Chapter 22

Unlike Curtis, who had no qualms about making a scene, she was the type to exact her revenge in whispers and shadows.

After all, they were guests in the Perez family, and causing a ruckus wouldn’t reflect well on their hosts. Jennifer would certainly chew her out for not calming things down.

She had barely taken a few steps when Curtis pulled her aside with a firm grip around her waist. “Stand back.”

The kid’s mother had arrived, wailing and lunging forward like a scene from a soap opera, only to be stopped by Billy. She shouted, “Murder! Help! Save my boy!”

The crowd was buzzing with concern and admonishment. “Mr. Curtis, come on, he’s just a kid. What are you trying to prove?”

“Yeah, let’s talk this out, man.”

Jennifer’s face was a storm cloud of disapproval. “Curtis, what the hell are you doing?”

Curtis arched an eyebrow with irritating nonchalance, swinging the little brat by the collar. “Isn’t it obvious? I’m dispensing a bit of rough justice.”

Seeing not even Jennifer could rein him in, the parents turned to Hubert, the eldest elder, with tear-streaked faces. “Mr. Hubert, you have to help us, please!”

the man, picking on a child

face didn’t crack as he spoke, “Curtis, he’s a child. Whatever he

step in. Just sit back and enjoy the

could never pin him down or control

part of a mature and steady man, but deep down, he

his wit’s end, Billy scolded his son. “Apologize, damn it! Just

a bigger bully, realized no one

catch it

corrected himself. “Ma’am, I’m sorry!”

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still not satisfied. “My wife is a young lady, and you, a smelly little teenager, what should you address her?”

twenty-five, soon to be twenty-six, being

wasn’t far off.

Richardson. I shouldn’t have done

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