Kenneth Harper had always been a gentle person. He hugged Melody Princeton and consoled her patiently.
"It's not your fault. I didn't prepare in advance. I only arranged for land transport but I overlooked the geography here." It did not occur to Kenneth that parts of the mountain roads here were not accessible by car.
Now that they had left Lovell City so long ago, it would probably take a long tto arrange for helicopters.
Melody nodded. "It's alright. I believe Tiffany will arrange for the helicopter to fly back to pick us up when they reach the destination." Kenneth did not say anything. He suspected that was highly unlikely.
With Tiffany's vengeful personality, she was already very kind when she did not pelt them with fruits.
As it turned out, Kenneth was right.
Half an hour later, the helicopters did return.
However, the pilots refused to ferry the Harper family's people on the grounds that they had to transport the supplies. As the remaining charity's staff and the school's coordinating team boarded the helicopters, the Harper family's driver blurted out angrily, "Why is it they are allowed to board but we are not?" Someone replied, These helicopters belong to the Kelley family. Do you have a problem with that?" That riposte sounded oddly familiar.
Everyone was rendered speechless.
The Harper group had no grounds to complain. After all, they were here to do charitable work. It was only reasonable that the truck supplies and the staff in charge of distribution get priority.
The Harper group had neither donated funds nor contributed in other ways. The whole big entourage comprised mostly drivers, medics, and personal assistants.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtIn other words, they were just a bunch of spongers.
The rest of the people did not mock the Harper group for putting on airs yet the Harper group still acted all indignant as if they had been hard done by. Therefore, the Harper group could just continue the rest of the journey on foot for all they cared, Kenneth's face clouded over. He did not expect Tiffany to be so ruthless. He was so angry that his temples were throbbing.
Melody took the opportunity to comfort Kenneth. "It's fine, Kenny. Let's just treat it as an experience." "Yeah." He smiled in resignation.
There was no sign of the anger Melody was expecting, only the usual accommodating acceptance.
Melody's eyes widened and her smile faded.
Going up the mountain would be tough..
The staircase was constructed in thick, mottled iron chains and wooden planks. It was time-consuming and tiring to climb up step by step, and it was alsora little dangerous. The group of people ascended in a single file, feeling their way forward. fearfully at a snail's pace.
It took the Harper group more than two hours to navigate up the mountain.
By the tthe group arrived at their destination, everyone was sweating profusely and their limbs were aching. It was truly a sorry sight.
Then their attention was drawn to one of the farmhouses where they would be staying this time. Tiffany was already sitting on a wicker chair, enjoying the mountain breeze.
There was a circle of little kids in front of her. All of them were offering all kinds of snacks to her with bright eyes. "Tiffany, try this. This is sweet potato grown in my family's field "Tiffany, try this. It's made from fresh corn." "Me, me, me! Try mine!" The Harper group was seething at the perceived injustice as they watched Tiffany and the kids.
When Zoe saw the Harper group, she shouted out bluntly, "You guys are too slow. You are hopeless in everything but number one in slacking off!" Melody surveyed the place. She noticed the helicopters that were parked not far away. There were many empty containers on the ground.
Her heart skipped a beat, and she immediately asked, "Where are the supplies?" Zoe replied leisurely, "Didn't you see? They have all been distributed." The Melvor Mountain village chief had been informed earlier that the charity was coming. When Tiffany's helicopters were the first to arrive, he was already waiting with the entire village to receive them.
The helicopters made a few trips to transport six truckloads of supplies. The charity staff and school staff worked together with the village chief to distribute everything quickly.
Zoe crossed her arms and taunted Melody. "All the supplies have been distributed. Do you have a problem with that?" "L.. Melody almost exploded with rage.
She yelled out, “You should at least wait for us to cbefore doing this! Otherwise..." Otherwise, all the credit would go to Tiffany and Zoe. The villagers would only be grateful to those two girls while she, Melody Princeton, gained nothing.
Zoe immediately rolled her eyes. "Tsk, tsk, tsk. Who do you think you are? Why should we wait for you to distribute the supplies? How shameless!" Melody contributed nothing to these supplies in the first place.
The money for nearly two million dollars' worth of supplies cout of Tiffany's pocket.
Only Tiffany was qualified to handle this batch of supplies. She did not need anyone to lecture her.
"What a fucking joke!' Zoe snorted.
The mocking continued unabated. "Why? Are you feeling hard done by because I didn't give you a chance to put on a show? Don't worry. Just get Mr Haper to splurge a thousand bucks to make you smile. That should be enough to make you feel important!" "That's not what I mean. I just... Melody wanted to explain but wis cowed by Zoe's ferocious glare, "Get lost!" Zoe barked Her voice was so loud that it reverberated through the mountain Melody's eyes becred-rimmed and tears fell.
Kenneth pacified her with a look of resignation, "Alright, alright. Put your things down first. I'll take you to the place where you'll be staying tonight.
"Mm-hmm..." Melody followed him, but as she turned to go, she shot Zoe a look brimming with venom.
'Sooner or later, you will get your comeuppance!' she cursed inwardly.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmThe murderous look was gone in a flash but Tiffany didn't miss Hmph! She wondered who gave Melody the confidence. Was it Sandra Olson? Tiffany fiddled with her wristband. Her gaze slowly wandered to one of the staff members,
The man had an ordinary face and did not stand out from the crowch except for his obsidian-like eyes, which were dark and deep, bright and sharp. He was Jeremy Cooper under disguise.
Tiffany gave him an eye signal and Jeremy immediately turned around and left.
Before this field trip, Zoe had complained that the chosen date for this charity's trip was not good. She did not want to cat first and even wanted to take leave to send Ged Moody off on his final journey. However, Tiffany still arranged for the charity to embark on this trip on this date, with good reason.
She wanted that evil, murderous Sandra to pay the full price for her actions.
She wanted the vicious Melody to regret what she had done.
Only then would justice be served and that big fool could finally rest in peace.
Tiffany, why are you crying?" A child-like voice rang out and Tiffany cback to her senses.
She touched her cheek and was surprised by the dampness. "Oh, I got sand in my eyes." "Okay." A few kids bobbed their heads in unison and their naive faces were quite cute.
Tiffany smiled and reached out to pat their heads. All of you are grown up now. You must learn to help the weak and not do bad things, understand?" "Yah!" A chorus of child-like voices rang out One kid then elaborated, "Grandpa and Grandma taught us this since we were young." "Oh: Very good." Tiffany felt very gratified.
Right at this moment, she saw the village chief running toward her, shouting urgently....
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