Chapter 219

As soon as she left, Kane naturally followed.

Sallie had originally wanted to complain to Larkin about Vince, but by the time the party was winding down, her initial anger had mostly faded. With little interest left in tattling, she simply said her goodbyes to Larkin as she noticed guests beginning to trickle out.

Of their close-knit circle, only Yates remained, standing with Vince, the two of them nursing drinks.

"Your old man seems to have taken quite a liking to Timothy's wife," Yates remarked, curiosity glinting in his eyes.

They'd all grown up together, so they knew each other's quirks and family histories well enough. Vince stepping in to help Jessica made sense-it was mostly just to humor Timothy. But Larkin's involvement was harder to figure out.

Vince chuckled. "Jessica's his first love's granddaughter."

that explains it," Yates said, the pieces falling into place. Everyone in the Zimmerman family knew about Larkin's first love and so did their childhood gang. Word was, his first love

glasses with Vince, grinning. "Small world, isn't

it feels tiny, sometimes vast. Take my little sister-after all these

With all the information floating around these

"Let's hope so."

returned to The Gilded Whisper Estates, but

still, he stepped outside. The air was perfect tonight-cool and gentle, the kind of comfort that came with early autumn. He settled into the gazebo and lit

quite tell what

framed by the glow. Timothy's voice was calm and even.

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