Life After Prison

Chapter 4

When Severin walked back to the house, he discovered that Judith had gone out to the gate to look around because she was worried about him. As soon as she saw Severin return, she walked over with a worried face and held Severin’s hand while asking hurriedly, “Are you alright, Severin? They didn’t hit you, did they?”

Severin’s heart felt all warm and he smiled at Judith. “Don’t worry, Mom. They didn’t hit me. I took them to get the money and gave it all to them. They won’t be troubling us anymore in the future!”

“Really? You’re not lying to me, are you? Do you really have that much money? We’re talking about twenty-six thousand here!” Judith obviously did not believe what Severin said. After all, how could he have the money when he had just been released from prison?

Severin explained, “Don’t worry about it anymore, Mom. I met a very generous person in prison, and he gave me a bank card when I was released. There’s a lot of money inside, and it’s more than enough to pay off the debt!”

“Is that so? I’m glad to hear that, then!” Judith was filled with emotion when she heard that. “You absolutely must repay his kindness in the future if you ever get the chance, Severin.”

“Yes, Mom, I will!” Severin smiled, and continued, “I was only released this early because of him!”

Severin had no other choice but to explain it thus. After all, he had to say something in order to ease Judith’s worries, but it was difficult to explain what truly happened. At the end of the day though, what he said was the truth—the old wacko was indeed a very generous person.

“Well, it’s good that those people won’t pester us anymore. Now that you’re out, you can get a job in the future so your father and I won’t need to overwork ourselves!” Judith sighed, and continued, “Lucy is a terrible woman. She got together with Easton half a year into your imprisonment. She even sold off the house you bought at half the price we bought it. Now that you’re out of prison, we are unable to give you any money, and we don’t have a decent house. You’re already twenty-eight, so we should try and save more so you can find a wife!”

spoke. “It’s a good thing that you were released midway through your sentence. If you served it in full, you would be thirty-three by the time you’re out. It’d probably be even more difficult to

talking about, Mom? I’m handsome enough that I won’t need to worry about finding a wife!” Severin

job moving bricks, so he’s at a construction site now. He still

a badly maintained bicycle with a lot of cardboard boxes behind

I was getting off work from the construction site. They should be

at the gate, where the street lights were rather dim. As he was unloading the cardboard boxes, he

considerably. Tears began streaming down his

trembled slightly as he turned around in disbelief. “Severin? It’s really you? My

and

Severin, Maurice. He’s back. He was released ahead of schedule!” Tears welled up in Judith’s eyes again, but there was

so glad they released him earlier!” Maurice stepped forward and looked at Severin carefully. “You don’t look half bad, but your hair is a bit too long. You should get a haircut tomorrow. You look like a hobo right now, and what you need is a fresh and energetic look! After all, it’s only when you

I’ll get some wine and stew so you

some advance payment for our

I do…” Judith

Mom suffer. I didn’t expect Lucy to be

need to mention about the past. Ordinary people like us can never go up against the Loughs!” Maurice lamented. He then helped Severin up. “Get up, Son. Let’s just live a normal, honest life from now on. Women like Lucy may be good-looking, but they’re unreliable. It’s good enough if you can find a woman that you can live the rest of your days with!”

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