---- Chapter 5 But Leon and his family were unreasonable and said that the money was compensation for the mental trauma they had to go through. They did not return a single cent. Not only did the Stanes lose their money, but also embarrassed themselves. They were utterly humiliated. After living in the area for decades, they no longer had the courage to even leave their house. I wanted to have nothing to do with this, but Hedgar asked to meet me in the residential area's park. limmediately rejected her, but my father insisted on me meeting her to help her come around. Hedgar shambled over slowly. She had great difficulty walking through the gravel road. ---- When I did not move to help her, she looked awkward. "T might look like an idiot to you. Everyone in the area is laughing at me now." I was thinking about hurrying back to have dinner at home, so I nodded. "Yeah." It had been a year since we last met, and she had become much thinner. Her clothes were no longer as beautiful as before either. She looked really scruffy. Hedgar forced a smile and instinctively touched the mask over her face. "My face is completely ruined. I really want to just rip it off." Hmm... If she continued down this path of giving up on herself, she was bound to ---- really rip her face off one day. And honestly? I wanted to see it. Even though 3 million was not enough to deal a huge financial blow to the Stanes, it was enough to make them suffer for a while. Along period of silence passed before Hedgar suddenly said seriously, "Henry, do you believe that Leon doesn't actually have any photos?" I was stunned. My surprise made Hedgar point at her face bitterly. "Look at me now. Who would ever want me?" "Then, Leon..." "Tt's all a lie. He's just ruining my reputation." Hedgar crossed her arms and looked at the sky. The more she tried to seem unaffected by it, the clearer the pain in her eyes became.