Chapter 52

Samuel went to the general store at 4.30pm, but the store still had not opened. He had a bad feeling about this. Has something terrible happened to the owner’s family? Why would they suddenly close up shop without a single word otherwise?

After he picked Yvonne up, he noticed that her face was puffed up like a goldfish. It was obvious that she was fuming. “What’s wrong?” he asked, smiling. “The matter is solved, no? Or did Grandma not praise you?”

Yvonne harrumphed icily. “Today, when Johann brought Gareth to expose everything Harvey did, Grandma just let him get away,” she said. “All she did was tell him to go back home and reflect upon himself.”

Samuel could only express a mirthless smile at her words. Sure, Grandma Sue would always have a bias toward Harvey, but he should have been demoted no matter what. At the very least, she had to make an example of him. The words ‘reflect upon himself’ sounded laughably ridiculous in this case.

Additionally, it was not just a simple case of Gra