Chapter 9: Come Saturday MorningLuke Small
When Luke was nine, his grandfather took him and his siblings away from their father and changed their last name to his.
When Luke turned eighteen, he walked out of his grandfather’s house and changed his last name back to Small…
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Luke stared at his grandfather, horrified. “That baby was alive when she was born! How could you—”
There was a sound like a gunshot as Grandfather’s palm connected with Luke’s cheek. “You dare to challenge me, boy?”
Luke pressed a palm to his cheek. Before their grandfather took them away from their father, he’d never been struck, not even a swat to the butt.
“No response?” Grandfather snorted and then turned on his heel and stalked away, tossing, “I thought not!” over his shoulder.
Luke was eighteen, but
