Crimson Desire (Hollow Hearts #2)

ice to check some files in advance w

om La Union are here to mee

file aside. "Let

office. They looked nervous and uncomfortable. An older man led the group. He

smile, gesturing to the chairs in fr

, glancing at one another

and these are some of the farmer

gently. "I understand you've been facing

d and his face

e have. But three months ago, the Grant Group came. They brought big machines and started demolishing the area.

they give you any legal notice? Announceme

them now. They said someone had sold it. But we never did. We

tic of big corporations to take land fr

your local government?" I ask

Lita, sitting beside

quiet. They said if we didn't, we could be arrested for trespassing on our own land. Tha

ies louder. Their story wasn't new t

r land titles wi

tack of papers. "These are copies, ma'

ments, scanning them quick

their claims. I'll also need photos of your land before the destruction, any witnesses w

is voice trembling. "We thought no on

im a sma

. The Grant Group may be powerful, but if they don't have the

ful. That is wha

le. The Grants aren't ordinary people. Grants have th

stayed behind. She looks like she wants to

you really think we can win? They're s

rstand the pain. The c

Grants may have money and influence, but

r of hope in her eyes, before hur

knew this case wouldn't just be about land. The Gran

the conference room to give their updates. They had b

es with the Grants. Aside from the land grabbing in La Union, t

violating any environmenta

ed areas, and it's destroying the local ecosystem. What's worse,

the weight of the infor

olling the offici

y the farmers were silenced when they tried to se

chair, my mind alrea

d forgery. Then, we'll connect it to the illegal mining and government corruption. This isn't jus

am no

room, staring out the window. The Grants had power, mone

ers. It was about standing up to a system that le

yscrapers, I couldn't help b

n. But I never thought he would be this ki

ruthless back then. But I didn't k

f this, Amari. As you said, you e