Under His Protection

Wallace paused, the chess piece still between his fingers. He hadn't intended to get involved, but this unexpected turn—his youngest son getting mixed up in things for the sake of a woman—truly caught him off guard.

'Well, that's a first,' he wondered.

Wallace asked, "What exactly happened?"

Warren's face lit up with hope. He immediately put on a pitiful act and wailed, "Wallace, you know how wort