Two hours later, Josh and John Leibler were standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows in Leibler's office, watching as Linden Schneider was escorted into a police car.
At this point, Linden Schneider had already been forgiven by John Leibler.
However, since the case was of considerable influence, some necessary procedures still had to be followed. Linden Schneider would still have to stay in the police station's detention center for a while, but there was no need for him to go to prison.
"Josh, I truly appreciate you for what you've done this time!" John Leibler said kindly to Josh.
His thanks were sincere.
Linden Schneider's confession had solved a huge problem for him.
This problem wasn't just about the stolen jewelry.
Although the jewelry was claimed to be worth millions, anyone with some knowledge of the jewelry industry would know that the cost of those items wouldn't exceed 30% of their value.
This loss wasn't a big deal for the wealthy Leibler family.
At most, it would be a little troublesome to restock, and they would lose some indirect profits.
What pleased John Leibler the most, however, was that Josh had exposed Emory as the big insider, especially before the police discovered it.
As a lawyer who had worked with the Leibler family for decades, Emory held many secrets about the Leibler Group.
If these secrets were to leak, it would cause far more damage to the Leibler Group than the loss of the jewelry.
If the police had been the first to discover Emory as the mastermind behind the case, it was hard to say whether there would have been some unexpected complications.
Josh's action of bringing Linden Schneider to John Leibler first for forgiveness had, by accident, done him a great favor.
It gave him enough time to clean up the loose ends of these sensitive secrets.
"Hehe, Uncle John, you're too polite. You're Margot's elder, so you're naturally my elder too. We're family!" Josh responded to John's gratitude in a very tactful manner.
"Yes, yes, we are family!" John Leibler was momentarily stunned when he heard Josh's words, then laughed heartily and patted Josh on the shoulder.
If Josh's generous purchase of war bonds yesterday had only caused John Leibler to change his opinion of him, then now, he had truly recognized the young man in front of him.
One had to say, Margot had not misjudged this time.
"Father, I heard… What are you doing here?" Just then, John Leibler's second son, David Leibler, burst in. Upon seeing Josh, his face immediately darkened.
"What's with this rush? Can't you see I have a guest? No manners at all!" Seeing his son's behavior, John Leibler immediately became angry and scolded him.
Compared to the calm and composed Josh, John's youngest son, in his thirties, was indeed a source of worry.
Fortunately, John had never expected this son, who was always distracted and obsessed with women, to inherit the family business. His oldest son, who was in charge of the family business in the eastern states of New York, was the one John truly valued.
David had clearly long been used to his father's scolding, so he shrugged it off without caring much and reluctantly greeted Josh.
Josh wasn't bothered by it. He said goodbye to John Leibler and left the Leibler Group.
Before leaving the Leibler Group, he had already called Margot, so he wasn't in a hurry to return.
Instead, he went to buy some food and daily necessities to bring to Dix.
He didn't want to risk Dix starving to death before his injuries could finish him off.
However, on the way, Josh keenly noticed that the police, who had previously set up roadblocks and searches everywhere, had disappeared, leaving only the usual number of patrolling officers.
Clearly, with Linden Schneider's confession and the jewelry theft case being solved, the police were happy to avoid further complications.
"You look much better!" Josh said when he arrived at the small apartment. He saw that Dix's complexion had improved considerably compared to before.
Dix's injury was a bullet wound, and it seemed he hadn't injured any internal organs. As long as the bleeding stopped and there was no infection, there was no need to find a doctor.
"Yes, the bleeding stopped. Thank you so much, Mr. Kane. I wonder how things are outside now?" Dix thanked Josh first and then asked.
"There's good news and bad news!" Josh replied. "The good news is that the police have pulled back. You don't have to worry about them continuing their search, and you don't need to run to Canada anymore."
"That's indeed good news. What's the bad news?" Dix nodded and asked.
"Your companion, Cody, was killed in the crossfire with the police," Josh shrugged and relayed the information he had received from the police.
"What about Louis and Goss?" Hearing that Cody was dead, Dix sighed. Although he had expected it, hearing the news of his friend's death still made him deeply saddened.
But he quickly regained his composure and asked about the other two partners.
"The police didn't mention them, so they're probably not caught," Josh shook his head.
"Thank you!" Hearing Josh's words, Dix let out a sigh of relief. This was another bit of good news for him.
"Alright, don't think too much about it. Rest well. I'll come back tomorrow!" Josh left the food and daily necessities, then left. He had delayed so much time, Margot would be worried by now.
Sure enough, when Josh returned home, Margot asked about his visit to the Leibler Group that day.
Josh didn't hide anything and explained the encounter with Linden Schneider and how he had persuaded him to confess.
"I can't believe it was all planned by Emory. It's too unbelievable," Margot said in shock after hearing that a familiar person was involved in the jewelry theft case.
But once she knew the matter had been resolved, she felt at ease.
Josh also felt that this matter should be over now.
However, if there were no accidents, there would still be some unexpected twists.
The next morning, the newspapers reported the breaking of the jewelry case but in addition to Linden Schneider's confession, a few other things were somewhat unexpected to Josh.
One was that Emory had committed suicide by gunshot before the police arrived.
Another was that around the same time that Linden Schneider confessed, a man named Colby, who had acted as an intermediary, was apprehended by Officer Dietrich, who managed to get everyone, including Emory, to confess.
That night, the police found Louis' house.
However, by then, Louis had already died from his injuries, so the police only managed to arrest one of the accomplices, Goss.
Now only Dix was still being sought.
Fortunately, this little surprise wouldn't cause any problems for Josh.