Chapter 79. Ex-Friend (2)

"Rest assured. There are many people around. Anthony won't be able to do anything bad to me. I also know that he's basically a nice person." Grace assured her boyfriend. "You can see from here if you're not sure. It's clear enough. Okay?"

In the end, Evan let go of Grace's hand, though he was reluctant to leave her alone with Anthony. Somehow he felt anxious because as a fellow man, he understood that a brokenhearted man could do anything.

As Grace left the shop, Meike did as well. Meanwhile, Evan was standing at the door of the shop and watching from there.

Grace walked briskly towards Anthony's rice shop, hoping that the man was still there. She wanted to get a good chance to talk to her old friend.

As she could see, Anthony's rice shop was not operating, with no customers. In fact, Grace didn't see rice sacks in front of the door as usual. She speculated that his shop had been sold for their survival.

Anthony seemed to be cleaning something in the sh