Too Late to Hold Me Back novel Chapter 1296

What kind of terrible people are they? Mira is only in high school, and they expect her to support a whole extended family? Unbelievable.

Ethan thought.

His little sister had been raised by her adoptive parents, not this greedy old woman. He wasn't about to let her take advantage of Mira.

Ethan assumed his threat would shut the old woman down, but she surprisingly fired back, "If he beats people up, won't the police arrest him?"

"He just beats people; he doesn't kill them. At worst, he leaves them crippled. Even if the police do arrest him, my parents just throw some money around, and he walks right out."

Ethan deliberately exaggerated the situation, knowing the old woman was completely ignorant of how the real world worked.

That finally got Grandma Finn to lower her head in defeat.

Meanwhile, Aunt Brenda focused entirely on shoving corn into her bags, barely speaking a word the entire time.

She knew full well that since Minnie wasn't her own child, there was no way she was getting a free ticket to the city. As long as Mira took her son, Ryan, she was satisfied.

Before long, Ryan arrived with his luggage. Mira had called him ahead of time, and he had already sorted out his school transfer paperwork.

When Mira originally left, Ryan had been devastated. Hearing that she was taking him to the city for school was a dream come true. Even if he had to work part-time in Melvion City, pick up odd jobs on Sundays, or collect recycling in his spare time, he refused to stay stuck in this remote mountain village.

His biggest fear had been that without Mira's tutoring, his grades would slip, ruining his chances of getting into a good university and pushing him further away from her world.

With everyone gathered, Mira ushered her adoptive parents into the car, telling them to leave the rest of their old belongings behind.

Upon arriving in Melvion City, Mira settled the three of them into the rented apartment.

"Minnie, this place is so nice. How much is the rent?"

Sarah couldn't help but ask.

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