* * * THREE HOURS EARLIER * * *
ABIGAIL
"Ezra, please put the gun down, let us explain everything, that man is using you," Mrs. Pemberton says softly, as she raises her hands and tries to get between him and her husband, but Mr. Pemberton moves her to the side and then positions her behind him.
"He wants someone, and I am not going to give Abby to him," Ezra says with his jaw clenched, and I notice his hand tremble slightly as his forehead starts to fill with sweat.
"What he wants is to use you against us, I am sure you don't want to do this, and I know you must have a very good reason to be here, but no matter what that man has against you, I assure you that we can help you solve it, we are the best chance you have at this moment, you can believe that if you do what he wan
