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.

called us here, and

is the most ridiculous thing I've seen in my

are all in

clearly

to him, patted his shoulder, and said, "Ethan was

confused. "What did

sky. "His mistake was being too exceptional. They won't allow someone

to the spot, unable to process the idea that being exceptional was a

seen it all as the chief of police, having dealt with many criminals and their reasons for committing crimes. However,

group of people manage Riveria... Liam dared not think about it

Chapter 21

arrest and Stephen leading a team to capture the women Ethan was supposedly involved with began to spread throughout Riveria.

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

big just happened!"

ran,

house was

as if

somewhat thin man with distinctive features and glasses sat on a sofa, talking on

across the border either. What you're doing

that, he hung up the phone and heaved a heavy sigh. Those were all things they to be good at. However, because of Ethan, they had to stop