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Yolanda froze for a second. Once, a comment like that would’ve cut deep, but now she stayed calm. “Having kids is all up to Charles. I’ll go with whatever he wants,” she said.

Her obedience seemed to relax Flora. “Good you get that,” Flora smiled. “Take care of Charles, and we’ll treat you right.”

Yolanda said nothing, just kept massaging Flora’s legs. After half an hour, she lowered her head and moved to Flora’s back.

She’d spent two years learning traditional massage, all to keep Flora happy.

Flora finally sat up, satisfied. “You’re good at this. Where’d you learn? C’mon, let’s go down.”

Yolanda bent down and picked up the shoes by the bed for Flora. Then she followed Flora out.

When they reached downstairs, Flora frowned, “Charles still not here?”

Yolanda thought, ‘Maybe he’s tangled up in Sophie’s sheets.’

Flora spun around, her voice sharp. “Why didn’t you come with him?”

“Granny, he’s swamped with work. I didn’t want to bug him about it,” Yolanda replied.

At this point, Flora couldn’t really say anything more. She just pressed her lips together and sat off to the side.

Yolanda saw Simone checking out the flowers in the garden and hurried over. “Aunt Simone,”

she called.

Simone nodded in response, then glanced through the window at Wyatt and Flora in the

room.

fair share of the short end of the stick.

heard you’re working on

narrowed her eyes, surprised by the direct question. “Aren’t you a

off their husbands,” Yolanda smiled. “I wanna start my studio, and I’ve got a talent who’d

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Simone was proud, but she hated seeing capable women stuck at

she’d watched Simone’s interviews. Simone had said she wanted more

like the other Sinclairs, or maybe just different from most

businesses, most everything. For a woman to make it, she had to fight through

a boy, she

about the role. Simone couldn’t stand girls who acted all meek. She

ambition still has hope. But if she was just living for her husband, that

before–never cared to dig deeper. But now, she cracked a smile. “Y’know, if the Grants heard that,

say it because I saw your interviews. You said women

High society looked down on showbiz, but she’d dived right

shocked again. She’d always thought Yolanda was quiet–never guessed she’d watched

what you said, I’ll give you this chance. You’ve got my number–bring your talent directly to me. But keep this quiet, especially around the old folks. Otherwise, you’ll be in real

all, the Grant family only married

“Got it.”

let you

He doesn’t care what

known Charles was cheating for

she didn’t expect Yolanda to be this calm now. She used

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girlfriend so well–how’d Yolanda, that once–blind fool, find

not gonna say anything to

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