in's iron hand. Several ordinances were enacted in Medellin during the Mayor's tenure. The ordinance prohib

e imprisonment or fines, as well as

ees almost shook. When its sharp eyes landed

, the Mayor was not present when his spouse came to the mansion for the first time a month ago to ask her hand in marriage. She was given time to consider

realized she couldn't get away from

y is talked about and admired in the municip

mother's soft lau

to hide her feelings but she tried hard to do so. It was as if she were being sentenced in court. She preferre

uffocated by tension and was terrified of Mayor Calixto. Even though her father and mother were sitting on eith

e been surprised by her charm," Don Sebastian sip

the cup on the table and returned his gaze to her father. "I realized my son has been staying

e," he said, clearing his thr

here, but my wife wants to speed up the marriage, so for the second time, I am here in place of my good Nilda. The Hernandez family will take

e, you say? But I'm only 19 years old. Aside from that, I

His stare was intense, so Jewel quickly looked down at the table and sw

ised your daughter modestly; when I looked at

Gideon and Don Sebastian's weak laughter. In the corn

ther, said. "I'm proud of Jewel, Mayor. She's a very good child. She w

s, especially when her mother brags about how demure she was as a child. She wished she could scratch the

t the number of women who have proposed to my son. And Jewel is a lucky girl to have caught my attention." The Mayor turned to her father. "Aside from t

s brow furrowed. "Is everything ready? I want

e marriage contract will take precedence, but they must marry before God. As

everything for the wedding of the

Calixto laughed. "So, as much as possible, eve

for tomorrow's event been fina

y for her and you to wear tomorrow. Nilda chose that

evolve around your family, Mayor?" Her father jo