Chapter 21

“If you like it, I like it too,” Jackson said.

“Don’t just consider whether I like it. You should consider if you like it instead. If you don’t, I can always find another style or color for you,” Serenity said.

“No need. This one is perfect. I really do like it,” Jackson assured her.

“Okay. I’ll get it, then,” Serenity said as she confirmed her order.

He looked at her and suddenly asked, “Sis, why are you so good to me?

Serenity would buy him clothes and a phone, yet she was frugal when it came to herself.

“Because you’re my younger brother, so it’s only natural that I treat you well,” Serenity said matter- of-factly.

Jackson was unsure why, but hearing her call him her ‘younger brother’ was somewhat grating on his

nerves.

that

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at the club, he returned to a beating from his father,

deals between the Saunders family and

losses to the

other people who had attended the class reunion that day, they either lost their

Everyone complained bitterly.

shook, and she felt as though she couldn’t steady herself. She had been handed a termination letter stating that

Fired?!

never considered that

City Council, and it had taken considerable connections and favors to secure this stable job. Moreover, her job was a highlight when it

this, not only would it be hard to find another job in the current market, but she would also be humiliated before her family and friends. The prospective blind

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probably lose interest in her once he found out she had been fired from the

Department the reason she was fired and what she had done wrong, they simply replied, “It’s an order from the higher-ups. Compensation for the termination will be provided, but you’ll never be hired here

panicked and

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