Chapter 865

• "And if I ever hear your voice above a whisper on this coastline again," Tedmond said, his voice dropping into a low-frequency rumble that made the boy's chest tighten,
• "I won't just freeze your father's accounts. I’ll ensure the name Meriwether becomes a footnote in a bankruptcy filing that no lawyer in D.C. will dare to touch. Do we understand each other?"
• Chad scrambled forward on his knees, his hands closing around the plastic volleyball like a lifeline.