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.

here, and now he's the first to

ridiculous thing

all

clearly innocent, so why would they not

walked up to him, patted his shoulder, and

confused. "What did

They won't allow someone so outstanding to exist.

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

criminals and their reasons for committing crimes. However, he now realized that some people's reasons were utterly

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

Chapter 21

the women Ethan was supposedly involved

thousand people, a young man with bleached blonde buzz-cut hair sprinted frantically toward the town's community

Brandon! Something big just happened!" he shouted

ran,

house was

as if

a somewhat thin man with distinctive features

smuggle people across the border

sigh. Those were all things they to be good at. However, because of Ethan, they

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