CHAPTER 57

Hearts pounded in anticipation of what Jeremiah’s next sentence was going to be.

The mix of emotions in the room was so palpable, it got too much for the extremely desperate David, and he interrupted Jeremiah before he could even speak.

Although what he said was done in good faith as he wanted to give Jeremiah the confidence to trust in all the work he had put in and trust that he was right for the kingship, what he ended up doing was making things worse for himself.

He said “Cousin, I assure you that I’ll be a good and kind king.”

Immediately, Jeremiah froze.

“A kind king, you say?” Jeremiah said, and the way he spoke made David blink multiple times.

David reflected on what he had just said and realized how gravely he messed up.

Jeremiah didn’t even have to say anything for him to know that yet again he had made a massive mistake.

Here he was talking about being a kind king when the reason Jeremiah was in the study in the first place was to address the brutality of the punishment
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