The Protector

Levi asked, “What’s going on?”

“Come with me!” Michael led him to the front gates of the house.

Seeing the coffin that lay beside the gate, Levi’s eyes grew cold. He demanded, “What is the meaning of this? Is this for me?”

“No, it’s for your mother! They had said…” Here, Michael hesitated and shook with fright, too afraid to repeat what he had heard just now.

“Say it!” Levi ordered, raising his voice in a menacing manner.

Gritting his teeth, Michael replied, “The Gonzales’ had arrived with a message for you, their bastard child Levi Garrison. They’ve sent your mother this coffin to congratulate her on being a wretch, and they had mentioned that they would pray that she would continue to be a wretch in her next life!”

Immediately, everyone felt the tension in the room rise.

to drop by

shot down the spines of

“Back then, you had arranged for a marriage between my mother and the son of the Gonzales

nodded. “That’s right. I had betrothed your mother to Klaus Gonzales, back when she

had discovered that your mother was pregnant, he had nearly killed her. He had announced her pregnancy to the whole of South Hampton and had humiliated your mother for being a sl*t and an adulteress. He

of your mother’s pregnancy got out, your mother and the Jones family became the butt of South Hampton’s cruel jokes. Every day,

and your mother was their biggest source of their shame. Whenever she appeared

in a deep breath. “So all of this has been

Joneses! He would have liked nothing more than to see your mother become the shame of South Hampton, and for everyone

cruel! He had put her through so

issued a stern warning, your mother’s story would still be floating around in

to change the target of his anger,