Chapter 1324

The man raised an eyebrow and stood up, making his way to the edge of the small riverboat, the kind used for carrying modest cargo.

Peering into the water, he spotted a figure floating and let out a chuckle

“Looks like we ve hit the jackpot Tell Omar we’ve found the man, he said with a smirk

Quickly, they hauled Fitch aboard

Fitch was out cold, burning up with fever, his wounds festering in dire need of proper care

Abner had just gotten off the phone with Omar and finding the man so soon had put him in a fairly good mood

His gaze fell on the figure sprawled on the deck, and he frowned

If they didn’t get a doctor soon, the guy was as good as dead.

And the Haskins family was all aflutter, planning Fitch’s funeral, unaware he was bobbing in the water this whole time

Abner had no desire to untangle those high society secrets

Dock this thing and get a doc for him he commanded

Mr Olson, shouldn’t we send a servant instead?”

Fitch? His friend lan blocked my shipment just the other week. I didn’t chop him into mincemeat only out of respect for Omar

The inquisitor shrank back wisely choosing silence

They were a good distance from Greenfield, in a city about sixty miles out

As soon as they docked Fitch was whisked away to an unassuming little villa

When Omar got the call, he was taken aback, he hadn’t expected Fitch to still be breathing.

up, he turned

Abner, who won’t bother with proper

call Mr Raymond” she

Omars

known these men before, and now

watched her dial lan with

waiting for any word, but this was

“Aside from you, Omar, and Abner,

out Mr. Casson says

look after

she’d heard

lans word was law, so she

pondered a moment before sidling up to Omar and circling his neck

Quid pro quo

need

connections always handy for

nothing his breath

down to her neck, then to her legs,

suppressing the surge of desire within him.

take you

see you next

stepped back leaving

just using him leveraging

just maybe. Comelia cared for him too Why else would she use tum and

‘Cornelia

involuntarily uttered her name as he grabbed her

taken

you changed your mind about having

silence for ten

again dont go

a smile, grabbing

she was off no lingering

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