There was some quiet in the state after this new development that the governor forced down everyone's throat, but what no one knew was that the silence was just the calm before the storm.
As he had promised, Jude did not attend the meeting that he had been beckoned to attend by his colleagues, the members of the board. It caused an uproar during the meeting, and Mr. Gale even went as far as calling Mr. Lawson to report Jude to him.
''If something goes wrong, your family would blame us, saying that we didn't do the right thing by calling Jude for a meeting, but here we are. I invited your arrogant son for a meeting, but he declined, directly at first. I thought he was just throwing tantrums, trying to revolt because of the fact that we undated him the last time, but right now we are two
