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!”

care!” Ellie covered her ears. “Justice and evil are just about power. If you

with her but followed her lead. “So, someone paid you to pretend to be radiation victims of

shut her mouth, refusing to speak

doesn’t matter. So many people choose to believe us; I’m sure they can tell me the truth. I’m talking to you to

persisted, “Yosef isn’t a bad person, and neither are those who help him! You

continue. She just felt

saying, “Ms. Quillen, there are many journalists outside. What

to Ellie, glanced at Emmanuel, who was still treating patients, and sighed

to come sooner or later, anyway. They had

group of well-equipped journalists

the large group. “We were blocked from entering yesterday, and now they’re letting journalists in so easily?!”

this isn’t deliberately arranged! It’s all meticulously planned