Reuben stepped towards Katherine, “Kathy, I know you don’t mean it...”
Marshall immediately stopped him, “Stay away from my wife.”
Reuben looked at Marshall angrily at first but them cracked a smile, “My dear son-in-law. There are
some misunderstandings between me and Katherine. Let’s go inside and talk them over. Don’t be so
distant. We’re a family.”
One of the grandpas spoke out, “You have no right to enter this house. All the villagers here helped to
repair it. One of the walls collapsed one year when it poured and your daughter and dad almost got
crashed inside. Where the hell were you back then? You’re not allowed to go in there.”
Reuben dared not to vent his anger to Marshall but slowly got impatient when he was attacked by
everyone here.
He shrieked, “This is my house! You’re in no position to meddle in my family business.”
Then someone got irritated and yelled, “We helped to build this house together. Of course we have the
right. This house is for your dad and Kathy and not for a piece of trash like you.”
Reuben didn’t know how to fight back all these people and got speechless.
Katherine didn’t want to see Reuben’s face and just said, “You wanted to see me, right? Well, you got
what you wanted now. Thanks to these people here. I’m all right now, so you can leave now.”
Reuben looked terrible. He came a long way here and certainly wasn’t home just to look at her.
After staring at Katherine for a while, Reuben’s eyes reddened, “Kathy, you just wouldn’t forgive you,
would you?”
Katherine nodded, “Right, I would never forgive you.”
Reuben was taken aback by Katherine’s brisk answer and instantly didn’t know what to do.
Katherine got impatient and waved her hand, “Just go. I don’t want to see you.”
Then she straight passed Reuben and went in the room.
Reuben hissed and wanted to follow her.
Marshall quickly stepped forward and blocked him, “Please go back. You’re not welcomed here.”
Reuben frowned at Marshall and dared not to say anything.
He then shouted at Katherine inside the room, “Kathy, I really missed you all these years. Pleased don’t
be mad be me. I had no choice back then.”
Some of the people got amused and chimed in, “How brazen is this man? How can he do such a thing.
His father wouldn’t die early if he hadn’t left with his wife back then. His poor dad hadn’t lived a day of
comfort.”
“Right. I really felt sad for Old Mr. Jordan. Can you imagine him hiding in this leaked house with little
Katherine? How miserable. I really can’t this about this anymore. I might cry.”
As all the people here were rebuking Reuben, he stood in the yard silently for a while and left.
Marshall hurriedly said thanks to all the villager and went inside.
Katherine was sitting on her bed and didn’t seen sad or displeased.
Marshall stood in front of her, “He’s gone. It’s okay.”
Katherine sneered, “Okay? Believe it or not. He will come here again.”
Marshall didn’t say anything as he thought the same thing.
Katherine took a deep breath, “My mom contacted me before and said almost the same thing like that
man. So I figured that they must have communicated with each other before.”
Well, what did it mean for a divorced couple to unify their statements?
They must have the same agenda, just like what Marshall did with her before.
Normally, it wouldn’t be so awkward and complicated if they truly wanted to remind relationship with
their daughter.
So Katherine added, “They are here for the money.”
Though she wasn’t sure of this now, but she assumed that they must know Marshall’s identity at this
point.
But she didn’t know whether they knew that she and Marshall had divorced.
At any rate, they just wanted to capitalize on her.
Though she was divorced or not, she had been in a rich family and must have gained some benefits.
Marshall thought the same thing and sighed, “Go back with me. I’ll get someone to handle this matter
when we get home.”
Katherine was actually annoyed as she meant to stay here for a while, but now it seemed impossible
as Reuben had located her.
Katherine gazed at Katherine, “I can’t stay here for a long time and would feel insecure if I leave you
here alone. I can send someone over to take care of you, but I’m afraid that can’t look after you well.
Plus, Katherine, I’m really unsure. If your father comes over again…”
“He is not my father.” Katherine hurriedly answered in a harsh voice.
“Okay, okay. I’ll rephrase it. If Reuben comes here again and gets in a fight with you, I really don’t know
whether he would get physical or not. Judged from his reaction today, I don’t think he is a sensible
person.”
Katherine had no impression of Reuben and didn’t know him at all.
But today when they were judging him, he even tried hard to fight back with all kinds of excuses, so
Katherine figured he was not a pretty kind man.
Moreover, Katherine could sense that he was pretty agitated when he was accused today and at one
point, he even seemed like he was about to punch someone.
Katherine slowly let out a sigh. They hadn’t seen each other for years and didn’t have a strong
relationship even when she was little, so there was no guarantee whether that man would hit her or not.
Katherine hesitated.
Marshall slowly crouched in front of her and said, “Katherine, please come home with me. I’m really
afraid to leave you here alone. What’s more, I can give some of the villagers job opportunities. They
can all some with me if they’re willing to. You don’t have to worry about a thing. I’m take care of
everything.”
Lips pursed, Katherine stared at Marshall.
Marshall then held Katherine’s hands, “ You would have more troubles later if you stay here. Those
villagers wouldn’t be able to protect you all the time. Clearly, Reuben would pester at you.”
Katherine knew this well. No matter what, Reuben was his father legally, so those villagers couldn't
help her much if he really wanted to get something from her.
Moreover, she was expecting a baby now and definitely can’t get physical with him.
So she just hesitated for a bit and nodded, “I will come back with you.”
Marshall secretly took a long breath for he was really unsure whether he could bring Katherine back or
not when he came here.
If Katherine insisted on staying here, he had no choice but leave first as he still had to deal with the
company matters.
So Reuben actually helped her by coming here.
Marshall told Katherine to rest for a while and left.
Katherine didn’t want to know what was he going to do and just went to bed.
Her tummy was getting slightly uncomfortable, so she hurriedly took a deep breath and tried to calm
her down.
She was really being reckless to travel all the way back to the village.
Katherine then slowly dozed off and had no clue when Marshall come back.
When she came to herself, Marshall was packing.
He packed some stuff away as they wouldn’t be needed for a while.
Katherine went to stand by his side, “Have you settled everything?”
Marshall tired to see her and beamed, “Yeah. I’ve donated money to repair the road and told Jack to
make a list of who is going to leave with us. He would give the list to me later and I will ask Peter to
book the tickets.”
They had to take the train as they were all going to carry baggage.
Katherine secretly took a breath as it was much more safe for her to travel by train under this situation.
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