Chapter 78: The Gravely Ill Big Shot

Asher Jauncy saw Carl Letherdale drop to his knees and hurried over to pull him up. "Mr. Letherdale, please, get up." "We can talk sitting down. Kneeling won't solve anything, and you're my elder-this is a courtesy I can't accept." Carl gripped Asher's wrist, knuckles white, eyes rimmed red. "Mr. Jauncy, I know this is abrupt, but I've run out of road. Dozens in the Letherdale family are hanging on your word!" Hudson Helwick rushed in with a wicker chair. "President Letherdale, don't worry. If...