Chapter 24: Springville Has Been Torn Down

Springville Village...

"Please sir, don't do this to us. This is the only place we have. Our house, our things, our life. They are all here!" Mrs. Shane almost knelt in front of the leader of the construction workers asking him to stop tearing down the houses in their small village.

"It's not us whom you should speak to. The government has sold the whole land to a bigtime foreign billionaire and they're making subdivisions and villas in this place!" the leader explained as he pushed Mrs. Shane on the rocky ground.

"Mrs. Shane! Are you alright?" Damian rushed immediately to her aid when he saw that she was lying on the dirt and couldn't get up. Her elbows had bruises and her eyes were drowned in tears as she watched her little food stall being razed to the ground.

"Don't you have conscience? This place is the only thing we have!" Damian shouted.

Mrs. Shane was still wobbling when Damian helped her get up. She held his shoulder trying to calm him down.

"Damian, where