“Forget it.”

Lex lightly waved.

“Lex, you can’t just ignore this,” Jolie cried out, weeping. “Howard and Tommy have been taken by the police. Even if they did something wrong, how could James call the cops? This is a family affair, after all.”

“A family affair?”

James said coldly, “Is framing Thea considered a family affair? Fortunately, nothing serious happened. Would you still call it a family affair if people had died?”

“You…”

Her face livid, Jolie pointed at James and rebuked him, “Who do you think you are? This is the Callahans’ residence. What makes you think you have the right to speak?”

“That’s right. You’ve pushed it too far.”

“How could you call the cops?”

“Why can’t you just sit down and talk this through? It’s nothing serious, after all. Now that the police have arrested them, what should we do if word got out?”

“Damn you, James!”

The Callahans reprimanded James and Thea, blaming everything on them.

Though David was delighted, he believed James had c