Though nobody really knew why Master Waddys wanted to meet up with Gerald alone, it was at least evident that he greatly disliked him.

Still, knowing that made several of the people there relieved. After all, things had gone just as they had anticipated.

While Yaakov—being a typical family master—was usually solemn and serious whenever he dealt with things, he did have one well-known shortcoming, and it was related to how he treated his children.

He would only ever request for marriages—on