Chapter 62: One More Bet

Emma shot me a withering look. "Gideon, this is all because you stirred things up at the village committee. Royphia Village is buzzing with gossip. I knew coming to you meant trouble. There are so many of them. You can't take on that many people." "Relax. It's nothing." I didn't believe that many people in the village hated me. Even if a few came looking for me, so what. Worried I'd get beaten up, Emma grabbed my hand and tugged, nervous like a cat on a hot tin roof. Seeing her both tense and...