Alex ignored the students completely and continued walking calmly toward the administrative unit. However, Daniel and the others refused to let him pass peacefully.“He should leave this school immediately!”“What is a criminal still doing on campus?”Several students continued chanting loudly around him while Daniel stood proudly at the front with Lily beside him. Daniel smirked coldly while staring directly at Alex.“You really have no shame at all,” he mocked arrogantly. “After being expelled, you still dared come back here.”Alex did not even bother replying and simply continued walking forward calmly. That only irritated Daniel even more.“Hey!” Daniel shouted angrily while grabbing Alex’s shoulder. “Didn’t you hear me talking to you?”But before Alex could react, a stern voice suddenly thundered loudly from behind them.“Quiet! All of you!”The entire area instantly became silent as everyone quickly turned toward the source of the voice.The Vice Chancellor was approaching them

Speaking of fathers, Alex suddenly recalled someone he had not thought about in a very long time.A middle-aged man named Maurice.Back when he first entered prison three years ago, life there had been extremely brutal for him. He had been young, weak, and completely alone, so most of the inmates constantly picked on him because they saw him as an easy target.Some stole his food regularly while others beat him simply because they could. There were nights he went to sleep covered in bruises with an empty stomach.But during those difficult times, Maurice had stepped in.The man was feared and respected by many inmates inside the prison, so once he started protecting Alex, most people stopped troubling him openly.Even though they were not in any way related, Maurice always treated Alex like he was his own son. He taught him how to survive inside prison, shared his food with him whenever Alex had nothing to eat, and whenever fights broke out, Maurice always stood in front of him firs

One of the thugs standing beside Maurice turned toward Sosa and asked,“Boss, what about Maurice? What should we do with him?”Sosa slowly removed the cigar from his mouth before glancing toward Maurice’s terrified wife. A cruel smile spread across his face calmly, “Kill him,” he said casually, as though talking about crushing an insect.The moment those words left his mouth, Maurice’s wife broke down immediately.“No! Please don’t kill my husband!” she cried while struggling violently. “Please! I’m begging you!”But Sosa held her firmly with one hand while grinning wickedly, “Why are you still concerned about him? You are my mine now!”Maurice himself froze in horror as the reality of the situation hit him fully. Was these his final moments?For a brief moment, the entire room felt suffocating.Then suddenly— The warehouse door was pushed open violently and a cold voice immediately rang out from the entrance..“You will do no such thing.”Everybody immediately turned toward the en

With the knife still pointed at his throat, Alex continued pressing his phone repeatedly while trying hard to stay calm.Sweat slowly formed on his forehead as he refreshed the banking app again and again, but the network was still completely gone.Sosa’s face became colder with every passing second.Then suddenly, he slowly raised one hand into the air.“You have thirty seconds,” he said darkly. “If I do not receive my money before then, your blood will decorate this floor.”Immediately, he began counting with his fingers.The entire room instantly became silent.Maurice’s wife held her children tightly against her body while trembling badly in fear. Maurice himself looked completely helpless as he stared nervously at Alex.“Alex,” he said quickly, “Forget about us and find away to leave this place immediately. Please. This man is not normal.”But Alex ignored him completely as he continued struggling with his phone.He quickly turned on flight mode and switched it off again, hoping

The atmosphere inside the warehouse had become extremely tense. Sosa himself stood at the center of the room with a cold smile on his face."You brought this upon yourself," he said menacingly. "Nobody interferes in my business and walks away unharmed. Today, you are going to learn that lesson."Several of the thugs tightened their grip on their weapons and began taking slow steps toward Alex.However, just as the situation was about to explode into violence, hurried footsteps suddenly echoed from outside the warehouse.A few moments later, one of Sosa's men who was positioned as a watchdog outsider the warehouse came running through the entrance. The thug looked terrified. His breathing was uneven and sweat covered his forehead."Boss!" he shouted urgently. "Boss!"Sosa frowned immediately."What is it?" he demanded. "Why are you running around like your life depends on it?"The thug swallowed nervously before replying."There are several vehicles heading this way."The words immedi