Chapter 20

Tom told Brandon what I said, but Brandon stood at the gate stubbornly. He was still insisting on seeing me. He stood out there for the entire night. I refused to relent. Left with no choice, he asked Tom to bring in his gifts to me. I rejected them too. In the end, he left a new jewelry chest at the door. I didn't even look at it before telling Tom to get rid of it. The precious jewelry inside was donated to a charity foundation in Porthaven City. At least Brandon managed to do something good with them. After that, I did not hear from him again for two months until Rachel brought him up again. Apparently, his parents had taken him back to Camden City again. Upon return, they had locked him up for the good part of a month, only letting him out last week. Even so, he was still under heavy supervision as they feared that he might sneak back again. A few days later, Brandon got into a fight after hearing someone slander me. Apart from that, he also took the opportunity to cl