Chapter 68

“I said if it’s in my power. It’s not in my power to divorce Claire yet, and I still need to understand why her grandfather wanted me to marry her so fast.”

“I can’t stand how she berates you like that. What nerve to call you names and belittle you? Why didn’t you stand up to her and tell her off?”

“First, I can’t refute some of the things she said, and I owe her and her family for shielding me all this time. It’s complicated, and let’s leave it like that for now.”

Sara nodded to discuss this issue for another time. She didn’t want to put more trouble on Blake. There was an incident before they left when they paid for the meal. People gathered around a man on the floor, convulsing and foaming at the mouth. He was thrashing about like he was dying, with his eyes rolling up his head. A woman was kneeling beside him, wailing that the blowfish had poisoned him.

“Sob, sob, he took his last bite, becoming like this. He was poisoned. Please help someone help.” The woman in her late thirties