The crowd around them was swelling, but Everett didn't seem to care one bit.

He was grinding his teeth, taking deliberate steps towards Maxton.

That menacing look in his eyes genuinely frightened Maxton! Just moments ago, he was shouting at the top of his lungs, but suddenly, he was on his knees, begging, "Please, don't hit me. I don't want to die! Ever since my daughter died because of Dorothy, her mom disappeared, and now, I've got no home left. I can't afford to lose my life too!""

"I've got nothing left! My daughter's gone, and it's all your fault, all because of Dorothy!"

That plea caught the attention of the bystanders, who began to speak up for Maxton.

"How can you hit someone so down on their luck?"

"Yeah! His daughter's been killed, what's going on here?"

The crowd made it impossible for Everett to pull Maxton away.

When he reached out a second time, Dorothy suddenly wrapped her arms around him from behind.

"Everett! I've called the cops, let them handle this. Don't dirty your hands."

voice, the fierceness in

learn his lesson without

wet wipe to gently clean Everett's hands. "He's so filthy, I don't even want to get near him, and yet you touched him! Have you lost your sense of cleanliness?" "...He

expect him to say?" Dorothy looked up at him with a gentle smile, "Why bother with a guy who abandoned his family, cheated with another woman, and even had a child with his mistress?" Hearing the term "disgusting man" from Dorothy made Everett finally crack

didn't hurt you,

didn't even get the chance! You got here just in

Everett paused, "Hmm?"

from thinking about Maxton any longer, "I'm praising you, my newly appointed

back to me?" Why are you just

Everett's lips twitched slightly.

calling someone "wife" was indeed a bit hard for

first to subdue Maxton, and when the police arrived, they took

one who tried to hit Dorothy first, Everett's actions were

Everett hadn't laid another hand on him, so Maxton

course, handing over the matter to Kevin was the

station, Kevin saw a text from Mr.

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