Chapter 2744


    Chapter 2744


    “That piece of trash was asking for it,” Regina muttered as she watched the drunkard stumble away into the night. “With moves


    like that, he’s obviously been in more scraps than you can count.”


    The homeless man hadn''t needed to step in this time; Regina had felt the heft of a brick in her hand, ready to hurl it at the back


    of the drunkard’s head. But it was the homeless man who had acted first,nding a solid punch that sent the drunkard reeling.


    When they had moved to a quieter spot, Regina finally broke the silence, “So you do speak. And here | thought you were gonna


    y the strong, silent type forever.”


    The man didn’t respond to Regina’s sarcasm. He just wrapped a tattered coat around his shoulders and settled himself on an old


    nket.


    “You haven''t been through what I’ve been through,” he finally said, his voice low and heavy with unspoken stories.This belongs to N?velDrama.Org: ?.


    Regina caught his implication. Was he suggesting that if she had lived his life, she’d understand his choices? But what she


    couldn’t wrap her head around was why, if these things had truly happened to him, he wouldn’t go to the press with his story? It


    could offer him another avenue to fight his plight. What was the point of wandering around this deste lot that was about to be


    developed?


    She frowned, pressing him on why he wouldn''t speak to reporters, only to be met with a re that could freeze coffee.


    “Are any of you reporters decent? A year ago, | might have just lost my house. But after talking to your kind, | lost my family too.


    Would you trust the press after that?”


    Her heart sank. She''d sensed his disdain for journalists, but never imagined the profession had such a profoundly negative


    impact on his life.


    “I''m sorry for whatever happened to you because of my colleagues. I’m still green in th job, | know, but | genuinely want to help


    you out of this situation,” Regina said earnest! want to uncover what''s really happened here. Why do people sing praises of the


    developers, calling them generous, when they’ve obviously crossed you and your famil There has to be more to the story.”


    After a long silence, the man let out a bitter chuckle. “My family? | don’t have one anymore. Why was | the only one who didn’t


    just pack up and leave easily like everyone else? | was naive to think that unity could stand up to them.”


    “Them? The developers?” Regina’s


    pulse quickened, sensing a


    breakthrough. “Did wel eis even


    eneryone eutt He Sy ed. “I''d love to


    confront those developers and ask


    them why they coveted our homes.


    Why did they have to disce us just


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    Regina paused before replying, “If their offer was fair, it could have been a win-win, situation.”


    He scoffed. “Fair? Why should | give


    up the home | worked years for Just


    tomove tEdokne nsw ce? Who


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    The man’sugh was hollow, echoing the emptiness of lost dreams and amunity shattered by greed.


    As Regina listened, she knew she


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