Chapter 14

Chapter 14

Jonah stood there, quiet, watching the madness unfold right in front of him.

He'd tried to fade into the background, but somehow, they still yanked him into the

mess.

This whole thing was giving him a pounding headache.

He had no idea how to take control of it.

They'd pissed Raven off, and Jonah knew he didn't have the clout to call the shots.

Around Raven, he barely dared to breathe, let alone open his mouth.

Margaret, clueless about the storm churning in Jonah's head, kept pushing.

She took his silence as him weighing Raven's fate.

"General Yardley," she said, voice firm, "forget I'm her grandma for a minute- breaking someone's legs in broad daylight? That's straight-up jail time, no question."

She barreled on, "She's got zero respect for me, but I'm not gonna sink to her level and ditch family."

Her tone eased up a bit. "No need for the death penalty-just lock her up, toss the key, that's plenty."

Jonah stayed mute, still locked in place.

He was silently begging for a way out of this.

a life sentence? Yeah,

that, the only one staring down a firing squad would

notice how Jonah's

words, clearly not

going easy! A creep like her gets life, she'll sweet-talk her way to parole and

she doesn't even see you as her grandma-quit acting like she's your kid.

back-and-forth. "Margaret, stop yakking-just tell General

grin, the family's support pumping her up. Even the ache in her smashed-up

girl's

his ribs at how casually Margaret tossed out a

her own hole all

Jonah was about to buckle under the heat from Margaret and the Hendersons,

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on

she said, smooth and relaxed, "you catching at

Henderson bunch blinked, thrown by

couldn't piece

with death row hanging over her-had

knew the end was near and had quit bothering to fight. Margaret's face twisted with fury.

"Sir, tell your guys to grab her-execute her right here, right now.

flick a glance at

stood tall, putting on his toughest

putting on his toughest game face. He snapped at the guards the Hendersons had

family let out a group sigh, the

Raven-some with pity,

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