Chapter 625


    Alongside the head of the vige and his secretary, a few other families came for the meal as well.


    Although they got themselves some alcohol. John turned down their offer to drink, as he might need to


    be drivingter, which managed to stop the vigers from persuading him to drink.


    Meanwhile, Sophia was shown to her seat, but her stomach was churning as soon as she smelled the


    aroma of the chicken dish. Considering the asion, she decided she should push her queasiness


    down even though all she wanted to do was throw up.


    As soon as everybody had arrived, the feast began. The vigers were in a jolly mood while they


    chatted, telling John that they had been wanting to pave the roads, but with how poor and how few


    people they had, they never managed to gather up enough funds to do that. Going with the flow of the


    conversation, John suggested that the younger men in the vige should head out in search of other


    jobs, as farming wouldn’t sustain them.


    Upon hearing what he said, the people of the older generation heaved a sigh. “We wanted to do things


    that way too, but there aren’t a lot of jobs for us around here. If the young’uns move too far away, there


    won’t be anybody left to tend to thends since the only ones left will be the children and old folks like


    us. It would be a waste of time if we ended up not having any crops to sustain ourselves, nor were the


    young’uns earning enough while working away from the vige.”


    What the old man said reminded Sophia of those times when she used to help her grandfather farm


    theirnd, which was tough work, to say the least. After giving it some thought, she said, “Actually,


    there is something that I’ve been hesitating to tell you. If you’d like to do so, John and I can bring a few


    people with us when we leave. I know a manager who needs some people to work on some manual


    workers. If anybody is interested toe with us, they can bring their family along.”


    John turned to look at Sophia with a smile. “Yeah, so you can think about it. Anybody who would like to


    leave cane with us.”


    When they heard what Sophia and John said, the vigers were keen to go. Not only would they be


    provided with food and amodation, they could also bring their family along. Those without an


    elderly person in the family could just leave the vige right away. Sophia heaved a sigh while recalling


    those times when the vigers helped her out when her grandfather passed away, so she considered


    the gesture as repayment to their kindness.


    The meal proceeded in an increasingly jolly atmosphere, but before they finished their meal, someone


    came running in from outside. “Sophia, you have to hurry! You have a guest at home!”


    Another guest? Sophia thought with a frown. It was Buddy who reported the news, but he had a glum


    look on his face. “You should go check it out. It’s your father who came.”


    Startled, Sophia didn’t grasp the full extent of the situation at first. Despite being tipsy from their drink,


    the vigers around the table shot up from their seats as soon as they heard that her sorry excuse of a


    father came back. They reacted even more violently than she did while flocking to her house.


    Meanwhile, there was already a crowd gathered in front of Sophia’s house. As it wasn’t harvest season


    yet, the vigers weren’t as busy. Sophia and John arrived a littleter, only to see a man standing in


    the yard after squeezing past the crowd. With his hands behind him, the man was staring at the house.


    Although Mrs. Hensley had been cursing at him for a while, it didn’t incite any form of reaction from


    him, as if he had heard nothing.


    Walking up to the man, Sophia asked, “Who are you looking for?”


    The man turned around to look at her, but Sophia no longer remembered what her parents looked like,


    as their presence had long since faded from her memories. Therefore, she didn’t recognize the man


    before her at all, so she repeated herself, “Who are you looking for?”


    After examining her for some time, the man finally said, “Sophia, it’s me, your father.”


    Mrs. Hensley spat, “You shameless b*stard! You never contacted your daughter throughout the years,


    so why are you back now? Where were you when she needed you most?”


    Ignoring everybody else, the man walked up to Sophia, but John stepped in between them before the


    man could reach her. “Don’te any closer.”


    The man stared at John for a while before saying, “You must be my son-inw. Oh, look at you! We


    never got to meet each other despite the fact that you’ve gotten married such a long time ago. I am


    Sophia’s father, and I came to pay her a visit now that I know she got married.”This content belongs to N?/velDra/ma.Org .