THE ALMIGHTY LORD CLOUD

CHAPTER 177

Grace stayed on her knees, her body trembling as tears flowed freely from her eyes.

The dollar bill lay crumpled by her side, reminding her of how she was brutally humiliated.

The crowd had begun to disperse, some glancing back with pity, others shaking their heads.

Grace clutched her chest, feeling hopeless.

All she had fought for, all she had risked—it had come to nothing. Darius’s car had already started to move.

As she wept, wondering what she would tell her son, a faint sound in the distance caught her attention.

The echo of screeching tires, a crash, and then… silence. For a moment, Grace thought it was only her imagination, a manifestation of the despair inside her.

But soon, she saw smoke rising from the intersection ahead, where Darius’s car had been heading.

Meanwhile, Darius had been leaning back in his seat, a twisted smile lingering on his face as he left Grace and the crowd behind.

In his mind, he was already planning his next steps.

But his thoughts w