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CHAPTER TWENTY ONE
Jeffery Mathew isn't a man to scare easily, but the news of 'Paul's bastard' back in town scared him.
He remembered him, a small, shy, little thing.
He'd looked forward most to those nights they'd go for drinks at Paul's and get to have some fun with his wimp.
It's been many years since he's last heard anything about the boy, but Daniel Rogers, the lawyer, had sounded so sure when he'd mentioned him .
Something about being back in town to deal with Paul's will and his properties.
He didn't want to consider the fact that his return to this town has to do with anything other than that.
He couldn't stomach the thought of the man Ryder Steele has become coming for them.
But somewhere in his mind, he knew the day they've all been praying against was closer now than they'd expected it.
The day he'd come back to pay them for what they'd done to him as a boy.
He had no regrets whatsoever for what they'd done to him, his father h
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