The man with glasses’ words, instead of gaining him the support he expected, had the opposite effect. Many of the homeowners in the living room were already rolling their eyes, and the women looked ready to curse him out.
Among the crowd, Maisie Lynch’s expression was the ugliest—she had just been in the secondary bedroom! In the same room as these robbers!
If the people from the Emergency Response Office hadn’t arrived in time, it was hard to imagine what she would have faced after those men were done violating Ivy Draper...
At this thought, Maisie was filled with a mix of anger and fear. She began to tremble uncontrollably and couldn’t stop herself from shouting at the man with glasses, "You bastard, you’re an animal! ’Distribute the women’? Why don’t you go home and distribute your own mother! Oh, right, you probably don’t have one!"
The man with glasses reacted as if she’d struck a nerve, yelling back at Maisie, "You bitch! Shut your mouth! Who do you think you are to speak? I’ll mess you up later!"
Maisie’s face flushed red with anger at his words. She shouted right back, "You bastard, if anyone’s going to die, it’ll be you first!"
After yelling, she turned to the surrounding homeowners and said, "Everyone, you see this? These people are capable of robbery and murder. If we let them form a new organization, will any of us have a peaceful day again?"
After she finished, Maisie turned to Frank York, who had just spoken up for the man with glasses, and said coldly, "And you, with your scrawny arms and legs. You didn’t even have the guts to join them when they were robbing people in the bedroom, and now you dare to make a deal with the devil? If these robbers really do form a new organization, you’ll be the first one they rob!"
Still not satisfied, she turned her head to Chloe Sharp and added, "And you’ll be the second one they treat as their shared wife!"
At her words, Chloe Sharp and Frank York’s faces turned pale in unison.
’They knew Maisie’s words were absolutely right.’
Frank York had only supported the man with glasses because he was afraid Melody Summers’ family would make things difficult for him. He wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of the Emergency Response Office so they couldn’t find a chance to give him trouble.
But he had never wanted to destroy the current order!
Frank knew that even though he was a man, he was definitely not the "strong and able-bodied" type the man with glasses was talking about. He was short and thin, and his combat ability was limited to running his mouth. If order truly collapsed, he would be at the very bottom, one of the oppressed!
He didn’t want to see that happen!
Just then, Melody Summers spoke up at the perfect moment. "Neighbors, the staff of the Emergency Response Office were also chosen from among the homeowners. For the past two years, we’ve all worked together in solidarity. We’ve never been on opposing sides!"
"On the contrary, it’s these robbers from the bedroom who have truly violated the interests of the homeowners! Don’t let them lead you by the nose!"
Hearing what Melody Summers and Maisie Lynch said, many of the homeowners began to agree:
"Yeah, the people at the Emergency Response Office have worked really hard these past two years. I’ve never heard about them being corrupt or anything."
"Our community hasn’t run out of food these last two years. Other communities haven’t been so lucky; they have to go hungry from time to time."
"If nothing else, my neighbor is with the Emergency Response Office. His family queues up for sand vine cakes every day just like the rest of us. I’ve never seen them living the high life. If you’re going to accuse someone of corruption, you need evidence, right?"
"If they really wanted to be corrupt, they could have just not told us about this place. Why go through all the trouble of setting up this shelter?"
"..."


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