Love At The Wrong Table

Mackenzie’s maneuvering left Ellie struggling to respond. Seeing her silence,

Mackenzie smiled again. “You’re truly a loyalty and righteousness girl. Yosef should consider himself lucky to have you as a friend. If possible, I’d like to be your friend too!”

“I won’t be friends with you,” Ellie responded instinctively. “You’re Yosef’s enemies and, therefore, my enemies too!”

“Just because Queenie Banner died intentionally at Emmanuel’s hands, Yosef sees him as an enemy, and you see us as enemies, too?” Mackenzie began another assault, forcefully questioning.

“That’s right!” Ellie pressed her lips tightly together, then accused agitatedly, “Why is it that Emmanuel can get away with murder, claiming self-defense, but you all insist on sending Yosef to jail for accidentally killing someone?”

“Ellie, you’re literate, right?” Mackenzie thought Ellie’s rebuke sounded rather ridiculous.

“Emmanuel acted in self-defense. Banner, along with others, came to kill him. He defended himself, and Banner happened to throw herself at him. Yosef, on the other hand, committed manslaughter by accident. The nature of the two incidents is completely different!”

are just about power. If you want to ruin Yosef,

continue to argue with her but followed her lead. “So, someone paid you to

shut her mouth,

believe us; I’m sure they can tell me the truth. I’m talking to you to resolve our grievances. I don’t want

neither are

was no need to continue. She just felt sorry. This girl was innocent and, at such a tender age, had been manipulated by malicious individuals.

Quillen, there

who was

sooner or later, anyway. They had won the race against time and now

group of well-equipped journalists

large group. “We were blocked from entering yesterday, and now they’re letting journalists

deliberately arranged! It’s all meticulously planned to destroy