The Man’s Decree – Chapter 0456

Hannah showed Josephine around as soon as they entered the room in an effort to make her feel more at ease. At the same time, Jared drifted in and out of the rooms drunk on nostalgia.

“Take a good, long look, son,” sighed Hannah. “The house is coming apart soon. I don’t know where we’ll go to once they evict us.”

“Aren’t they going to rehouse you, Mom?”

“Hah!” exclaimed Hannah scornfully. “They didn’t even subsidize our rent. Some of us have been living here for decades and they are only giving us about a hundred thousand per home. That’s what we’re worth to them. Though we should be grateful that other villages receive much less compared to us, it’s hard to feel too optimistic when our future is that uncertain. Besides, your father and I had just forked out so much for the renovation and it’s going to get torn down just like that!”

“Come to Horington with Dad,” Jared suggested. “The place in Dragon Bay is still vacant anyway. I haven’t had the time to drop by and sort things out over there.”