Chapter 317 Extortion

Few could endure the optics of a bawling old woman. Naturally, some of the bystanders were compelled to mediate.

“Come on, Eilis! Look at Mrs. Boebert. She’s so old and can barely walk on her own these days. You can’t possibly think she came to you, despite the difficulty, just so she could slander you in public, right?

“Besides, nobody wants an unresolvable conflict among ourselves, right? This is a small place, Eilis. Tell, uh, that girl to apologize and get this over with.”

“Amen to that! We are a tight-knit community. We know everyone here, drink the same water, and live under the same sky. It doesn’t do any of us good if the community splits because of something so trivial, right? Something as trivial as picking a fight with a little kid, too! If I may be frank, Eilis, do you really think that young lass is as trustworthy as you hope?”

Their comments were like thorns stinging Deirdre’s chest.

Eilis, however, was having none of it. That’s enough!” She erupted in rage.

about maintaining the village’s peace, she s… wanted to defend Deirdre. Eilis was fed up, and her face visibly trembled. “If you all want to frame this whole incident as my Dee Dee picking a fight with a kid, then why don’t you all also consider that Bobby is picking a fight with a blind. -woman?! Dee Dee can’t see a thing, people! She could not even harm Bobby unless that imp started

be a bit nicer to her after all the terrible ordeals she went through? Ask yourselves: when did her late mother ever mistreat any

bystanders suddenly

rest of the village any further. As these people had said, everyone knew everyone else in a small village like this one. Next to

up for me, but I think… I think I’m the one at fault here. It’s true. I shouldn’t have picked a fight with

got to stop being so nice, or everyone’s gonna wipe their boots with you, you hear me?” Eilis refuted

all you got was an external wound.

is why I’ve decided to leave this house as little as possible

looked

picked a fight with a child, and

easily. “Ha, will you look at that! If an apology is all we need, then why do we need the criminal justice system and law enforcement?” Eilis

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