Freezing in place, the young beggar was so frightened that he immediately began trembling in fear. He was teary-eyed as he lowered his gaze before pleading, “Y-yes…? Please, sir… Could you spare me some money for food…? I beg of you…”
“…Yoel?” replied Gerald in a soft voice.
Hearing that name, the beggar instantly shuddered immensely as he raised his head. The moment Yoel looked into Gerald’s eyes, his lips began quivering like there was no tomorrow.
“G-Gerald?” asked Yoel as he felt his tears rolling down his cheeks.
Taking his mask off in disbelief, Gerald immediately held on to Yoel’s shoulder before replying, “Yes! Yes, it’s me, Yoel!”
“Brother! So you’re still alive!” said Yoel aloud as his crutch fell to the ground.
“I am… Yoel… How did you end up like this…?” asked Gerald in shock.
After all, the Yoel he used to know was always so glamorous and well-off back then. It was near impossible for Gerald not to feel distressed after seeing this miserable version of his brother
It was a little later when Gerald sat opposite of Yoel at the exact same roadside stall from before.
Pouring Yoel a glass of water before patting him gently on the back, Gerald then said, “Eat slowly, the food’s not going anywhere!”
Upon hearing that, Yoel nodded though that didn’t really stop him from continuing to stuff more food into his mouth.
“I really hadn’t expected so many things to happen in just six months… This is all my fault! All of you were dragged into this because of me!” said Gerald as he began blaming himself.
From what Yoel had told him earlier, though things in Mayberry City mostly remained unchanged throughout the past six months, the same couldn’t be said for those who lived within it.
After the incident that befell Gerald, Jett came to Mayberry City. Since Yoel had assumed that Jett had ended Gerald’s life, he brought a few of his men over to personally take revenge against him.
However, it was obvious at first glance that they weren’t even close to being worthy opponents for Jett.
Due to Yoel’s initial attack, Jett made it a personal goal of his to make everyone that Gerald knew—be it his friends or anyone who used to work for him—suffer.
Naturally, since Yoel had been the one to launch the attack, he ended up suffering the most. Before he was even allowed to leave, they made sure to break one of his legs beyond the point of curing. They wanted him to experience a life worse than death within Mayberry City.
As if that wasn’t enough, Jett also secretly assassinated Uncle Holden’s entire family!
Of course, Jessica was aware of all this, and though she was angry beyond words, there was nothing she could do.
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