Chapter 71

"Then I'll beat you until you leave!" With bloodshot eyes, I lunged at Edison, intent on tearing him apart. If it came to it, I was ready to go down with him. Raymond quickly stepped in between us, raising his hands to block me. He turned to Edison and shouted, "Mr. Stone, leave now! Mr. Palmer is too enraged right now. If you stay, it'll only escalate things!" "I…" Edison opened his mouth to respond, but before he could say anything, Sophia's voice rang out from behind him. "What's going on here?" "Ms. Holmes, you're back." Raymond turned to Sophia like he'd just seen his savior, desperation written all over his face. "Ms. Holmes, I came to pick up Mr. Stone as you instructed, but when I arrived, they were already fighting. I don't know what happened." Sophia's expression darkened as she turned to Edison. "How did you get so badly hurt?" She then swung her gaze to me, her tone laced with irritation. "Joshua, what's wrong with you? Why did you hit him?" "Get out! All of you, g