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“Rachel, calm down! He’s trying to deceive you” George said nervously.
Ethan smiled, “You must have assumed that I still love Rachel. If you think I still love her, why would I try to deceive her?”
George’s eyes widened in shock.
He was rattled. Ethan did not just see through his thoughts but was even using it against them, and it was terrifying!
Shaken, Rachel looked at her father and said, “Dad, he’s right. We can’t let Snow come back! If he’s back, Stephen won’t even look at me! And it’ll be even harder for our family to move to Metropolis!”
George was left speechless. It was over the moment Rachel started siding with Ethan.
At that moment, he realized he had severely underestimated Ethan. In fact, not just him, but everyone else had underestimated Ethan.
Trying to stay composed, George looked at Ethan and asked, “Do you know what is going on in Aqua City right now? The city needs Stephen there!
“Ethan, for the sake of the people, please help Stephen just this once! You’ve governed Riveria for three years, so you must have worked hard to help Aqua City. You wouldn’t want it to go down as well, right?
“You’re an adult. You know what’s right and wrong. You cannot take your personal grievance out on the people of Aqua City!”
Now, he was appealing to Ethan’s sense of morality. He tried convincing Ethan not to help Stephen but the people of Aqua City. If he refused to help, he would be turning his back on the people.
Confident in his reasoning, he stared at Ethan, sure that this moral high ground would sway him. Rachel might not be effective against Ethan, but maybe this would
Still, Ethan remained unfazed and calm.
“George, have you ever heard of the saying?”
As George’s heart sank, the delight on his face faded.
He asked, “What saying?”
“If the sky is falling, it will hit the tall ones first I am just a prisoner, and even if Aqua City goes down in ashes, that’s not on me.
“You know the city is in danger, yet you came to me, a prisoner, for help instead of doing
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your job. I wonder who is turning their backs on the people, Mr. Governor?”
George’s face turned pale. He had tried to take the moral high ground to force Ethan into helping, but he was in no position to preach.
Asking a prisoner for help was the real failure of leadership. If anyone deserved moral scrutiny, it was him. At that realization, George panicked.
He wanted Rachel to help, but a few words from Ethan had convinced her to back down and refuse to bring Snow back. Now, he had tried to pressure Ethan with morality, only to find himself the one judged instead.
In short while, both his plans were foiled. Worse yet, he was backed into a corner.
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He did not know what to do next, so he was forced to call Simon for help.
“We failed. He won’t budge.”
Simon cursed, “Useless! What else can you do? Let me talk to him!”
George handed the phone to Ethan.
“Ethan, what will it take for you to help us?”
Ethan replied calmly, “I never said I wouldn’t help. It’s you who can’t meet my conditions.”
“What conditions?” Simon asked.
George interjected, “First, give him a valid reason to help. Second, he won’t help if it’s related to the Quinns, and third, anything related to Riveria is off–limits.”
Simon slammed the table. “You’re just making excuses not to help!”
Ethan smiled. “Yes, but what can you do about it?”
He was not going to waste his time reasoning with them because they did not deserve to
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