The Guardian's Return by Old Pumpkin

Chapter 22

Brandon picked up his coffee mug, intending to take a sip to calm his anger. "I'm not deaf. What's the good news?"

The young man, Sky North, caught his breath and said, "Ethan Rivers has been arrested."

The mug fell and shattered on the ground with crash, coffee spilling everywhere. However, Brandon seemed not to notice.

He stared at Sky wide-eyed and enunciated each word, "Ethan Rivers has been arrested?"

Sky nodded, saying excitedly, "Yes, I heard it downtown. The charges are embezzlement and bribery."

"What?"

Brandon thought he must have misheard. Embezzlement and bribery? Who? Ethan Rivers?

That was an absolute joke. Did they not know who Ethan was? The man did not need to resort to such despicable means to make money.

If Ethan really wanted money, all he needed to do was say the word, and they would all willingly hand it over to him, just begging for him to spare their livelihoods.

must be false information," Brandon said. "Could

being paranoid after

though he could lead the entire town of over ten thousand people to an annual income of over a hundred million, he had never managed to beat Ethan. In fact, he had not even come

true," Sky said. "Many people downtown are talking about

He hoped it was true because if Ethan was out of the picture, he could return to his old trade. Those

"Go and find out more about it. We'll wait a

used to be someone with unshakable confidence. However, ever since meeting Ethan, he had become cautious and

fighting against the odds, but if he fought against

ran

as he muttered, "If he has really been arrested...

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coming back! This is truly a stroke of luck

Brandon could not help but

Stephen and George had returned to

deal with the issue of the fallen heroes' widows. If they did not handle that well, and it reached the ears of the federal government, they would be in big

afford any more

that, the staff brought in various documents

was not too concerned about it, remarked, "If Ethan could afford to support them, it should be