They Broke My Wife’s Legs and Called It an Accident — The Sheriff Had No Idea What I Actually Did for the Army
Restraint took the Prescotts apart.
Presence is how I make sure there is never another Prescott.
Both matter.
But if I had to keep only one of the two lessons, I would keep the second.
My cleverness saved my wife once.
My presence is what keeps her safe for the rest of our lives.”
Chapter 20 — Only Peace
Down in the valley, the lights of the county courthouse glowed against the dusk — the same courthouse where a Prescott had been sentenced, in the same county a Prescott had once ruled like a kingdom, now simply a building where the law was done, evenly, for everyone.
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