C37 CHAPTER 36

“I will be the judge, and if that friend of yours breaks my daughter’s heart, I will slowly and painfully kill him. That is a guarantee.”

“I’ll remember that ma’am.”

“That’s my boy. Why don’t we go back inside? I have something to tell you all.”

“Why don’t you just tell me?”

“No, I’m not going to pick favorites,” she said, and he smiled. She wasn’t budging at all