Chapter 106
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Keith shrugged, “I guess the discussion is over then.”

Mrs. Hockings grabbed his arm. “No please, I'm begging you.”

Keith shrugged her hand off, “Since you are already begging then there should not be a problem with you doing it properly.”

Mrs. Hockings flinched as Keith's words registered, she peeped over her shoulder to catch a glimpse of her husband who was looking ready to slaughter the man asking for what felt like the impossible. If her assumptions were right then Keith was asking her and her family to go down on their knees to beg properly like he had requested. But Mrs. Hockings knew her husband and daughter well enough and needed no spokesman to reveal that her family would never scramble that low to Keith's level even at the risk of ending up roaming on the streets with nothing. And she was the only sensible one at the moment, the only one sensible enough to realize what was at risk and how badly it would affect them. She was the only one sensible enough to set things straig
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