Chapter 140: Bottom line: Are you going to back down?

Elijah Quinny studied the two patriarchs, their faces telling different stories. Richard Lapwood looked as if he had resigned himself to fate, while Jameson Quatremane bristled with fury. Jameson clenched his fists and glared daggers at Elijah. "You're just the Cassons' tagalong son-in-law. You've got some nerve. How dare you do this to a Quatremane? I'll have the Peacekeeping Bureau haul you away. I… I'll kill you!" He had every reason to rage. His pride and joy of a son had been beaten to a...