Chapter 1021

Roxanne shot Kierra a piercing glare and hissed, "What a good-for-nothing!" Without another word, she reached for her phone. Joseph's panicked voice came through the line. "The toll station's been torn down!" He had just seen a crowd swarm the area. Though he had wanted to intervene, he was outnumbered and dared not get close. Roxanne froze. She barked, fury flaring in her voice, "What? Who has the nerve to mess with something that belongs to our family?" The Bell family was known far and wide. For someone to openly defy them was nothing short of reckless. That toll station was Joseph's main income stream, bringing in a steady flow of under-the-table profits each month. If that lifeline was cut off, what else could he possibly rely on? Joseph's voice cracked with desperation. "I don't know what else to do." He watched in despair as the place was ripped apart right before his eyes. His pitiful demeanor only stoked Roxanne's contempt. She sneered coldly, "You idiot! Why can't you