Chapter 78: Lost cause

"Because I couldn't hear a single word."

The policeman spoke out with a happy look on his face, as if just making the decision not to involve himself in this scuffle was really hard, but brought him the peace and quiet he desired.

But what other choice did he have really? Surrounded by the Makary's goons and practically forced by my aunt to do stuff he wasn't obliged to do at all...

At this point, I couldn't help but wonder, what was the actual leverage this damn bitch held over police, to force this man to go that far before he finally decided to stop?

But the officer was nowhere near his closing statement.

"You told me to arrest this young man, and all those around us. But do you care to enlighten me... why? For what crimes?" the policeman asked while taking a step towards my aunt.

Maybe it was the power of his badge and uniform, or maybe the fact that someone holding an official, public function actually stood up to her... but my aunt instinctively backed out a step.

'She might be freaking stupid, but I guess she's not THAT stupid.'

At the very least, she still had some survival instinct. And judging by just how fed up the officer was with her crap by now, he couldn't be that far from just turning his eyes away and giving all the men Makary gathered a green light to solve the issue.

"Those respectable gentlemen committed no crimes that I know of. And I mean, if I'm supposed to arrest them just because you claim they did..." the officer shook his head.

And by now, I couldn't really tell whether he was just exhausted or outright exasperated by my aunt's actions and words.

"If I'm supposed to arrest those people just because you accused them of some crimes, then you would be the first one to take a seat at the back of my shop because this young man here was the first to accuse you of pretty damn serious crimes!"

My aunt backed off another step.

"I couldn't do much while underage." In the end, I used the simplest possible answer that still retained some sense. As that woman's ward, how could I do anything when she was set on limiting my ability to do anything?

"Anyway. If she won't reimburse all that she stole from me, I'm just going to keep suing her ass until all the people that as much as heard of her, will know just what kind of a person she is, stealing from what her sister left for her orphaned son!"

I didn't even realize when I raised my voice.

'I guess I'm still angry at all that she did,' I thought, taking half a step closer towards the calming aura of Fay's presence.

Yet, because I spoke slightly louder than I initially intended... Well, now all of the men on the scene could hear some details about my beef with her.

And if those goons took her for just a typical, idiot-karen like many on the net, now their looks started to grow pretty hostile.

In the end, even gangsters like them didn't like people who stole from orphans.

Put in this situation with hardly any way out, my aunt clenched her teeth. She shook her head to the sides, looking for someone, anyone, who could help her out of the mess she put herself in.

Yet, as she looked around, she slowly started to realize what I could see for a while already.

The police looked at her as if she was just a stinking junkie who they were forced to deal with. Makary's men and the lieutenant himself stared at her with outright hostility, while the shed's owner that she brought along...

Has long since escaped from the scene, too smart to keep up the ruse when a small army of local gangsters came to back me up. If he was smart enough, in fact, he was likely trying to cash out as much as he could from his bank accounts before leaving as far away from this city as he could!

'Is she going to have a mental breakdown?' I thought, only slightly curious as to how this bitch would react to the tragic situation she was in. And in the end, she gave me a hateful stare... Before her eyes flashed and a filthy, smug smile appeared on her lips.

"To think I've kept several keepsakes of my sisters, intending to gift them to you once you grow up..." she exclaimed before shaking her head with embarrassingly fake disappointment. "I guess now I know, though, what I will watch go up in flames tonight!"