Super Godfather 2: My Ex Dumped the Wrong Man novel · Chapter 16 of 24

Chapter 16: Trial Nine

I stood up before anyone else could speak.

"He's right," I said. "She came here for something."

Suzette's hand closed hard around my sleeve.

"She wanted to know why her father died.

"I've known since yesterday morning, and she told me herself, to my face, in my own kitchen."

I looked down the table at twelve old faces.

"Any man in this room whose father was killed would have done the same.

"So if you have a quarrel with her, you have it with me."

Nobody answered.

Preston's mouth had come open a little.

He had expected the room to turn on her, and I had taken it away from him in half a minute.

The old man at the head of the table looked at my grandfather.

"Amos?"

"Miss Whitaker is a guest at the Wetherill table," Amos said. "My grandson answers for her. That is all this room needs to know."

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