102. My Soulmate 3

Now, Oliver was disadvantaged. He would not want the miscreants to harm the city children, who he presumed could not defend themselves. As for him, he was used to village life.

“What is the meaning of this, Peter? How did I betray you?” The vigilant Oliver asked.

“What is his offense,” the maid blurted.

“Stay out of this,” Peter warned the maid, and said despicable things about Oliver, and tried to goad him into a fight.

“Let's go,” Oliver signaled to the children.

“Why? We are not through with our fruit hunting,” Joe pointed out, and continued eating the unwashed fruits. Now, Oliver was scared. Not of Peter, but of the safety of the youngsters in his care.

Unknown to Oliver, Joe, and Regan had studied the three youths from their vantage point, and mapped out their attack strategies.

“Do you want to work out on us?” Peter asked and inched closer to Oliver, and to their perturbation, the two city boys rushed at them, and gave them hand strikes on their necks and faces, and they momenta