Chapter ONE - Weebly

fear to show my face in the streets. I will be leaving
Boston for our home in Milton in another day or so, and
I’ll be taking my wife and children. I fear for their safety
even more than I do for my own.”
“Again, Your Honor, you have my deepest
sympathy,” Ethan said. “No one should be treated so.
But if you believe that I—”
“I don’t,” Hutchinson broke in. “You’ve been hired
by Abner Berson. Is that right?”
“Yes, sir,” Ethan said, narrowing his eyes. Why
would the lieutenant governor of Massachusetts take an
interest in his business dealings? And what else did
Hutchinson know about him?
“You wonder how I heard of this.”
“I assume you have it from Mister Berson himself,
or from a mutual acquaintance,” Ethan said. “What I
wonder is why the inquiries of a common thieftaker
should draw the notice of a man of your importance.”
Hutchinson frowned, which served to give his face a
fearsome aspect. “If you need to ask, Mister Kaille, I
must recommend to Berson that he reconsider the faith
he’s placed in you. Isn’t it obvious? The same villains