Love Comes To Me
Chapter 1378: Dropping the Charges

In the evening, Paulina told Mark exactly what had happened when Grandma Bartram had called her.

Mark listened and his face sank slightly, "Did you promise?"

"No." Paulina shook her head, "That's a big deal, why would I say yes."

"Then don't say yes. It's Earlene's thing."

Paulina sighed, "But with your reputation on the line, I think ..."

"You mean yes?"

"It's okay to take a small loss if it preserves your reputation." Here's what Paulina really thought.

She cared more about Earlene than letting him go to jail.

Marcos rubbed her head, "Don't worry, my reputation isn't ruined that easily."

"What are you talking about, what reputation?"

Mrs. Gloria walked into the study with fruit and heard the word "reputation."

"Mom." Paulina turned her head to look at her and then at Mark, debating whether or not to tell him.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Ms. Gloria repeated the question as she set the fruit down on the desk.

Paulina pursed her lips and said truthfully, "Mom, what's going on is that Grandma Bartram called me."

"She called you?" Mrs. Gloria was taken aback, "Called you for what?"

"What else could she do." said Paulina helplessly.

Mrs. Gloria understood at once, "It's to advocate for Earlene, I think."

At this, Ms. Gloria snorted coldly, "If I had known, why I would have done it in the first place. If I could have convinced Earlene, I wouldn't be in this situation today." Mrs. Gloria was still angry at the mention of Earlene.

If it weren't for her, Mark would not have been separated from them for so long, not to mention the memory loss.

"Actually... the old lady not only asked for mercy, but..."

Paulina paused and told Ms. Gloria as much as she could about what Grandma Bartram had said.

"That's outrageous!" Mrs. Gloria was so angry to hear it that she slapped her hand on the table, "How dare she threaten us, does she really think that we, The Leoz family, are easily intimidated?" "But Mom, she also promised she would take Earlene with her, so ..."

"She promised and you believe it, huh?" Ms. Gloria snorted coldly, "Her family is with me now, no one's word can be trusted."

At that, Paulina turned her head to look at Marcos, "So what if she claims in the public eye that Marcos is ungrateful?"

Ms. Gloria remained silent.

She didn't want to let Earlene off the hook, but she also didn't want her son's reputation tarnished.

She was torn.

At that moment, Marcos took the floor and said, "Mom, I'm not important."

"Where are you not important?" Mrs. Gloria gave him an unhappy look, "Your reputation is more important to me and to The Leoz Family than anything else." She thought for a moment and came to a decision.

"We will not sue Earlene."

At these words, a hint of surprise appeared on Marcos' face, which had always been discreet.

Paulina hesitated as she listened to Mrs. Earlene.

After all, she was Mrs.

"But, Mom, if we don't sue Earlene, what about the grievances that you and my mother have suffered?"

This was actually what she was having the most trouble with.

"It's okay for us to be wronged, Marcos' reputation is more important." Ms. Gloria said.

"No, I disagree." Marcos said in a deep voice.

He could not afford to condemn his family because of him.

"Ah Marcos." Mrs. Gloria looked at Paulina and sighed, "I'm sure the in-laws don't want your reputation tarnished, do what Grandma Bartram said and don't sue Earlene." "Mom ..."

Mark tried to press on when Paulina tugged at his sleeve.

He turned his head.

Paulina smiled at him and said, "Marcos, my mom won't blame us if we don't sue Earlene."

"And you agree with Mom's decision?" Marcos looked at her.

Paulina lowered her head and made no sound.

Marcos knew they were both thinking of him, but more than his reputation being tarnished, he didn't want to see his family suffer and have to choose to put things right. "I still disagree."

At those words, Paulina raised her eyes to look at Ms. Gloria.

The two looked at each other and Mrs. Gloria spoke, "Marcos, the truth is that even if we don't sue Earlene, the police won't let her go, she will always go to jail.

But her reputation will not be tarnished, and in the end, this is still in our favor."

Having said that, Mrs. Gloria stared at Marcos.

Marcos hesitated for a moment, his mother was right, whether they charged Earlene or not, the police would not let it go, they would still charge Earlene.

So Earlene would have to go to jail.

But with the power of the Bartram family, they could get Earlene out without The Leoz family getting in the way.

So...

"I still don't agree."

"Why?" asked Ms. Gloria.

Marcos was silent for a moment and voiced his concern.

As soon as Ms. Gloria heard him, she looked at him and said, "Marcos, do you think the Bartram family can really get Earlene out easily, if they could, why would the old lady bother to call Paulina?

Don't worry, even if they had to rescue Earlene it would have cost them a lot of work and Earlene must have learned a lot of lessons in the meantime."

Paulina also advised, "Mark, I think Mom is right, the Bartram family can't get people out easily, let's do what Mom says."

Marcos looked at her and pondered for a moment before speaking slowly, "Okay."

...

Rawlins stood up excitedly at the news that The Leoz Family had dropped the case.

"You're not wrong, are you?" He confirmed to Attorney Javiero in disbelief.

Attorney Javiero nodded, "Yes, The Leoz family has dropped the case."

"Great." Rawlins was relieved that a weight had finally been lifted off his shoulders.

"But we still can't be too happy." The Javiero lawyer wasn't as happy as Rawlins, but looked a little somber.

"What's going on?" asked Rawlins.

"Even though The Leoz family dropped the charges, it's not a good solution on the part of the police."

Rawlins frowned, "You mean the police side will continue to look at the case normally and sentence it as it should be?"

"That's right. even though The Leoz family dropped the charges, it is a fact that the lady committed the crime and the police will continue to attend to the case no matter what they do to maintain the fairness and justice of the law." "Then what?"

"Let's think about it again."

At this point, Attorney Javiero didn't know what to do.

Rawlins' mood instantly declined again and he sighed, "I thought Earlene might come home."