Chapter 16 Kneel Before Him
Kathleen had to reel in from the confusion when she saw the caller’s number before she could pick up the call.
Her expression changed while she was on the call, and she kept glancing at Finnegan. A solemn look crossed her face.
Upon ending the call, Kathleen sighed and said, “Kneel before Mr. Larkin and apologize to
him.”
What?
Sasha thought she had misheard Kathleen. “Mom, what did you just say?”
Trey and Bernice were baffled. They were wondering why Kathleen was asking Sasha to go on her knees after answering a call.
However, Kathleen gave no explanation as she said, “Kneel, or I’ll kick you out of the Miles. family on behalf of your father!”
Her words stunned everyone present.
Tears
sprang to Sasha’s eyes as she cried out, “I hate you, Mom!”
Then, she bent her knees and kneeled before Finnegan. Unprecedented humiliation crashed into her as she squeezed out, “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have offended you. Please forgive me!”
Kathleen was not happy to see her daughter on her knees, but the memory of the call from earlier made her collect herself.
“Is that enough, Mr. Larkin?”
Complicated feelings washed over Bernice as she looked at Finnegan. Finnegan was certainly the first person in Jadeborough who could force the Miles family to this point.
Yet, Finnegan merely shrugged and started walking away. “If you kneel until the next evening, I’ll consider lending a helping hand to the Miles family once.”
The rest of the people were silent as they watched Finnegan leave.
Only when she could no longer see Finnegan did Bernice mutter, “Mrs. Miles, I’ll take my leave first.”
for her to stick around, and she also wanted to get answers to her confusion from her father.
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heart ached when he saw how his sister was
“קווי
“Let her kneel”
snapped her head upward as her eyes reddened even more. “Mom,
never suffered such misery in her life before, and her mother had never
said, “Alisha called me
her tears and
Miles family were good friends with the Wahlstrom family. In fact, Theoden was the one who narued her, and part of her name was the same
asked, “Mom, did you ask Sashie to kneel before Finnegan because
were no outsiders around anymore, so Kathleen nodded and said to her children, “Alisha said to accept any request Finnegan has. If Finnegan gets upset, Old Mr. Wahlstrom is going to cut ties with the Miles family. She even said he’s going
paled, and Sasha’s tears abruptly stopped
head of Walund’s underworld so protective of him to the point of threatening to cut ties with the Miles family if
Finnegan was already in Alisha’s car,
l*ps, Finnegan said, “You were the one who
answered, “Mr. Larkin, you’re not
he realized
with each
away when she realized Finnegan was avoiding her advances again. “But Old Mr. Miles once lent a helping hand to my grandpa when he was in his toughest times, so our families visit each other on New Year. That’s why I wanted to mediate between you and the Miles family when I realized there was
intervene, the Wahlstrom family would eventually have to
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the Miles family would be inevitable at
and closed his eyes.
kneeling until the next evening, he would not fully hold the Miles family
Larkin, the night is still young. Why don’t we
with Finnegan. If she failed at her task, her allowance would be cut by ninety percent.
her grandfather would not ask her to do anything that
eyes and responded without missing a beat, “Forget it. I’m afraid you
grumbled, “You
than having you tire me
Finnegan back. She let him out of
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