Housewife Gone Wild

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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?”

plenty of women out there; it’s not like she’s the only one. Why do

voice tired and defeated. “Because I can’t find another woman

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

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 any other woman

word for a long time, probably stunned by

get over the way she looked at me, with nothing but love in her

was afraid I’d think she was after my money. She was so clueless. She

Yvonne yelled.

go upstairs? This isn’t for you to hear. You’re just a kid.

to listen. And you guys better not talk trash about my

down “Okay, if you don’t want Tracy,

find you a naive young thing. She won’t be worse than Victoria, just younger

I’m not

I panicked I played to her

needs her