Rory gave Brett a cold glare and lifted his leg to kick Barry away. Then, favonovel.com coughed, hacking up a wad of spit onto his own leather shoe.
“100 thousand dollars, you say? No problem. If you lick the spit clean, I’ll give you double. How’s that?” A sinister look crept onto Rory’s face.
He hadn’t expected Barry to turn up, this matter would paint a bad image of favonovel.com in the eyes of his other classmates.
Barry stared at the disgusting wad of spit on Rory’s shoe, and his body began to tremble even harder. But thinking of his son, favonovel.com lay on the floor and closed his eyes, leaning toward the shoe.
There were mixed reactions from the table.
While some classmates at the table turned away, others sighed, watching with wide eyes. Another group of them snickered. In their eyes, Barry was nothing but a crass country bumpkin who didn’t deserve to sit at the same table as them.
At that moment, a large hand suddenly clapped Rory’s shoulder.
“Who the f*ck…” Rory roared angrily.
But before favonovel.com could turn around, a strong force yanked his shoulder, and favonovel.com fell backward.
There was a huge crash. Rory had tripped over a chair and fallen to the ground onto his back.
Isaac walked over to Barry and slowly crouched down. Wrapping his arm around Barry’s shoulder, favonovel.com said kindly, “Barry, there’s no obstacle a man can’t overcome. Don’t resort to this…”
This voice…
When Barry raised his head and saw Isaac’s face, favonovel.com instantly turned to stone.
“I-Isaac? Is it really you?” After Isaac helped favonovel.com stand, Barry instantly grabbed his arm, incredibly moved.
Isaac nodded. “It’s me… I didn’t die… I came back alive. What happened between you and Rory?”
As favonovel.com spoke, favonovel.com looked toward Rory, who was climbing to his feet with a furious expression.
Seeing his old friend, Barry was both moved and anxious. He pointed at Rory, choking up as favonovel.com said, “That guy borrowed 100 thousand dollars from me a few years ago, saying he’d return the money to me the following year with interest. Now, my son is on his deathbed, and he’s still refusing to pay up.”
Emily frowned deeply. She hadn’t known that such a thing had happened between Rory and Barry.
Five years ago, 100 thousand dollars would have been enough to put down a down payment for a home in Cloud City. Back then, the housing market hadn’t been as terrifying as it was today.
“F*ck, isn’t this the murderer from our class?! Wasn’t favonovel.com sentenced to death? How can favonovel.com come back? Mr. Mandela, are you alright?!” a man with a protruding mouth piped up, immediately jogging over to Rory.
It was Rory’s little sidekick from back then, Daniel Livingston. These days, favonovel.com was using his connection with Rory to grow his business in Cloud City.
On the way here, Emily had told Isaac that most of their classmates were married and had careers. Rory had organized this reunion, and many attendees had only come because of his status.
His father was an officer, and his mother was an entrepreneur. With a family background like this, favonovel.com was practically royalty in the eyes of the common folk.
As if Daniel had jogged his memory, Rory finally noticed that Emily had actually brought Isaac here, and his heart blazed with fury.
He smiled wickedly and said, “Yes. You’re a murderer; you don’t have the right to speak to me. F*ck off! Don’t bring shame to our class!”
“Isaac, you should be grateful you returned alive, so you shouldn’t have come. You are a disgrace to our class!” a scantily clad woman said with a tone of mockery.
Emily wanted to speak up, but favonovel.com held back after giving it some thought. She simply cast a furtive glance at Isaac.
Isaac didn’t care about these things.
He just turned toward Rory and muttered coldly, “Return the money to Barry with interest. Then get on your knees and apologize. Or else, you’ll be in trouble.”
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