"Dad!"
"Honey!"
First Aunt Sinclair, Jack Sinclair, and Jason Sinclair cried out, but they were all held down firmly in their chairs.
"Leah, all these years... I've been in the wrong. When you were a child and they beat you, I did try to tell them to stop. You were so small... But I was useless."
Whether it was a final pang of conscience or a memory of little Leah after a beating—her face full of grievances, wanting to cry but not daring to, still having to call him 'First Uncle' when she saw him—First Uncle Sinclair ultimately signed his name and pressed his thumbprint.
Leah silently took back the booklet and handed it to the village chief.
The village chief took out his reading glasses and examined it carefully. He then signed his name and added his thumbprint in the witness section before handing the booklet back to Leah. "Leah, you're finally... Sigh. Don't come back here again. You've suffered so much all these years."
