CHAPTER TWENTY THREE Rebecca’s face scrunched, and the woman took a few furious steps toward Ariel. Max immediately pulled the woman behind him and confronted the old woman. “Don’t you dare to put your hands on her,” he warned Rebecca with a hard stare. “I’ll do much more than putting my hands on her,” the woman replied in a harsh tone of voice. “Now move on, slug,” she waved him aside. “I don’t think so,” Max shook his head, not budging an inch, although Ariel was pushing him from behind so that she could get in the face of her great-grandmother. Bryan put his hands up and headed toward the older woman. The man realized that the situation had just become worse than ever before, and he needed to disarm the tension. “Rebecca, let’s discuss things with calm and reason,” the man propose

