Chapter 1244

• Zechariah didn't deny it when his secret was guessed. He looked up, "Dad, I can't just watch you cough up blood like this. Even if the Molson family didn't agree, with the way the Hayes family was going, whatever Eliot wanted to do would work out."
• "He did it, and you just let him get away with it?" Miles seemed pissed off, his chest heaving, then he started coughing hard again. "What was the original purpose of the Southern Chamber of Commerce? I've told you so many times."
• "In times of national crisis, I showed the spirit of American merchants, helped the weak, and made sure everyone had food to eat and clothes to wear!"