"Over twenty years ago, we had our eyes on a piece of land in Pinehill," Miles continued, his voice dark and taunting. "The owner needed money urgently and was planning to sell cheap. But he was a shady one. He promised to sell it to us, but behind our backs, he contacted three other buyers, trying to make us compete for it. Whoever offered the most would get the land."

"We tried to reason with him, but he wouldn’t listen. In the end, he sold it to Gideon. Two years later, the ...