He Chose the MC Princess Over Me While I Was Secretly Pregnant With His Heir, Now He Wants Us Back novel · Chapter 15 of 32
Chapter 15: Twenty to Eighteen
The first hand went up at the far end of the table.
It belonged to a man who had eaten Sunday supper at my house for six years.
Another hand followed, and then a third.
Joelle sat back in the old lady's chair and watched them rise.
"Eight," Amos said. "Nine. Ten."
My stomach rolled, and I put a palm flat against it where nobody could see.
Boone stood very still beside me with his jaw set.
"Rafe," he said without turning his head. "Say something."
Rafe did not move from the wall.
"Fourteen," Amos said, and his voice was warm. "Fifteen. Sixteen."
I stepped forward.
"Sit down, Lena," Amos said. "A woman does not speak at this table."
"Then I'll speak through my husband."
I looked at Boone.
He didn't ask me what I was going to say.
"The president may yield the floor," he said, and his voice carried to the bar. "I yield mine to my wife. Anyone who wants to tell me that's not the founder's own rule can say so now."
Nobody said so.
The road captain leaned back in his chair, and his gray beard moved in something close to a smile.
I took a folded paper out of my jacket pocket.
Birdie had pressed it into my hand at the diner door that morning.
"The county deputy gave this to my godmother last night," I said. "His name is on it, and so is the badge number. It's the plate of a truck that was parked behind the Lost Trail on the night the motel burned."
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