Chapter 8

Chapter 8

It was right before dinner when Toby summoned the courage to face his father with the news. It was strange how he hadn’t already heard of it given the hold he and the other four families had on the town. Wherever Beau had come back from, it must have been on the same caliber as Legacy. A seemingly impossible thought, but now wasn’t the time to rule anything out.

But how would his father react?

Despite being his stepson, Toby knew there was no love lost between the two when Beau was sent away. He just became another stain on Emerson’s front windscreen that he needed to wipe off. Having it come back would definitely cause problems.

Toby trudged into the dining room to spot his father already seated at the head of the long table. The man looked exhausted. His hair was in place and his suit, untucked and unbuttoned, was without any crinkles, but it was the posture that gave it away. It wasn’t unusual to his d