The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2744

“That piece of trash was asking for it,” Regina muttered as she watched the drunkard stumble away into the night. “With moves like that, he’s obviously been in more scraps than you can count.”

The homeless man hadn’t needed to step in this time; Regina had felt the heft of a brick in her hand, ready to hurl it at the back of the drunkard’s head. But it was the homeless man who had acted first, landing a solid punch that sent the drunkard reeling.

When they had moved to a quieter spot, Regina finally broke the silence, “So you do speak. And here I thought you were gonna play the strong, silent type forever.”

The man didn’t respond to Regina’s sarcasm. He just wrapped a tattered coat around his shoulders and settled himself on an old blanket.

through what I’ve been through,” he finally

implication. Was he suggesting that if she had lived his life, she’d understand his choices? But what she couldn’t wrap her head around was why, if these things had truly happened to him,

why he wouldn’t speak to reporters, only

any of you reporters decent? A year ago, I might have just lost my house. But after talking to your kind, I lost my family too. Would you trust the press after that?”

sensed his disdain for journalists, but never imagined the profession had such a profoundly negative impact

help you out of this situation,” Regina said earnestl want to

one who didn’t just pack up and leave easily like everyone else? I was naive to think that unity