Chapter 122

If he’d been speaking clearly, then lan would’ve the gist of their argument and even figured out who Maja was, since Leo had blurted out her name loud and clear.

But Leo was a dropout and had worked on construction sites in several coastal towns for years, rubbing shoulders with laborers from all corners of the country. Back then, he was hell–bent on escaping the poverty of Crystalbrook Valley, so he’d picked up their accents on purpose.

Understanding one person’s dialect was a piece of cake, but when you mix accents from several towns, it becomes a whole different ball game.

So, lan was absolutely clueless about what they were arguing about and could only make out bits and pieces of what Maja was saying.

As for Leo, he didn’t understand a single word

He was proficient in many foreign languages, but he couldn’t understand Leo’s mixed accent. Outside in the hallway, Maja fell silent for a moment, almost bursting into laughter out of sheer frustration.

“If it wasn’t for them, do you think I would take care of your business? A 28–year–old man who still hasn’t landed a steady job, ran off with a client’s hundreds of thousands, lost over a million in gambling, asking your parents to pay off your debt. What give you the right to raise your voice here?

Maja grabbed him, answering the phone immediately.

“Uncle”

calling, it was her

exhaustion,

call you, but there’s nothing I can do. We don’t have the contact information of Mr. Raymond, and the police station refused to release Oli. So much money, our family really can’t afford it. Isn’t the county govemment about to buy the houses in our area soon? We borrowed some money from relatives before the news was public, buying a few neighboring houses, hoping to make some acquisition money that way. But now that the news of the acquisition has been made public, the neighbors are very upset and came to our house to make trouble. Your uncle’s leg was broken by them, and his

sharp pain in her

for a while, and after a month, Maja would somehow scrap together the money

good, trouble was bound to follow her sooner or later Letting

let Olivia suffer even a bit, instead, they started eyeing other people’s houses.

houses here would soon be bought out by the government at a high price, so they bought their neighbors‘

they even dare to do

wave of exhaustion, but she could only comfort

I ran into Leo in Greenfield. Use this money

said, “Maja, I’m not going back. You can go back if you want to, but I don’t ever

“Smack!!”

could even finish his sentence, Maja

taken aback by the slap, his cheek stinging, his mouth tasting like blood.

looked at Maja in disbelief, took a few seconds to process what happened, and

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