli grabbed the page of magazine from Lena. She looked at it. ”Isn't this... Tyler Huang?”