The Guardian's Return by Old Pumpkin

Chapter 21

Following George's order to retreat, Stephen left sheepishly with his men. As Stephen walked away,

he overheard whispered discussions behind him.

"Ethan is a good person, yet he's been arrested?"

"Yeah, who else cares so much about these widows besides him?"

"Arresting such a good person is really disheartening."

Everyone knew deep down that nobody wanted to take care of those people. If someone were to manage the situation, how much money would they have to spend each year? They would have to misappropriate funds from other areas, like meal allowances or something

Liam stepped forward and said to Stephen, "Since Mr. Rivers isn't keeping any women, shouldn't we release him?"

.Stephen was fuming inside. "Release him? Just because he's clean here doesn't mean he's

clean."

He did not want to hear the discussions behind him anymore, so he quickened his pace and left promptly, leaving the other officials looking at each other in bewilderment.

us here, and

ridiculous thing I've seen

all in jeopardy

dejected. Ethan was clearly innocent, so why would they not release

up to him, patted his shoulder, and said,

confused. "What did Mr.

looked up at the sky. "His mistake was being too exceptional. They won't allow

much older as he slowly walked away. Liam remained rooted to the spot, unable

with many criminals and their reasons for

have such an absurd group of people manage Riveria... Liam dared not think

Chapter 21

a team to capture the women Ethan was supposedly involved with began to spread throughout Riveria. Several cities in Riveria had heard the

North Hill City, Lytton-a town of over ten thousand people, a young man with

Brandon! Something big just happened!" he

ran,

house was

as if

a somewhat thin man with distinctive features and glasses sat

tobacco here. We also never smuggle people across the border either. What you're doing is

Those were all things they to be good at. However, because of Ethan, they had to stop all those