Chapter 26Was he done? Done here? Done with Mitch? Or rather, was Mitch done with him? Mitch stood up slowly, and Cal tensed. Would Mitch walk past him, walk out of the room? Would he tell Cal exactly what he thought of the kind of scum he was? Would he say he regretted ever pulling Cal out of the water?
“I won’t say I don’t have a problem with this,” Mitch said. “Because I do. But it is the past. I have to judge you on what you’ve done here for me, and for this community. And all you’ve done is help us. That’s what really matters.”
“But you do have a problem with it? With me?”
“Yes. But it’s my problem. And I’ll do my best to make sure it’s never an issue between us.”
“You’re an honest man, Mitch.” Cal smiled sadly. “I’m not very good at dealing with truly honest men. After all, the o
