Chapter 281: Brick
A black business car stopped outside an apartment in Calver City, Los Angeles. A few burly bodyguards quickly got out of the car, separating the group of reporters who followed them. Dressed in conservative casual wear and wearing sungla.s.ses, Drew emerged from the business car and, under the protection of the bodyguards, pa.s.sed through the wild reporters without saying a word, and entered the courtyard of the apartment. Although the reporters often go to great lengths to get news, they dared not break into a private residence in broad daylight, and had to wait outside in disappointment.
"Come on, what"s going on this time?" Sitting on the sofa in the living room, Drew took off his sungla.s.ses and coldly looked at his mother, Edie G.o.ddard.
Famke Janssen had not seen her daughter for nearly a year and had wanted to say some kind words to her, but hearing her daughter"s cold att.i.tude towards her, Famke Janssen suddenly felt unwilling: "I"m your mother after all, do you have to talk to me like this?"
"Tell me, what"s going on?" Drew suddenly stood up, throwing his sungla.s.ses on the floor, and the broken lenses scattered everywhere.
Her daughter suddenly flew into a rage and Famke Janssen was taken aback, but she soon refused to show any weakness: "What are you angry about? It"s your scoundrel father and Eric Williams who caused this. He even sued me. Now I have to pay for the lawsuit. I"m telling you, you must compensate me double, otherwise forget about me taking this case and let your scoundrel father take you away directly."
"I just want to ask one question, did you receive money from anyone this time?" Drew raised his voice and asked.
Edie G.o.ddard waved his arms excitedly and said, "What money? Who would give me money? I guess all the money went to your scoundrel father. I haven"t seen a penny. I still have to pay for a lawyer. I still have to pay for a lawyer!"
Drew stared at his mother for a while, then took out a check from his bag and threw it over, warning, "Take this money, you don"t need to hire a lawyer, just keep quiet. And don"t let me know what you are doing behind my back, otherwise I will let you know what it means to be miserable!"
Edie G.o.ddard, who had bent over to pick up the check, heard his daughter"s words. He was about to refute, but when he looked down at the amount on the check, he immediately closed his mouth, and the angry look on his face became stiff and then disappeared, with a hint of reluctance to appease, he opened his mouth, but for a moment he didn"t know what to say.
Drew also ignored Edie G.o.ddard and said to the middle-aged female servant who was peeking into the living room from the kitchen: "Miss Martha, go and tidy
"No problem, Miss Drew," the maid said and immediately went up the stairs from the kitchen.
After the maid disappeared around the corner of the stairs, Drew turned to Edie G.o.ddard and said, "During this time, don"t attend any random parties or accept invitations from strangers. Also, don"t bring any men back."
"I"m your mother!" Edie G.o.ddard couldn"t help but rebut.
Drew immediately stretched out her hand and said, "Give me the check back."
Edie G.o.ddard unconsciously stepped back and shoved the check into her pocket. After hesitating for a second, she asked, "How long will it take?"
"Until this matter is finished," Drew said, walked to the door, asked the bodyguard to bring her luggage in, left Edie G.o.ddard in the living room and went upstairs.
Few cases in the United States make it to the final phase of a civil suit, with over 90% of cases resolved before going to court. Consequently, when the father of Drew sued Eric, his legal team immediately reached out to John Barrymore in an attempt to negotiate a settlement. However, John demanded a payment of 10 million dollars, which was nothing short of extortion. Edward Lewis, Eric"s lawyer, engaged in private negotiations with John Barrymore, but he refused to budge. In the end, the case had to be heard in court.
The third week of the scandal, media attention was still focused on Eric with negative news stories. At the same time, John Barrymore"s case against his ex-wife, Edie G.o.ddard, and the famous director, Eric Williams, was heard in court for the first time. Early in the morning, the number of journalists outside Eric"s Malibou Peaks estate had grown to over 300 and the number at the Los Angeles Superior Court was no less.
Drew and his mother arrived at the court outside the downtown Los Angeles in a business car. As soon as they got off, they were swarmed by reporters. At almost the same time, Drew"s father, John Barrymore, who had often appeared in the media with a distressed fatherly posture, also arrived. Seeing this scene, the reporters seemed to have received some kind of hint and consciously opened a path between Drew and John Barrymore.
Drew got off the car, carrying a heavy-looking bag, smiled and walked straight through the crowd, in a flash of lights, towards John Barrymore.
John Barrymore didn"t expect his daughter to come to him on her own. Although he had shown a fatherly sorrow in the media, he didn"t feel much closeness to this doll-faced girl.
Of course, when his daughter approached him willingly, John Barrymore couldn"t not react. He thought for a moment, then showed a gentle smile and walked towards Drew, as if wanting to give his daughter a warm embrace.
The reporters around had their cameras flashing even more urgently, as they were more informed on this dispute than the general public, and many of them quickly realized that Drew Barrymore had taken the side of his father, meaning that Eric Williams would most likely lose this case.
John Barrymore opened his arms with a smile, wanting to give his daughter a hug. Drew tilted her head and stared at her father, her smile becoming increasingly strange. She then reached into her bag and quickly pulled out a bright red brick, and without giving John any warning, smashed it onto his face.
The loud thud was followed by a sound of bones cracking, and the brick shattered, falling to the floor.
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