Anson chuckled when I asked my question. He stood under a gazebo in a garden and gestured for me to sit. "Sit down. It's cooler here."

Then he took a seat inside the gazebo, and I joined him.

I couldn't help but wonder what he was worrying about. Maybe I could help distract him.

"The Huffman and Attwood families have always been close. The Attwood family started in the east of the city, and we, the Huffman family, started in the north. We were involved in similar businesses, so conflict was i