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“Samuel Hollingsworth is a powerful man. If it were anyone else, this would already be taken care of, but people have to choose sides carefully in this fight.”
Because if they picked wrong, there could be big consequences. I’d already had a taste of what Teague’s father was capable of. I didn’t want to think what would happen if he applied more pressure.
“If you need to let this go, I understand.” I fiddled with the button of my overalls. “I’m sorry I put you in the middle of this mess.”
“We like being in the middle of messes,” she said lightly.Not this one.“Ow.” Her voice was muffled. “I know it’s a bad situation. M said I shouldn’t act so nonchalant about it. I didn’t mean it that way. We’re going to get through this.”
“I hope so.” We had to. There was no other choice.
Bang. Bang. Bang.
“Hang on a sec, Vivian.”
I opened the door to the front room a crack and peeked through.
No. He couldn’t be here.
Surely we hadn’t already run out of time.
Chapter Twelve
Pepper
If I ignoredhim long enough, he’d go away, right?
No matter how I shushed them, the dogs wouldn’t stop barking. I couldn’t even hear if the inspector was still knocking on the door.
One day of peace.
Heck, at this point I’d take a few hours.
That was a big ask.
I tossed dog treat after dog treat in an attempt to quiet the barks. I reached in the tin while keeping one eye focused through the crack.
My fingers grazed crumbs and metal.
And now they were barking because I was out of Garrison’s treats.
I squinted, the metal frame of the front door blocking my view.
“Shhh.” I put my finger up to my lips.
It was useless.
I closed the door and leaned against it. Teague left a few hours ago. He’d said he wanted some time to sort himself out before he confronted his father.
Now it was almost six.
Might as well feed Sadie.
At least I could use the excuse I didn’t hear the door if the inspector didn’t leave. That wasn’t too far from the truth now.
I sent up a quick mental message to Miss Adeline to stay upstairs. As much as I’d like to see her handle that man, I wasn’t totally sure exactly how she’d go about it. My guess was it might not be pretty.
Or maybe she’d flirt with him.
Nah.
