“I want you both to know,” King Carter said as he tossed the expensive shirt he’d been wearing to the ground on one side. “I will absolutely take great pleasure in what I am about to do here.”

Russel turned away from his father and stood facing Lola. She’d never seen him look that way before and it frightened her. It was a sadness and…

Resignation, she realized.

Knowing that made her heart sink. Whatever happened, Russel didn’t think he was going to make it ...