He Called Me Dramatic, So I Took the Club novel · Chapter 24 of 24
Chapter 24: The Founder's Chair
I carried the tin into the Hollow under my arm that night, past the red neon.
The gate stood open, and the lot was full.
Every member of the Iron Hollow was inside, and so was Pearl, in her church dress, with the laminated menu in her purse.
Nobody sat until I did.
My father's chair stood at the head of the table, with its arms worn smooth.
I set the tin on the wood in front of it.
The sparrow hung at my throat, outside my jacket, where anyone could see it.
Then I sat.
The old man laid my father's gavel beside the tin.
"The chair is the founder's," he said. "The vote is the founder's blood. The table is yours."
"That's not how I want it," I said.
Thirty heads came up.
"I don't want to run this club," I said. "I want to be in the room when it matters. I'll cast the vote that's mine, and the rest of the time you decide, together."
"Then who calls order?" asked the Tuesday man.
I looked down the length of the table.
Mace sat halfway along it, in his vest and his sling, with the president's patch fresh on his chest.
He looked back at me, steady.
"The president does," I said. "And the founder's girl backs him."
A rumble of approval went around.
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