Chapter 9

“Gwen’s the reason we’re all here! She saved my life at least twice. She’s the brains and a lot of the talent behind any success we’ve had. She’s busting her ass to become a doctor while doing as much work for our charities as she can. She’s beautiful, really smart, extremely talented, and I love her. Understand this. I won’t listen to another bad word about the most compassionate, caring, loving person I’ve ever met. If you can’t treat her with the respect she’s earned and deserves, I suggest that you stay away from me, because I won’t tolerate it!”

“Oh, my! He didn’t yell or threaten anyone? He just explained that he loved your daughter and he wouldn’t listen to any negative remarks?” quizzed Mrs. Patterson.

“I guess you had to be there,” responded Jordan. “He didn’t yell, but he was so cold and measured that we could tell he was very upset. We’d been trying to show support for him by complaining about Gwen. We quickly realized what a bad idea that was! If we want to s