Chapter 434 His Judgment


    “Kids, it’s time to eat!” Barrett’s voice called out from behind the water tank.


    Heidi and Reece heard and quickly stood. “Miss, we’re heading back now.”


    “Go ahead,” Theresa replied without looking up, bowing her head to eat with Quentin.


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    Back in their gang, Heidi and Reece were immediately met with hostility.


    “What are you two traitors doing here?” Nixon–Hatfield, Margaret’s loyalckey, snapped.


    Barrett raised a hand. “Nixon, that’s enough. You can’t talk to your ssmates that way.”


    “Mr. Collier, ask them what they did! You told us not to wander, but they ran off to eat with those bad people!”


    “They’re not bad people!” Heidi and Reece said in unison.


    “Look at them–after just one meal from those people, they’ve forgotten their principles and everything that cruel woman did across the way. Ungrateful and disgusting!” Nixon sneered.


    “Nixon!” Barrett’s warning cut through the tension. “Enough! It’s mealtime. No arguments.”


    Nixon scoffed, turning to therge pot of noodles. Scooping a hefty spoonful, hemented sarcastically, “Some dogs, having already eaten well, should stoppeting with us for food.”


    Reece clenched his fists, ready to snap, but Barrett ced a calming hand on his shoulder.


    Heidi and Reece gazed at Barrett, their expressions heavy with hurt and


    resentment.


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    Barrett sighed. “Come with me for a moment.”


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    Left behind, Nixon and Margaret exchanged smug nces.


    “Margaret, have some,” theckey said, offering a bowl to Margaret, eager to soothe her.


    “I don’t want to eat.”


    “Forget about those two idiots. Mr. Collier is already on their case. Just let it go and eat.”


    Margaret fumed, still smarting from Theresa’s public confrontation. “How can I let it go? They and that cheap old woman bullied me! I can’t swallow this!”


    She was so infuriated, especially knowing Heidi and Reece had just eaten that amazing meal at Theresa’s while she herself was stuck with nd instant noodles.


    How dare <i>those </i>two <i>b</i><i>*</i><i>tches </i><i>eat </i><i>everything </i><i>and </i><i>leave </i><i>me </i><i>nothing</i><i>! </i>


    She seethed with fury.


    “Margaret, don’t be angry. I’ll get justice for youter. Just eat a little now,” Nixon said, trying once more to calm her.


    Margaret’s scowl softened slightly as she took the noodles. “Hmph.”


    Meanwhile, in the deserted northern corner of the rooftop.


    “Did she really say all that?” Barrett asked, puzzled after hearing Heidi and Reece’s story, “Are there already many camps forming alliances out there?”


    Heidi and Reece nodded eagerly in agreement, their movements quick and repetitive like pecking chickens.


    “Mr. Collier, thatdy isn’t really a bad person,” she exined. “When we were rescuing them on the fourth floor, zombies suddenly jumped out and scratched me and Reece. It was thatdy who pulled out her knife and saved us.” (!)


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    “And even though we damaged her car, she didn’t do anything <i>to </i>us,” Reece added.


    Barrett’s expression grew serious.


    He’d crossed paths with those two before.


    While fleeing down the road, he’d been hit because he couldn’t dodge in time- and Theresa showed no mercy. He had scolded them several times, only for her to send zombies after him.


    Her violent, ruthless nature made him question the truth in what Theresa imed.


    <i>Is </i><i>she </i><i>trying </i><i>to </i><i>deceive </i><i>these </i><i>innocent</i><i>, </i><i>trusting </i><i>students</i><i>? </i>


    “Alright, go ahead and eat. I’ll think it over.”


    “Mr. Collier, we already ate. The food at thatdy’s ce was incredible,” Heidi said, letting out a loud burp.


    Reece joined in with one too.


    Barrett was at a loss for words.


    “We wanted to save some for you, but she insisted we eat it on the spot. We thought it would be a waste to leave it, so we finished it all. You won’t me us, right?”


    Barrett replied, “You did the right thing. No problem.”


    Atst, Heidi and Reece smiled. They knew Barrett was fair and just—not only knowledgeable but also patient and kind.


    That was why they always followed him and trusted his judgment.


    Meanwhile, Theresa finished her meal, burping softly after a sip of soda.


    Just then, someone approached her.


    “Y–You’ve gone <i>too </i>far!”


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