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.

seemed to drop

down the spines of

at Michael. “Back then, you had arranged for a

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 had even told

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

that time, the Jones family had lost all respect in South Hampton, and your mother was their biggest source of their shame. Whenever she appeared in public, people would hurl vulgarities and even

a deep breath. “So all of this

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

aloud, “How cruel! He had put her through so

family hadn’t issued a stern warning, your mother’s story would still be floating

“So now Klaus Gonzales wants to change the target of his anger, and use