Ruth, gentle as her heart was, knew what was coming, but at that particular moment, she didn’t have any trace of pity left in her heart for the bully of a husband she had been forced to marry.
Rupert Henderson was first to the batwings, and one look at the scene made him gasp and turn away, swiftly making his way to the backdoor even as people rushed past him to the street, led by an excited Wailer Vroom.
Rupert Henderson let himself out quickly through the backdoor and made his way down the back alleys.
His fear was palpable.
Jonathan Afful looked at the huge, hard man facing him.
He was aware that all the boardwalks were crowded, and that finally, a day of reckoning had crept upon him. For a moment he was so crippled with trepidation that he didn’t know what to do as his eyes roved
