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.

who called us here, and now he's the

is the most ridiculous thing I've seen in my

all in

there, looking dejected. Ethan was clearly innocent, so why would they

his

was confused. "What did Mr.

at the sky. "His mistake was being too exceptional. They won't allow someone so outstanding to exist. The world has never allowed its heroes to grow

walked away. Liam remained rooted to the spot, unable to process the idea that being exceptional

chief of police, having dealt with many criminals and their

of people manage

Chapter 21

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

Lytton-a town of over ten thousand people, a young man with bleached blonde

Uncle Brandon! Something big

ran,

house was

as if

thin man with distinctive features

across the border

heaved a heavy sigh. Those were all things they to be good at.