Resent, Reject, Regret

Resent Reject, Regret By Aqua Summers Chapter 317

Chapter 317 Extortion

Few could endure the optics of a bawling old woman. Naturally, some of the bystanders were compelled to mediate.

“Come on, Eilis! Look at Mrs. Boebert. She’s so old and can barely walk on her own these days. You can’t possibly think she came to you, despite the difficulty, just so she could slander you in public, right?

“Besides, nobody wants an unresolvable conflict among ourselves, right? This is a small place, Eilis. Tell, uh, that girl to apologize and get this over with.”

“Amen to that! We are a tight-knit community. We know everyone here, drink the same water, and live under the same sky. It doesn’t do any of us good if the community splits because of something so trivial, right? Something as trivial as picking a fight with a little kid, too! If I may be frank, Eilis, do you really think that young lass is as trustworthy as you hope?”

Their comments were like thorns stinging Deirdre’s chest.

Eilis, however, was having none of it. That’s enough!” She erupted in rage.

did care a great deal about maintaining the village’s peace, she s… wanted to defend Deirdre. Eilis was fed up, and her face visibly trembled. “If you all want to frame this whole incident as my Dee Dee picking a fight with a kid, then why don’t you all also consider that Bobby is picking a fight with

first!

sympathy!? Why can’t you all just be a bit nicer to her after all the terrible

bystanders suddenly fell

not let Eilis alienate the rest of the village any further. As these people had said, everyone

for me, but I think… I think I’m the one

Dee! You got to stop being so nice, or everyone’s gonna wipe their boots with you, you hear me?” Eilis

smile she displayed pained Eilis a lot. “They are lucky that all you got was an external wound.

cast her blind eyes to the floor. “Which is why I’ve decided

looked down

you and your grandson. I shouldn’t have picked a fight with a

did not plan to let things slide so easily. “Ha, will you look at that! If an apology is all we need, then why do

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