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.

General Valor a life

only one staring down a

didn't notice how

words, clearly

"you're going easy! A creep like her gets life, she'll sweet-talk her way to parole and come back to wreck

chimed in, nodding fast. “Yeah, Margaret, she doesn't even see you as her grandma-quit

else cut in, done with the back-and-forth. "Margaret, stop yakking-just tell General Yardley

support pumping her up. Even the

this girl's

casually Margaret tossed

let Margaret dig her own hole

to buckle under the heat from Margaret and the Hendersons, Raven turned

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on her

and relaxed, "you

bunch blinked, thrown by her

couldn't piece

vibe-chill as ever with death row

near and had quit bothering to fight. Margaret's face twisted with fury. "You little brat! You don't get to throw General

at Jonah. "Sir, tell your guys to grab her-execute her

didn't even flick a glance at

tall, putting on

face. He snapped

the family let out a group sigh, the tension melting

eyes swung to Raven-some with

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