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 a few

shot down the spines of

had arranged for a marriage

I had betrothed your mother to Klaus Gonzales, back when she was

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 had even told everyone that you were a

the butt of South Hampton’s cruel jokes. Every day, people would leave all sorts of trash outside our house,

all respect in South Hampton, and your mother was their biggest source of their shame. Whenever she appeared

breath. “So all of this has been caused by

out that your mother was pregnant, Klaus Gonzales had only one thing on his mind—to destroy both your mother and the Joneses! He would have liked

“How cruel! He had put her through so much

issued a stern warning, your mother’s story would still

change the target of