Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 72

“After all that shouting, you guys can just make up?” Haley asked, raising an eyebrow.

Alex shot back, “What, do you stop being family just because you had a fight with your parents?”

Layton had no time to mediate between them. He grabbed his car keys and went after Ellie.

Two days later, at the Warren Manor on the second floor, in the living room outside Alex’s bedroom, Layton tossed. something to Alex.

“Ugh, 1

, what is this filthy thing? Alex grimaced as he let it drop onto the carpet.

Layton didn’t bother picking it up and pointed to a handkerchief that Alex had discarded. “That’s the cash for gas that Ellie’s mom gave me.”

car keys to Alex. “Ellie absolutely refused to take it back. It’s yours

and opened a payment request. “I rounded off the cost of

slowly took out his own phone and transferred the

Alex several photos in quick succession. Alex stared at the pictures,

continued. “But her parents are good people; her dad just comes down hard. The last time they went home, they made

care so much about the money, then why are you spending on Ellie, buying her bracelets and a car? Why do

a roll of cash–around five or six hundred bucks. Layton

drawer under the coffee table and placed the handkerchief, cash,

pink diamond necklace worth millions, a promotional bracelet, i platinum tassel bracelet, and a broken red string. All of

slammed the drawer shut and stood

Ellie and Aaron returned to jaslands, back to

reunions, but this year, the Thompson family’s holiday felt unusually bleak Sitting around a bit of bread, the family was together, lacking turkey and smiles, only tears and sadness