Ezekiel refrained from hitting the old man in the face for accusing his grandmother. His shoulder throbbed from the pain from when Drake had grabbed his collar, but he could only focus on the rage flowing in him.
"Sir, you might have gotten the wrong idea," Genevieve said, "Mrs Jiang would never - "
"Listen here young woman," Drake turned to her, eyes ablaze, "I knew Mei, she was one of my best friends. You don't know anything about what happened between the four of us, just leave it at that."
He took a step back, his back leaning slightly against the door to his house.
"Now, all of you, get off my property before I call the cops."
He turned and almost slammed the door in their faces before Irene said something that made him freeze in his tracks.
"I'm Rosalina's granddaughter."
Drake turned around so swiftly, he could have broken the old bones in his neck.
