BuzzNovel“Father, I'm fine. What brings you here?” Zachary hurried over to greet him, with Cole and Alessia following suit,
offering polite hellos.
Sensing the tension in the air, Stella and Justin quietly moved to stand beside Queenie. The two exchanged a
knowing glance; Stella nodded and zipped her lips, signaling that they should keep quiet and stay out of it.
Six, who'd been displaced by Zachary, gave up his spot and immediately noticed Alessia’s red, swollen eyes.
With a slight frown, he drifted over to her side.
“What's this, skind of theater?” he muttered.
“Just a pity act,” Alessia whispered back.
Six shot her a thumbs-up, then stayed put, watching the standoff between Xander, Zachary, Carlson, and the
Chesters.
“Big brother, what are you doing here?” Chester blurted out, clearly surprised by Carlson's arrival-but also visibly
relieved.
“Look at these people, Carl. He's the one who broke Mom's ribs. | told him to pay up, but he refuses to admit it-
now he’s trying to turn it around and sue us! Can you believe this? Is there any justice left in this world?” Chester
jabbed a finger at Zachary, then pointed at everyone else in turn.
“And that one-claims to be a lawyer. The lot of them are in cahoots!”
“Oh, will you shut up already?” Carlson glared at his hopelessly clueless brother, wishing he had a roll of duct
tape to slap over his mouth.
“Attorney Morton, this is all just a misunderstanding, really.” He turned to Ethan with a forced smile, then glanced
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtat Zachary. “Zachary, you remember me, don’t you?”
Zachary nodded, He'd treated Carlson's back injury before, given him acupuncture and prescribed medicine-
three, maybe four times all told.
“My idiot brother never finished school-doesn’t know any better. Don’t take it to heart. Whatever you think we
owe, I'll pay. There's no need to make this official, right? No need to blow things out of proportion.”
Carlson's sudden humility toward a kid left Chester rattled; he immediately shrank back, trying to disappear.
After all, their whole family depended on Carlson-if they made him angry, they'd be out on the street by
morning.
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“I...” Zachary looked away.
He honestly didn’t want to back down. If it were just about him, maybe he'd let it go. But these people had made
Lessie cry-he couldn't just swallow it. Still, with Carlson being on good terms with his mentor, if things got ugly...
“Carlson, don’t blme for being blunt, but this case needs to be filed!” Xander’s
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