236. Another Life 2

At the Hamlet Square

As early as that morning, Bertram the tapper was drunk. He had sold every property that he could lay hands, ranging from farmlands, and farm trees. The last one that he sold was the orange tree on the land that he was yet to sell. He had been sustaining himself with the proceeds from the sales while thinking of the next items to sale. Although he was drunk, but he was able to recognize that Thomas' bicycle was his supposed late son's own.

“Hey,” he screamed, and his slurred speech betrayed him. Meanwhile, Thomas was focused on getting to the junction, than being distracted by a drunk, and he rode on. Nevertheless, the drink gave him a false impetus, and he chased after him, but he hardly ran for a minute before he fell headlong on the ground. He remained on the floor and began to curse. Likewise, he was still on the floor when Thomas returned with the bike while seven trailer trucks were behind him. Now, everyone's attention was on the trailer trucks. Not only th