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I was taken aback. Yvonne actually wanted me to hear them fight. Yvonne’s slippers slapped the floor, and I could hear her nervous, heavy breathing,

I heard Jared say, “Yvonne, go back to your room.”

Yvonne replied, “Dad, no. I’m just going to sit here on the stairs and watch you argue.”

At that moment, Sally’s heartbroken sobs echoed through the house. “Jared, Victoria just can’t stand to see our family happy. She got divorced, and now she wants to stir up trouble for all of us.”

Jared sounded frustrated. “When has Victoria ever made a scene since she joined the Holcomb family? She’s always been careful around you, never dumped the kid on you. So why are you trying to ruin her reputation?”

Sally choked out between sobs. “Because she’s stopping you from remarrying! She’s so manipulative. If she’s divorced, why doesn’t she just go work somewhere else?

“Why does she have to hang around you? Isn’t it just because she can’t move on? She just wants to cause trouble.”

“I’m the one who begged her to stay, not the other way around.” Jared’s voice grew louder. “Mom, I was the one who asked her not to leave, okay? Do you get that?”

she’s the only one. Why do you have to treat

he finally spoke, his voice tired and defeated. “Because I can’t find another woman who only has eyes for me anymore. Do you think

perks of my company and the resources I control She’s just a pawn the Darwin family put

Tracy love me? Can she look at me like Victoria did, as if I’m the only one who matters? She can’t. I doubt

for a long

can’t get over the way she looked at me, with nothing but love in her eyes. Who else would be crazy enough to

to the core. She just wanted to show how much she loved me. She was afraid I’d think she was after my money. She was so clueless. She couldn’t even scheme

clueless,” Yvonne yelled. “She’s super

upstairs? This isn’t for you to hear. You’re

shot back, “No, I want to listen. And you guys better not

steady now, like she’d calmed down “Okay, if you don’t want Tracy, I’ll set you up with

has eyes for you? I’ll find you a naive young thing. She won’t

scoffed. “Whatever you think, I’m not

divorce, I panicked I played to

needs

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