Chapter 655

Matthew continued, "Kingston even told you the pollution from Lifehaven

Pharmaceuticals is bad, but you repay his kindness with hate? Your illness is your own doing. You brought this on yourselves."

The young man was embarrassed and flushed from the harsh words. He was already in despair over his illness, and now he was getting told it was his fault. He tried to justify himself, but he couldn't find the right words for it.

Dashiell was filled with despair. His son had a terminal illness, and now he found out that he had cancer too. He kept thinking about his son. If he died, there'd be no one to take of his son.

As that thought struck Dashiell, he felt a strong will to live. He stepped forward and asked Matthew, "Since you can tell what's wrong with me, there must be a way to treat it. I surely have a chance to get better. Please help me."

Matthew looked indifferent. "When Kingston told you Lifehaven Pharmaceuticals is the problem, you all called him the plague bearer and tried to drive him away. With how you bite the hand that feeds you, do you think I'd want to help you?"

Dashiell was at a loss for words, feeling ashamed. But he pushed that sentiment aside because he just wanted to live.

kick the bucket, please don't hold it against me

dying, that's on you. I have nothing to do

to his knees with a thud. "I admit that I was wrong. I'm begging you. Please save my life. I don't

"In Woolfields, the only person I know is Kingston, and I'm not close to

should I treat ungrateful people like you? You're begging the wrong person. If you want to

and turned to kneel toward Kingston. "We're all from the same town, Kingston. You can't just watch me

I misunderstood you. Now that I've cleared your name, can you please get your

blankly stared at Dashiell and flashed a wry smile. "Just a minute ago, you said that if you weren't afraid of the law, you'd want to take me out. But now,

turned to the others for help. "You all have skeletal fluorosis. If you

people dropped to their knees one after another. All eight of them went down on their knees before

you away or united the town to turn against you.

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