Divorce Time

Chapter 379

Before Dalton could even finish his sentence, Abelard cut him off, “Are you trying to say that Stewart sided with Charlene again and gave Ms. Hawkins a hard time?”

Dalton was genuinely taken aback by Abelard’s spot–on guess. “How did you know, old man? Do you already know what went down?”

Abelard chuckled, “I didn’t know. Just a lucky guess.”

The thing was, if Charlene and Stewart had initially agreed to work with his somewhat clueless son because of him, they wouldn’t deliberately make things difficult for him at work without reason. His son wasn’t the type to stir up trouble either, which meant that any conflict probably wasn’t directly between Dalton and them.

It seemed more likely that someone Dalton cared about had run into issues with Charlene and Stewart. And that someone was probably Vesta.

Earlier that year, when he met up with Geoffrey, Charlene, and the gang for dinner, they happened to bump into Ms. Hawkins at the restaurant entrance. Abelard had noticed how attentive Dalton was to her, and given her poise and charm, he had approved.

That was until Hickey Watson informed him that Ms. Hawkins was actually Thorne Henderson’s girlfriend. Abelard wasn’t privy to the intricacies of Charlene and Thorne’s relationship, but he did notice the odd expressions Charlene and Stewart had when they saw Vesta and her father. Clearly, there was no love lost there.

pick fights easily, so if there was tension with his son, it

to confirm. And sure enough, it was all because of

targeted Vesta. Stewart, according to Dalton, was just blindly supporting Charlene, which nearly made Abelard laugh out

bemused grin. “You want me to call Kenton and fill him in so he can

Dalton replied. “Stewart’s behavior this time is just too out

intention of revealing the truth. “I can’t do that for you. If you want to help Ms.

actually like Stewart. I don’t want him going down this path-*

thought the root of the

reckless? I don’t know about that. Maybe you’re the one who’s biased

you don’t know anything about it. How can you say I’m the one who’s biased?” Dalton shot back.

tell

gave him a rundown

listening, Abelard said, “This whole mess was Ms. Hawkins‘ fault to begin with. As the company head, she should have sorted things out promptly. Instead, she sided with her staff and family against PrimeStar’s employees. If I were Stewart,

have poor judgment and don’t respect their business partners. If they weren’t worried about the financial hit from ending the contract with PrimeStar, I doubt they’d even