Less than half an hour later, Lucas returned, followed by two boys who kept their heads down, looking dejected.
“Chirp chirp!” Jerry also popped out from the bushes, calling excitedly as if celebrating Lucas’s return.
“You little brats!” Lucas pointed at the two boys and scolded loudly. “Tell me, who told you to cause trouble on the farm?”
The two boys trembled in fear. “It was Isabella,” one of them stammered, holding up a black bag. “She said if we poured this into the compost pile, she’d give us a hundred dollars.”
“I knew it was her!” I gritted my teeth. “That Isabella, she hasn’t changed one bit. She’s just as vicious as Olivia!”
One of the boys suddenly looked up and glared at me with malice. “Don’t think just because you’re pretty, you can do whatever you want, you old witch!”
