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Would they have ended up like this if they had not ridiculed and insulted Ethan and called for him to return instead?
A single decision led to boundless regret!
Seeing that he could no longer hide what happened to Julius, George went to the hospital to see Stephen.
Alas, Stephen did not show any improvement. He had visibly lost weight.
George said, “We need to hold a memorial service for Jullus and Tommy.”
Their bodies had already been cremated and buried. The memorial should have been held long ago, but with what happened to Stephen and the chaos spreading throughout Hill City, there was simply no time.
Stephen did not react as if he did not hear George at all.
George said helplessly, “You need to pull yourself together. They wouldn’t want to see you like this. Hill City and Riveria are still waiting for your return.”
Stephen still did not move.
George told the doctors and nurses to take care of Stephen.
Recently, the cause of Nico’s death had been confirmed. He committed suicide after an emotional breakdown. Nico’s condition before his suicide was similar to Stephen’s.
Consequently, George was worried that Stephen would make a silly choice.
After he left, he contacted the leaders of Hill City and held a memorial for Julius and
Tommy.
“Tommy was the son of that criminal, Nico, but he died taking a bullet for me. Nico was the shooter. Julius, the mayor of Hill City, sacrificed himself to capture Nico…”
Only then did everyone find out that it was not just Julius who died. Tommy had perished too! Furthermore, he had died protecting George.
With that, the people hated George even more.
“He killed two people. How dare he continue managing the city?”
“Why weren’t you the one who died?”
“You must have been in cahoots with Nico!”
Although many people hurled accusations and insults, George could only pretend not to hear them. He focused on the memorial with reddened eyes because he knew that he let
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Julius and Tommy down.
Tommy had saved his life whereas Julius sacrificed himself to stop Nico and protect Stephen and George.
Sometimes, even George wondered why it was not him who died.
When Julius’s wife and daughter came on stage, he could no longer hold back and turned around to cry.
Julius was dead because of him. What would become of his wife and daughter? The girl was still so young and did not even understand the concept of death.
The crowd below only stopped cursing George when they saw Julius’s wife and child. Some people even started to cry softly.
“Poor girl.”
“A good family was destroyed just like that.”
“George, Stephen, and Nico all deserve to die.‘
The memorial concluded smoothly.
With the truth of Julius’s death revealed, some still speculated if George had deliberately killed him, but most people now recognized Julius as a hero.
Many people still cursed George, but the death threats stopped, to his relief.
The reinforcements he called from other cities arrived.
The chaos in Stone Village was suppressed, so all that remained was to find a way to capture those who escaped. However, too many had already fled abroad.
During that time, each family earned millions from selling contraband, precious wood and endangered animals, and excessively mining stone. It was enough for them to live abroad for the rest of their lives.
George finally had some time to handle other matters. He wanted to reach out to
businesses and discuss compensation.
However, he found that their offices were empty. The companies had left!
George called them and asked what was going on. “What’s wrong? I was hoping to discuss compensation with you.”
However, the business owners were struck by regret and no longer had their former drive. ” Just the regular compensation will do.”
“You’re not coming back?” George asked.
“No. We won’t come back unless Ethan does.”
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George was speechless. He knew that he could not match up to Ethan, but he did not think that the gap was that wide.
No one but Ethan could bring them back. George knew that he could not convince them and hung up the phone. Then, he went to the villages to compensate them, which amounted to hundreds of millions. It broke his heart.
Even worse, industries like orchards and farms needed time to yield profits.
