The protector

Dester finally decided it was time to serve dinner and invited everyone to join him in the dining room. The table was well set and each guest's name was on it. Brianna noticed that a few seats had been added to the large table and that her brother and his wife sat on them. Dester sat at the head and Brianna on his left, while Henry was placed right in front of her and to Dester's right. No one asked about the first wife.

Dinner was served, and the conversation became more cheerful, as the men were no longer talking about their business problems. They were talking about their marriages and how they met their wives, who smiled flatteringly when they heard their husbands talk about the love they felt for them.

“I bought my second wife.” Dester said, and silence descended like a rain that doesn't make a sound before it arrives.

Brianna didn't mind the rudeness, but it seemed that her allies didn't approve of her attitude.

But Dester was already too visibly drunk to notice and