Chapter Fifteen

"Everything okay?", Mina asked as her father walked into the house. He had just returned from a meeting business owners in Quarker were having with the Sheriff. "Hmm perhaps," he shrugged stiffly. "What happened at the meeting?" "Almost a riot. Everyone is angry. The Sheriff tried, but nobody will listen." "That serious?", Mina sighed. "Yes. For Nico and your boyfriend and their criminal group." "What?", she asked, suddenly alert and alarmed. "Oh it's the business owners. They want to burn down Nico's place." Mina kept her mouth shut, but it wasn't hard to know that the information was greatly disturbing to her. She was quiet for a while while her father read a magazine, then she suddenly rose to her feet. "I... I want to go to open the shop." "Okay," he replied absently, still keeping his eyes on the magazine. Mina quickly left the house and set off for the shop. They, along with all other business owners in