"Joanna!" James suddenly knocked the phone out of my hand and angrily said, "Do you still want to protect your father now?"

I dropped my hands, feeling helpless. "He is dead. You killed him."

"Shut up!" With a gloomy face, James said sternly, "Stop acting. Shirley is suffering from severe depression because of Brian."

He pulled Shirley's hand, revealing the marks of wrist slitting, which looked shocking.

I couldn't help but sneer, "You slit your wrists to make your acting more convincing, right?"

"I'm not acting." Shirley's eyes were red and swollen, looking pitiful. "Your father is torturing me and driving me crazy. I don't know what's the point of living. I want to die..."

James hugged her and comforted her. Then he looked at me angrily. "The fact that you and Brian went abroad is the best proof. You are afraid of being caught."

Shirley, who was in James' arms, showed a smug smile.

She seemed to say to me, "You are finished. You will never win."

James suddenly pulled me in front of him and said, "Ask Brian out immediately. Otherwise, I won't let you off!"

I pushed him away, and during the process, the pocket watch fell out of my pocket.

Shirley picked up the pocket watch on the ground. "Your dad is so disgusting. I want to vomit when I see him."

"Give it back to me. This is my father's relic." I was nervous and hurried to snatch the pocket watch from her hand.

But James grabbed me tightly, so I couldn't move at all.

Then, Shirley threw the pocket watch at her feet and tramped it into pieces with her high heels.

I collapsed to the ground in despair.

That was my father's relic, and I even lost the last thing about him.

To help Shirley vent her anger, James called a strong man here.

He motioned the man to come to me. Holding his phone to take a video, James said, "I will let you feel Shirley's pain until your father comes out."

The strong man started to touch me. When he lifted my clothes, I burst into tears of humiliation. "Let me go! James, you bastard!"

James seemed to soften his heart. "Stop. I've already done this. Why doesn't Brian come out?"

He shouted, "Come out quickly! Otherwise, your daughter will be bullied."

I was shaking all over with fear.

How did James become like this?

He seemed to be a stranger to me.

Taking a glance at the crying Shirley, James asked the strong man to continue.

I collapsed as I watched my clothes being taken off and wanted to escape.