Heaven Domain (Iwan Cliff)

Chapter 48 I'll Take You To Revenge

Chapter 48 I'll Take You For Revenge

At 8:30 AM the next morning, When Jayna was about to go to work, Luis asked her not to go through the phone call and directly go to the old mansion of the Brown family. Jayna nodded and accepted.

"What's wrong? Don't you go to work today?" Iwan asked Jayna, smiling, with Emily in his arms.

Jayna nodded and said, "Well, my dad just called me and said that my cousin Brady came back last night. It seems that he also got a big promotion. Therefore, people of the Brown family take a holiday today. My grandfather, eldest uncle, and second uncle will welcome Brady at home. Iwan, my father didn't ask you to go there. I'm sorry, but I guarantee that my grandfather has begun to accept you. It won't take long before the Brown family accepts you."

Iwan didn't care whether the Brown family accepted him or not. The Brown family even didn't have the right to talk to him if it were not for that he didn't want Jayna to be sad. He didn't bother to meet those snobs, so he nodded and said, "Well, it's okay, Jayna. I didn't want to go originally, so you just go there. I'll escort you downstairs."

Iwan escorted Jayna downstairs with Emily in his arms. Iwan said to Emily, "Emily, mom has been working very hard lately, so let's cheer her on, OK?"

Emily said in a child's tone, her beautiful big eyes blinking, waving a small fist to Jayna, "Come on! Mommy, you are the best, and you are the most beautiful! Hee hee, Emily and daddy will wait for you at home."

Looking at such an understanding and cute daughter, Jayna couldn't help but kiss Emily on her cheek. Then, she saw that Iwan was looking at her with extreme expectancy, so she blushed.

"The mommy can't be biased," Iwan said to Jayna with a smile.

Jayna's face became even redder. She bit her lips and lowered her head without speaking. Iwan was about to say that it was a joke when he saw Jayna's reaction, but Jayna suddenly tiptoed and kissed Iwan's face quickly. Before Iwan reacted to her kiss, she hurriedly jumped into the car and drove away at a fast speed.

Iwan froze at the same place. In fact, he really just made a joke with Jayna, but he didn't expect Jayna really took the initiative to kiss him. Although Jayna kissed him softly, like a little peck, he still felt a strong sense of happiness and joy.

"Wow, it's so shy! Emily can't look at this! I should hurry up and cover my eyes!" Emily hurriedly and deliberately covered her eyes with two small white hands, but she still peeked at Iwan's face between her finger.

"Jayna, what you did will make me more and more unwilling to let you work..." Iwan couldn't help but touched the place just kissed by Jayna.

Perhaps, this was the feeling of happiness and sweetness.

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Jayna also drove away with a great heartbeat, let alone Iwan. She felt hot on her face. She took the initiative to kiss Iwan! The more she thought, the shier she was. Her heartbeat became greater and greater, so she buried her head on the steering wheel. She didn't notice that the light had green until the car behind her horned to urge her, and she was scared that she hurriedly drove away.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Jayna drove to the ancestral house of the Brown family. At the time of her arrival, Luis and Skyler had already arrived. Except for them, so many people came here today, including business partners, relatives, and friends of the Brown family. William announced to the

public that Brady was promoted to the Eagleshine this morning, and he made a banquet for all the guests. Even some of the reporters in Pasoland City came here. After all, this was a big thing, and the Brown family was also happy to see those reporters.

Krista, dressed in a long white dress, happily greeted the guests at the gate of the ancestral house. William, Warren, Luis, and others also changed into brand new suits and talked and laughed in the crowd. All of them looked very happy, and those direct descendants of the Brown family were even happier.

"Huh, he is just an officer in the Military Headquarters. They are too exaggerated." Skyler whispered with displeasure. Krista didn't pay any attention to all four of them, including Jacey.

"Well, Skyler, please don't talk about that. They will hear you. Since nobody greets us, then let's go inside." Luis touched Skyler with his elbow, saying. Then, Skyler went inside but still whispered, "They are so proud... If it were not for that our Iwan was expelled by the Military Headquarters..."

"Mom! Stop saying it!" Jacey said to Skyler, biting her lips. Then she carefully looked at her sister Jayna. There was some loss in Jayna's eyes, but then she looked up and smiled at everyone. Skyler also changed her face and hurriedly said to Jayna, "Jayna, I didn't mean that. I just said it casually, so you don't give it another thought. Iwan is a good man. If he was still in the Military Headquarters, he wouldn't be able to stay with you and Emily. Yes, Iwan is a really good man..."

At eleven o'clock in the morning, all the guests invited by the Brown family settled down in the house courtyard. There were about two or three hundred people, which made the place very lively. After all, the Brown family had a big figure now, so people around them would follow the flunkyism. In addition, the direct descendants of the Brown family were also extremely proud today because they had a big person in their family!

At the banquet, Brady, dressed in a black military uniform, sat upright on the main seat. His eyes were like a sharp knife, and he exuded an unparalleled power with the feel of sternness surrounding

his body. William, Warren, and Wilson accompanied him to sit at the main table. As for the four people in Jayna's family, they were arranged in the back. The seats at the main table were naturally not for them.

William was nearly seventy years old, and his hair was grey. However, today he was cheerful and florid, raising his glass to all the guests and saying, "Welcome to the Brown family's banquet. Thank you!"

When William finished his words, the guests below all smiled and raised their glasses to have a toast. After drinking with Brady, William, Warren, and Wilson went from table to table to drink with the guests. However, Brady didn't leave his seat. Halfway through the banquet, Brady coughed at William and made eye contact with him.

William understood and nodded. There was a trace of complexity flashing in his eyes, but it soon disappeared. Then he stood on the step and hushed the guest with both hands. When the whole room was quiet, William smiled and said to the hundreds of guests, "Today the Brown family will announce to everyone a happy event. In recent years, the business of the Brown family has been booming, which isn't because of me, just an old man, but because of the younger generation. Therefore, today all my friends are here, so then I will announce a decision. The Brown family decided to elect a company vice president to assist me in the overall management of the company. I hope that everyone can support it."

After William finished, all the guests applauded. Some people even said anxiously, "Mr. Brown, please don't keep us guessing! Please tell us. We are waiting to see the outcome! Hahaha..." Those guests below also understood that there were only four people in the three generations of the Brown family today. Brady, Krista, Jayna, and Jacey. Of course, Brady, who was in the Military Headquarters, and Jacey, who didn't yet officially joined the work, were naturally excluded. Then the candidates would be Krista and Jayna, who were both extremely beautiful women. Now all the guests wondered more about who William would promote. The second generation of the Brown

family wasn't powerful, so there was a great possibility that today's vice president would be the boss of the Brown family's company in the future.

At this moment, after listening to William's words, Jayna's family was also very excited. Luis smiled with satisfaction as he looked at his daughter Jayna, and so did Skyler, who was proud of Jayna. In addition, Jacey was also very excited.

However, at the next moment, their expressions all froze on their faces. William smiled and announced on the stage, "The vice president of the Brown family is Krista Brown! Congratulations, everyone!"

Krista smiled and got up from Brady's side, smiling and bowing to the crowd of guests. She said, "In the future, please support my work! I will definitely work harder and work with everyone to gain the mutual benefit!"

Boom...At this moment, the four people in Jayna's family felt that lightning stoke their hearts. Jayna was extremely lost in her heart, clenching her fists tightly.

Skyler's face changed dramatically, and she couldn't help but got up and shouted at William, "Dad! What do you mean? Didn't you say yesterday that Jayna was the vice president of the company? Then how come Krista is the vice president now?"

Luis also got up in anger and said, "Dad! You've gone too far! The projects with the Cleveland Group and the Mellon Group were won by Jayna! Dad, I want you to give me an explanation!"

Boom...As Skyler and Luis got up, all the guests were all stunned. Some of those who knew about the things of the Brown family picked up their teacups and prepared to watch a good show. Many other guests, who asked Jayna to cooperate with them a few days ago, also deeply frowned, with deep doubt in their hearts.

At this moment, facing Skyler and Luis's questioning, William felt a bit embarrassed. However, then he still hurriedly said to them, "Skyler, Luis, this is a bit complicated. I'll tell you after the banquet!"

"Oh, explain later? William, you have to give me an explanation right now! You made the rules. Why do you go back on your word? My daughter worked hard to get the projects, and now you want to give them all to Krista? How can you do that? On what grounds?" Skyler was completely furious. When she came here today, she felt unpleasant, and now she was even angrier.

William's face instantly turned gloomy. No matter what, he was also the head of the Brown family and an old man! Now he felt humiliated when Skyler questioned him in front of so many guests.

At this moment, Brady's father, Warren, suddenly shouted at Skyler, "Skyler! You shut up! Do you have the right to speak here? How can you talk to Dad? Sit down!"

Hearing his words, Skyler didn't take it seriously and wanted to continue questioning. However, she was stopped by Luis who was beside her. Luis gave Warren a deep look and said, "Brother, I will discipline my wife. It's not your turn!"

Luis finished his words and asked, staring at William firmly "Father, if Skyler doesn't have the right to ask you, then I'll ask you again. Can you give me an explanation right now? Why did you bully my daughter in this way?"

"Then I'll give an explanation to Uncle Luis, okay?" Before William spoke, Brady who hadn't spoken for a long time said to Lusi. As he was saying, the strong feeling of sternness directly rushed to Lusi, pressing against him hard. Luis' face turned pale suddenly, and he couldn't say anything. Skyler was also slightly pale, with fear suddenly rising in her heart.

Brady sat in his seat and continued to Luis, "I made the decision. If you are dissatisfied, Uncle Lusi, you can come to me after the banquet."

Luis was pale, staring firmly at Brady, who was the Eagleshine now. He only felt extremely stifling in his heart, and he slowly nodded, saying, "Good. Such a good Eagleshine. Such a good Brown family! Since you..."

"Dad, stop that. Forget it. It's okay. I don't want it...Dad, stop! Please stop!" Jayna hurriedly stood up and pulled Luis's arm, persuading him with slightly red eyes. Content © NôvelDrama.Org 2024.

At this time Krista walked to Jayna. She looked at Jayna with a victorious posture and said, "Oh, Jayna, you still lost. I will suppress you forever in our family!"

Jayna pulled Luis and Skyler to sit down. She looked up with red eyes, looking at Krista and saying, "OK, you win. Since you want this vice president so badly, then I'll give it to you. I'll resign! I, Jayna Brown, will resign!"

While saying, Jayna pulled Luis and Skyler to go outside. At this moment she finally realized that the Brown family didn't welcome her at all, so why did she still stay here? Luis, Skyler, and Jacey also didn't want to stay here anymore, so they got up and wanted to go together with Jayna.

However, Krista didn't let her go. She blocked in front of Jayna, saying, "Huh, do you come and go as you please? Huh? I've called Carmelo Girt from the Cleveland Group and Andy Gray, the vice president of the Mellon Group to come here. If you want to leave the company, you should talk to them clearly. If you don't, I won't let you go!"

Jayna gritted her teeth firmly, looking at Krista with red eyes and saying, "Krista, no way! Talk to them by yourself if you can! You don't have any ability except the calculation. Other people don't know how you got this vice president, but you know it! I was supposed to be the vice president, but you stole the position with your dirty tricks!"

"You...Jayna, you don't have any right to accuse me. It's grandpa..."

"Pa!" When Krista was trying to defend herself, she suddenly heard a sound of a loud slap. Then she was shocked to see that Brady walked toward Jayna and slapped directly on her face.

Brady stared at Jayna with a gloomy face and said, "Do you know how to respect others? Krista is your sister. You shouldn't call her name directly. Did you greet me, your big brother, since you entered the door? Huh? You should feel disgraced! If you hadn't been pregnant five years ago with your dirty man, our Brown family wouldn't have been the joke of the whole Pasoland City! Do you still have the right to compete with Krista for the vice president? Huh?"

"Ahhhhhh, Brady, you had the brass to hit my daughter! I'll kill you..." Seeing Jayna being hit by Brady, Skyler immediately became annoyed and tried to scratch Brady with her hands.

"Go away!" Brady exuded a sense of sternness, turning his head and shouting at Skyler. Skyler was instantly suppressed, stumbling backward and then falling to the ground. Luis was suppressed by Brady, being dumbstruck for a while.

Jayna cried after being slapped by Brady, and the next moment she turned around and stared at Brady, saying, "Okay, I have disgraced the Brown family. It is my fault. Then I, Jayna Brown, will withdraw from the Brown family from now on! All the media are here to witness it today. From now on, I will have nothing to do with the Brown family!"

After finishing her words, Jayna was about to walk out, but Krista called her again behind her, "The contracts with the Cleveland Group and the Mellon Group!"

Hearing Krista's words, Jayna felt more grieved and was trembling tempestuously. She said, gritting her teeth, "Okay! I'll give them to you! Later I will personally change the contract for you!" After Jayna finished her words, she left the place quickly. Jacey, whose face was pale, hurriedly followed her, with Luis and Skyler following. The most important thing was that they had to comfort Jayna, but not the other things.

When they walked to the door, a burst of laughter with the toast came from the courtyard. At that time, they just felt dreary in their hearts.

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At noon, Iwan was having lunch with Emily outside. He somehow felt some inexplicable discomfort in his heart, and he even couldn't eat. His intuition was always accurate. When he took out his phone and was about to call Warrior No.1 to ask what happened, Warrior No.1 called him, "Boss, there is something wrong. Those business partners, who were arranged for your wife by Eden Addison just a few days ago, told Eden that William gave the position of vice president of the Brown family's company to Krista, but not your wife."

When Iwan was about to talk to Warrior No.1, another person called him one after another. After he saw that it was Jacey, he hung up the call from Warrior No.1 and picked up Jacey's call. After listening to her first sentence, Iwan immediately stood up, and he exuded a strong feeling of killing the Brown family!

"Brother-in-law, please come to the Bourland Residence. My sister was hit by Brady Brown, and she was even forced by them to leave the Brown family." Jacey said on the phone.

"Boom..." Iwan was shocked and annoyed. He held Emily in his arms, bringing some snacks, and then drove towards the Bourland Residence. On the way, Emily felt the anger of Iwan, so she was also a little worried, but she didn't know anything. Iwan didn't have time to explain to Emily at that time.

In just ten minutes, Iwan drove to the Bourland Residence and arrived downstairs of the house he bought for Skyler a few days ago. Just as he got out of the car, he saw Jacey who was standing downstairs waiting for him anxiously. What happened at the banquet before was so fast and unexpected, and Jacey didn't have time to contact Iwan.

When Iwan arrived, Jacey hurriedly said to him with red eyes, "Brother-in-law, they bullied Jayna. She is upstairs, not saying a word. It's very scary. Please hurry up..."

"Help me look after Emily and take her to the park." Iwan gave Emily to Jacey and then went upstairs in a hurry. Emily was very understanding and didn't ask anything, just going to the park with Jacey.

When Iwan entered the room, Skyler was scolding Luis with red eyes furiously, pointing at his nose and cursing, "You piece of sh*t! You didn't dare to say anything when your own daughter was hit! Are you still a fu*king man, huh? Are you still a man?"

"Mom! Don't scold dad now. Where's Jayna?" Iwan suppressed the extreme anger in his heart and said to Skyler.

Skyler suddenly cried. She pointed to the bedroom with trembling fingers, saying to Iwan, "She is in the room. Iwan, you need to persuade her. You..."

"Don't worry. I'll take care of her." Iwan nodded and said. Then he walked to the bedroom door. Jayna locked the door from inside, but Iwan just pushed the door open with a little strength.

Opening the door, Iwan saw that Jayna was curled up on the bed, with her head buried deep into her knees. Iwan said to Jayna, heartbroken, "Jayna, it's me..."

Jayna ignored Iwan, and her body was still twitching. She was crying, but she was desperately trying to suppress her voice to keep herself from crying out. The next moment Iwan pulled up Jayna's arm, seeing a slightly red slap mark on her face.

Boom... When seeing the mark on Jayna's face, Iwan desperately wanted to kill the Brown family. At that time, the temperature in the whole room dropped dramatically.

Jayna shivered and suddenly felt very cold. Then she saw that Iwan came here. She said to Iwan with a teary face, "Am I... useless?"

Iwan listened to Jayna's words and felt even more heartbroken. Wiping away the tears on Jayna's face, Iwan took a deep breath and said to her, "Let's go! We'll go to the Brown family ancestral house!"

Jayna paused for a while and asked, "Why do we go there?"

Iwan took a deep breath with extremely cold eyes. He said slowly, gritting his teeth, "I'll take you to revenge! Let's go!"

Without waiting for Jayna's reaction, Iwan pulled her arm and walked out of the room, regardless of how shocked Skyler and Luis were. He went downstairs with Jayna, got into the car, and stepped on the gas, driving towards the Brown family's ancestral house at a very fast speed.

Ten minutes later, the banquet was still going on. The guests in the courtyard were drinking, and a few Eagleshine Guards guarded outside the door. They saw what happened to Jayna's family earlier, but they belonged to the Military Headquarters and could only obey orders without saying anything. However, the next moment, they suddenly saw a black Mercedes-Benz in the distance driving toward here at a very fast speed. The four Eagleshine Guards alerted at once because the car's speed was too fast. It came in front of them in a flash. The brakes screeched as the car stopped, and the tires smoked heavily. The four Guards were scared by this scene, so two of them hurriedly pulled out military knives, rushing toward the car, while the other two people rushed back to the courtyard to protect Brady.

The next moment, in the rolling smoke, Iwan pulled Jayna out from the stopped car.

"Brady Brown! You're trying to get yourself killed!" After getting out of the car, Iwan pulled Jayna and rushed toward the Brown family courtyard at a fast pace.

"Stop! If you go any further, we will give you a lesson!" The two Guards who rushed up with military knives in their hands shouted at Iwan in fear. They rushed towards Iwan together while saying.

Iwan pulled Jayna with one hand. His eyes suddenly became cold, and then he fiercely blasted out two palms. With a monstrous loud sound, the two heavily armed Guards flew backward, directly falling into the Brown family courtyard and spitting blood. They instantly fainted then.

"Iwan Cliff! You are the one who is trying to get yourself killed! You dare to come here and make a scene. If you want to die, I'll fulfill your wish!" Brady was annoyed and shouted at Iwan. Brady was indeed powerful as he was promoted to the Eagleshine, who was a Five-star powerhouse and in the same rank as John Green, Triston Walken, and Blake Piper. In addition, he had stayed in the Military Headquarters and became extremely aggressive. When he saw that Iwan had seriously injured two of his Guards, he immediately became angry. With a loud roar, he rushed towards Iwan.

However, when Brady just rushed toward Iwan with his fists, Iwan directly grabbed his wrist. The next moment, Iwan lifted Brady's body and ruthlessly smashed it to the ground with a big sound.

"Boom..." Brady crashed to the ground, with blood spurting from his mouth. He was shocked by Iwan's overwhelming strength.

Before Brady responded and got up, Iwan let go of Jayna and instantly appeared in front of him. Then Iwan directly kicked his chest.

Brady screwed up his face again, but he still put both arms across the chest at the last moment, otherwise, he would be killed by the kick. However, even so, his body was kicked by Iwan the next moment with a loud sound. His body also crashed into the Brown family's ancestral house door sign. With a loud sound of crashing, the body crushed the door and fell towards the courtyard.

Just like before, when Brady had almost just landed on the ground, Iwan's figure showed up in front of him again.

"Iwan, you can't kill me. You can't kill me... I am the general of the Eagleshine Guards, so you can't kill me." Brady was really scared of Iwan at this moment, and he said to Iwan with a pale face.

"Kill you? You think it too easy!" Iwan shouted angrily. It was easy for him to kill Brady directly, but Brady was from the Brown family, a relative to Jayna's family. He didn't want Jayna to be sad, or he would have killed Brady.

However, Iwan still didn't let him go easily. The next moment Iwan directly broke Brady's right arm with a palm. Brady immediately let out a miserable howl.

"Iwan! Don't be impulsive! Don't..." At this moment, Jayna, who finally reacted, looked at Brady, whose mouth was spitting blood and whose right arm was broken and bleeding, so she hurriedly shouted to Iwan. She was afraid that Iwan would really kill Brady.

Hearing Jayna's voice, Iwan calmed down a little from killing. The next moment he looked back at Jayna and said, "Jayna, he slapped you, so you come over here and slap him!"

Jayna cried and shook her head to Iwan, saying, "Iwan, don't...Don't hit...Please... Don't..."

"Iwan, I apologize. Please don't be impulsive. I apologize..." Brady also hurriedly said to Iwan at this moment.

However, the next moment Iwan fiercely slapped Brady, and Brady directly flew away from this slap, whose half of the teeth were knocked out.

"Ah!! Iwan, you dare to hit my face! You're done! Where are the Eagleshine Guards? Kill him for me! Kill him! Ah!!" Brady was completely overwhelmed with rage at this moment. He could bear that Iwan hit him, but he couldn't stand that Iwan slapped him in front of so many people as he was a high-minded and proud person.

As Brady yelled, a large group of Eagleshine Guards rushed over with weapons in the distance. These dozens of people were Brady's personal guards! The most powerful guards!

"No, please don't!" When Jayna saw those Guards rushing toward Iwan with weapons under Brady's command, she hurriedly used her body to stop them, and then anxiously turned back to Iwan and yelled, "Iwan, run..."

However, Iwan didn't move, and just when those Guards were about to rush in front of Jayna, suddenly in the distance, a dozen chariots with weapons of the Military Headquarters also rushed over and directly surrounded those Guards.

"If you want to die, you can take another step forward. Have a try?" At this time on the leading chariot, Warrior No.1shouted at those Guards with extreme sha qi. Those Guards didn't dare to move at once.

However, in the next moment, another group of hundreds of Guards came over in the distance, which formed a confrontation with Warrior No.1's people.

Those guests of the Brown family were shocked by this scene directly.

Iwan didn't even care about the scene outside, but he looked at Brady, saying slowly, "Do you want to start a battle?"

Brady wiped the blood in the corner of his mouth with sharp and gloomy eyes. He stared firmly at Iwan, heaving violently with anger. He would lose the fight with the wound. He really wanted to kill Iwan, but he didn't dare to do so. He came back this time because he was on a mission. He had to protect the coming God of War! He was going to guard the grand wedding!

So at this moment, even though Brady was unwilling, he still forced himself to calm down and said to Iwan, staring at him firmly, "Iwan, you are done! I am the Eagleshine of the Military Headquarters

in the Central Region! You are done! Now I have military orders. If you have the guts, wait for me in three days!"

Iwan sneered and looked at Brady with a cold smile, saying, "I won't leave. I'll be waiting for you in three days!"

"Okay!" Brady said, staring at Iwan firmly.

"Jayna, let's go." Iwan turned around and pulled Jayna away. After they left, Warrior No.1 also left with that group of soldiers with a cold smile. It was a joke that a small Eagleshine dared to threaten Iwan. if it were not for the wedding the day after tomorrow, Brady would have been killed now.

This was also the ultimate reason why Iwan didn't show too much power today. One and a half days later, he would hold the grand wedding to marry Jayna. For women, there was only one wedding in a lifetime, so he didn't want Jayna to regret it.

However, Iwan and Warrior No.1 didn't know that shortly after they left, Carmelo Girt from the Cleveland Group, Andy Gray from the Mellon Group, and a lot of vice presidents of large groups came to the Brown family ancestral house with the contracts. They just signed the contracts with Jayna yesterday in the restaurant.

Then in front of William, Krista, and Brady, they directly tore up all the contracts they had signed with the Brown family.

"Carmelo Girt! Andy Gray! Are you sure you want to cut off all the cooperation with our family because of Jayna? Is it worth it to offend the Brown family and me for this?" Brady said with a gloomy face as he looked at the two people. He knew the two.

Carmelo and Andy revealed a cold smile, saying "Huh, you just a small Eagleshine only. Do you really think you are a general? Brady Brown, you are in no position to talk to us like this!"

Brady was angry, spitting another mouthful of blood out. He said with the more gloomy eyes, "Okay, very good! Tell Dawson Gill from the Cleveland Group and Eden Addison from the Mellon Group that I have remembered what happened today. When I am the Eagleshine general, I will pay back today's insult!"

"Everyone can say big words, but we'll see when you can officially take charge of the nine groups of the Eagleshine Guards." Carmelo Girt didn't save any face for Brady at all.

After he finished, Carmelo looked at William and said with a meaningful sneer, "Huh, William, remember this scene today. This is your own choice, your Brown family's own choice!"

Andy Gray, the vice president of the Mellon Group, also sneered at Stephen Tenney and said, "Huh, and you, Stephen Tenney. If you want to stand in their line, just do it. However, don't regret it in the future."

Carmelo Girt, Andy Gray, and a dozen other vice presidents of the big groups in Pasoland City went away in a very disdainful way, while people of the Brown family and the Tenney family stood at the same place without saying anything.

For some reason, William and Stephen felt something wrong about Carmelo and Andy's words.