After coming back home, Stella threw herself into the sofa, feeling very tired.
Sherry walked out of the bathroom with a mask on her face, “You come back so late. Did you have
dinner with Emmett?”
Stella replied with a weak nasal sound, “I bumped into Clarence.”
Sherry, “…”
She sat beside Stella and asked in astonishment, “You bumped into him again? How unlucky!”
Stella smiled drily. She didn’t want to say anything now.
Sherry smoothed the mask on her face, “You two are really poorly predestined. You can live together
happily, yet it’s hard for you to cut the relationship. What a noisy thing!”
Stella stared at the front dully. After a long while, she suddenly asked, “How’s Natalie?”
“The doctor checked her situation and said it just broke her skin. I gave her the medical charges and
gave her a two-day holiday so that she would have a good rest.”
Stella nodded her head, “She must have been badly scared. Let’s visit her after getting off the work
tomorrow.”
“Okay.” Sherry continued, “As far as I’m concerned, I guess that they were deliberately making a fuss.
Nowadays here’re many ridiculous things. You may be accused of bumping even though you were just
walking on the road, but now they even came to our store to blackmail us. Do they think that they could
bully us effortlessly?”
Stella pondered for a while, “I guess that the girl was forced by her mother.”
“I think so. Her mom is like a tigress. What a back luck to be her daughter!” Sherry turned around.
Seeing that Stella was lost in her thought, she immediately understood what was in her mind. She
patted her on shoulder, “All right, Stella. It has been a past and you don’t need to be bothered by it.
What we can do is to be ourselves and have a clear conscience.”
Stella pulled herself back to reality and smiled at her, “I see. Go to bed now.”
…
On the next morning…
When Stella arrived at her studio, she found a lot of wastes were piled in front of the door and they
were so stinky.
After parking the car, Sherry walked over. When seeing this scene, she cursed angrily, “Damn it. Which
one did it?”
Stella pressed her lips together. She found some tools and cleaned the wastes at the door.
Sherry cursed while cleaning the wastes, “It must be that tigress, right? I guess it must be her. She
looks ferocious and immoral.”
Stella said, “She won’t stop easily. Be careful during this period.”
“Rest assured. I will order a flash delivery for some surveillance cameras right away to monitor every
place inside and outside of the store. We will be highly vigilant if that woman comes.”
As Natalie didn’t come today, only Sherry and the other girl were in the store today. Luckily, nothing
happened in the morning and it was just a bit abnormal.
Usually their store would have many guests everyday although many of them would not buy products in
the end. But during this morning, only two guests entered the store.
Sherry was sure that it was because of that middle-aged woman. She wanted to go out to investigate it,
but was then stopped by Stella.
Stella said, “Let’s see what she wants to do.”
Sherry asked, “Are you doubting…”
“I’m not sure.” Stella looked out of the door, “I just feel it fishy. Although she’s blackmailing us, it’s true
that those things were sold in our store. So she would not seek troubles for us out of no reason.”
“Yep. I also think it weird. How ridiculous!”
Stella said slowly, “Let’s wait.”
After the noon, when Stella was about to enter her office, she heard a noise from the door.
The middle-aged woman seemed to have changed her strategy. She was now sitting on the ground in
front of Stella’s studio and making a fuss.
“Hey, come to have a look at this unscrupulous merchant. My daughter is only 17 years old. She’s still
a senior high school student. They even defrauded a kid. Are there still justice nowadays?”
Her words attracted many passengers and the front of Stella’s store was tightly packed with onlookers.
They all wanted to know what was happening.
Standing in the studio, Stella calmly looked at the baby’s breaths that were trampled by them, seeming
to be lost in her thoughts.
The other girl in the store was scared by this scene. She said in a low voice, “Shall we call the police?”
Stella said, “It’s useless to call the police. She will come again.”
“Then what should we do now?”
Stella didn’t reply because she didn’t have any solution now.
That middle-aged woman was a rascal. She was shameless and wanted money only.
Moreover, the thing that she was doing now was not a grave crime and she would only get a warning
even if Stella called the police.
After a short while, the middle-aged woman seemed to be tired after shouting for a long time. She lied
down on the ground and refused to get up. Moreover, she didn’t allow anyone to enter the store. If one
wanted to walk into the store, she would curse at him/her.
Sherry was so angry.
But anger would not help at this time. The winner would be the patient one.
Even though they drove her away today, she would still come here in the future.
Time passed.
When Clarence walked to the door, he stopped and looked down.
Hearing the footsteps, the middle-aged woman cursed without even opening her eyes, “Fuck off. No
one is allowed to enter this store today, unless you step on my body.”
Clarence stepped over her.
“Ouch!” The middle-aged woman abruptly sat up while screaming, “You stepped on my hand!”
But Clarence kept walking forward without turning around. He acted as if he hadn’t heard her scream,
“Handle it.”
Nathan walked forwards, “Got it.”
Stella and Sherry, who watched this scene in the studio, were shocked.
They had to admit that this wretched man often did something that was unexpected and incredible.
There was a proverb – A wicked person will be harassed by another of like ilk.
As long as Clarence was immoral, he would not be abducted by morality.
Nathan was experienced in dealing with rascals. He knew that it was useless to talk nonsense with her,
so he simply gestured his men with a wave of the hand. Two men immediately walked forwards and
carried the middle-aged woman away.
The middle-aged woman cursed while screaming, “Who are you? Let go of me! Otherwise, I will…”
She wasn’t able to speak the rest words.
William followed Clarence into the studio. After a short while of bewilderment, he chuckled, “Mr.
Conrad, you solved it simply and effectively.
Clarence replied in a clam voice, “I won’t waste my time on those irrelevant and insignificant people.”
He glanced over Stella and added, “After all, I have limited energy.”
Stella scratched her head. She almost forgot that they would visit her today.
She walked towards them and greeted them in a gentle voice, “Mr. William, Mr. Conrad.”
William asked with a smile, “Ms. Radomil, do you have any problem now?”
“Not a big deal. It’s just that I often bump into rascals recently.”
Clarence, “…”
Why did he think that she was criticizing him?
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