CHAPTER 45 CONFRONTING THE PAST

The mumbles of the crowd kept getting louder. Jake froze in place, and Samantha was very sure she was going to throw up then. "What, cat got your tongue? Daniel kept laughing like a madman. "Tell them, Michaels. Tell everyone how you bought your precious wife. Tell them how you forced her into the marriage, how you bred her like a little bitch...' "Enough' Jake looked ready to kill him. Samantha figured things would only worsen if she didn't do something immediately. "Babe," she went to her husband and held his arm. "Let's leave'. His attention was solely on her brother, not paying her any mind. "Jake, this one time, listen to me," she said through clenched teeth while squeezing his bicep as hard as she could. "Let us leave now. Please' He turned on his heel and walked away with his wife hot on his trail. He wrapped his arm around her shoulders once they were outside the building to protect her from the press. They kept throwing questions at them and asking them the most private an