CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 2“That didn’t take long.” Mr. Williams chewed on the end of the cigar that had long since gone out.
An intense loathing for the man enveloped Layken as he dropped into the same chair he’d vacated earlier. He didn’t bother removing his hat. “I have some questions.”
“Shoot.”
“I only have forty-nine dollars to my name. Because my mom and dad’s health failed the past few years, the house is in need of repairs. I’m going to need money to survive until I can get a full crop harvested. I can plant one small field now, but it’ll be spring before I can go full force.”
“The day you marry Sara Beth, I’ll give you two hundred dollars as a dowry. That’ll have to do.”
He must have taken leave of his senses to continue this c**k-eyed negotiation, but Layken Martin was a desperate
