I'm Sorry My Love Novel
Chapter 209

Chapter 209

Chapter 209 Harboring Filthy Ideas Over the next few days, Karen continued to try and harass Leannaat the studio, but before she could even arrive at the threshold, someone would stop her with all sortsof excuses. She didn’t have any clue what was going on. Even so, she was still motivated by the sumof money Georgina offered. On Friday afternoon, as soon as Karen’s daughter got out of school, shepulled her to the side and instructed her quietly. Her daughter was terrified. “W-We can’t do that…

That’s a crime…” Karen yanked her hard and snapped, “You ungrateful girl! I’m the one who’s feedingyou, but every time I tell you to do something, you keep saying it’s not possible. If you were just a littlebetter at getting things done, the two of us would be living in luxury right now!” “I…” “I don’t want tohear any more nonsense from you. If you can’t get this done, then I won’t show you any mercy!” Thegirl trembled at the sight of the hand that was about to hit her. Karen grabbed her and hailed a cab.“Take us to Southfork University.” She had spent the last few days arranging everything and identifyingthe right person. All she needed was to wait for the kid to get out of school. At the cafe. “Louis,tomorrow’s a weekend. Why don’t you come in for a shift or two?” the manager asked. “I can’ttomorrow. I’m going to see my sister.”

“I’d rather you don’t. The semester holiday is coming up and all the young ladies can’t bear to not seeyou anymore. You should give them a bit more time to admire you.” Louis was speechless. He set thetablecloth down and said to the manager, “I’m done with cleaning up, so I’ll be off now.” The managerstared after him and sighed. Being too attractive came with its own set of problems. After leaving thecafe, Louis took his phone out and called someone. “Still no news yet?” he asked with a frown. “Youngman, I think you should just give up. It’s a photo from over twenty years ago. Maybe the person you’relooking for isn’t even alive anymore,” the person advised over the phone. Louis pursed his lips. “I canpay you more.” “This has nothing to do with money, okay?

You’re asking me to look for a needle in a haystack, and I won’t know where to begin even if you paidme more money. Furthermore, you won’t get anything out of replaceing this person anyway, so I think youshould just give up.” Louis wanted to respond, but just then, he heard a frail voice crying for help fromthe side of the road. “Anyone there? Please help me…” He put his phone away and followed the voice.Amid the nearby bushes, he spotted a schoolgirl sitting on the ground and hugging her knees. She waswincing in pain. Louis crouched down beside her. “What happened to you?” The girl’s head was hunglow. “I twisted my ankle by accident.” Louis glanced at the leg she was holding. “Can you stand? I’lltake you to the hospital.” She tried to stand up but stumbled right away. Louis immediately reached outto hold her arm. “Take it easy.” The girl tried again and she nearly fell into his arms. She seemed to bein a lot of pain. Just as Louis was about to call 911, the girl suddenly tore her uniform open andscreamed, “Help! Help me, please! Help!” It was nighttime, and there were a lot of senior citizens outon a stroll near the university. When they heard the girl screaming, they quickly rushed over.

A kind-hearted, elderly man pulled the girl away from Louis and fumed, “What are you doing?!” Louisfrowned and said gravely, “I didn’t do anything. She twisted her ankle so I helped her up. That’s all.”The old man didn’t listen to him. He turned to the trembling girl and said, “Tell us what happened, miss!”The girl cried pitifully, “I was just walking when someone pulled me into the bushes and covered mymouth. He even started taking my clothes off…” One of the bystanders exclaimed, “What?! He’s amonster! How could he do that to a high schooler?” Others began to chime in as well. “That young manlooks like a decent fellow. I never would’ve suspected him to harbor such filthy ideas! You really can’tjudge a book by its cover, huh?” “I’ve seen this young man around. He must be a student here, right?Quick, someone, go and get his teachers and his school dean. Let them see the monster that’senrolled here!” The crowd began to hurl all manner of criticisms and abuse at him. Soon, the place wasfull of people, including several students. One of them muttered, “Isn’t that Louis McKinney? What’sgoing on?” “Apparently, he dragged that schoolgirl into the bushes and wanted to…” “Oh my goodness!So that’s why he doesn’t accept any of the girls who confess to him, even though so many of them likehim. He’s just pretending to be a decent guy while hiding his disgusting true self.” Louis ignored all the

insults being hurled at him. He looked at the girl and asked darkly, “Are you sure?” The girl lowered herhead and stammered, “I… I…” “Look! He’s threatening the victim now! Where are the teachers?

Why aren’t they here yet?” someone in the crowd yelled. Louis continued, “There are security camerasall around here. The truth will prevail once we take a look at the footage.” However, no one botheredlistening to his explanation. The crowd continued to holler and scream all manner of abuse at him.Some of them even came forward to try and take matters into their own hands. Just then, a woman’svoice rang out from among the crowd. “Excuse me, coming through. Please let me through, thank you.”She came over to Louis and glanced at him. “I left for just a moment to get some water. How did youmanage to turn this into a spectacle?” Louis had a slight frown as he stared at her without sayinganything. Daphne’s eyes swept across the crowd. “Hi, all of you kind-hearted ladies and gentlemen,you’re all mistaken. Things are not what you assume them to be.” She slowly said, “Just now, thishandsome… young man and I were walking on the sidewalk when we heard someone calling for help.This young girl here said she twisted her ankle and couldn’t walk, so I went to buy some water for herto help her calm down. However, when I came back, I heard all of you claiming a totally differentsequence of events. Can anyone tell me what’s going on?” Daphne sounded so convincing that manyof the onlookers were taken aback. Even Louis nearly believed her. He couldn’t help but glance at heras she lied right through her teeth. Suddenly, someone in the crowd yelled out, “That girl said he pulledher into the bushes…” “Alright. I got the message, but I think I still need to clarify that her claims arefalse.” Daphne turned to the girl with a smile. “Miss, are your exams coming up soon? Did youhallucinate because you’re under a lot of pressure?” The girl shrank back without saying anything.Daphne continued, “It’s alright. This young man here won’t hold it against you, as long as you clearthings up.” The girl bit down hard on her lip. After a moment of silence, she said, “She’s lying… Theyweren’t together… I was just walking on the sidewalk. I didn’t twist my ankle. They must be workingtogether…” Daphne’s smile faded. She sighed helplessly and said, “Since you insist on lying, I can’thelp you anymore.”