Chapter 122

If he’d been speaking clearly, then lan would’ve the gist of their argument and even figured out who Maja was, since Leo had blurted out her name loud and clear.

But Leo was a dropout and had worked on construction sites in several coastal towns for years, rubbing shoulders with laborers from all corners of the country. Back then, he was hell–bent on escaping the poverty of Crystalbrook Valley, so he’d picked up their accents on purpose.

Understanding one person’s dialect was a piece of cake, but when you mix accents from several towns, it becomes a whole different ball game.

So, lan was absolutely clueless about what they were arguing about and could only make out bits and pieces of what Maja was saying.

As for Leo, he didn’t understand a single word

He was proficient in many foreign languages, but he couldn’t understand Leo’s mixed accent. Outside in the hallway, Maja fell silent for a moment, almost bursting into laughter out of sheer frustration.

“If it wasn’t for them, do you think I would take care of your business? A 28–year–old man who still hasn’t landed a steady job, ran off with a client’s hundreds of thousands, lost over a million in gambling, asking your parents to pay off your debt. What give you the right to raise your voice here?

Maja grabbed him, answering the phone immediately.

“Uncle”

calling, it was her

was laced with exhaustion, and

can do. We don’t have the contact information of Mr. Raymond, and the police station refused to release Oli. So much money, our family really can’t afford it. Isn’t the county govemment about to buy the houses in our area soon? We borrowed some money from relatives before the news was public, buying a few neighboring houses, hoping to make some acquisition money that way. But now that the news of the acquisition has been

felt a sharp pain in her

and Susan would let Olivia stew in jail for a while, and after a

follow her sooner or later Letting her cool her heels in jail for a month

even

knew the neighbors well. They knew the houses here would soon be bought out by the government at a high price, so they bought their neighbors‘ houses while they were

to do something like

exhaustion, but she could only comfort Susan first.

Also, I ran into Leo in Greenfield.

if you want to, but I don’t ever want

“Smack!!”

his sentence,

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