Chapter 27 Ruthless V

• Judge's [POV]
• The threat of the doctor does its job. Mercedes eats, and she manages to keep it down for the next few days. It's raining again, the ground sopping after a week of unrelenting rain. It's so bad I won't even ride. I don't want the horses to injure themselves on the soft ground.
• I get home late in the evening and head toward the kitchen, where I hear Lois and Miriam talking. Neither of them notices me.