Chapter 95: Unconvinced

Plenty of people were not convinced when Holly Lapwood was appointed Pablo. There was gossip behind closed doors, muttering in corners, yet in the end, no one stood up to say out loud what was on their mind. Instead, they watched one another, waiting for someone else to blink. Many of them watched Nixon Walker. They thought he would refuse to accept it, that he would step forward and push back. They were wrong. Nixon stayed cool as a winter pond. Some faces fell; others relaxed with relief. Briana...