Chapter 116: What A Shame

Max told her that the guys who wanted to get the house back ceased their request and left. And somebody had donated a sizable amount of money to the public schools in their town. Max asked with concern, "Kate, don't you think he is too powerful? It is in a different state. And the guys that found trouble are rumored to have an influence on the town government. Ed gave me the feeling that he was sort of a gangster when he saved me last time. Are they…" "No." Kate said, looking down at the box on the floor, "They are not." Max changed the subject; "Mom said on the phone that there is a boy in our town who is helping his parents run a café. His mother and ours used to hang out together. Mom knows their family very well. She said if you would like to go back home, she would like to introduce you to the boy. I had to tell her that you were busy with your studies now…" Kate smiled bitterly after hanging up the phone. It was a life so far away from her now. She could never go back to that