Ben's heart was beating faster than it could handle. He took a few deep breaths. "Elijah. I appreciate your concern, but you ain't go kids of your own." He turned to Simon and pointed at him. "You will pick up this money. And you will go to school and get William and send him here to help. And you better hurry, because if he is not here before the tide changes, you will be in more trouble. Then I want you to go to church, toss that money in the offertory, because we won't touch it. And you stay there and your knees and pray. You'll be home at five, exactly. If I find you kept any of that money, or that you've been wandering about, you will regret it."