Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 160

Chapter 160

Ellie turned to her parents. “Mom, Dad, just rest for a bit. I’ll be right back.”

“Ellie,” Joanna said, holding onto her daughter’s hand tightly, worry etched on her face.

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A wave of guilt washed over Ellie. Alex had just shouted so loudly–there was no way her parents hadn’t heard him. She couldn’t let Alex stay here and keep arguing, making her parents more anxious.

“Mom, I really am okay. I’m just going to talk to him for a minute,” Ellie reassured, gently prying her mom’s hand away.

After taking just a couple of steps, her dad, Harold, grabbed her arm. Ellie turned to look at her father, a man in his fifties, whose features were marked by time’s passage.

Even though he struggled to express himself, she could see the tension in his body, the worry in his eyes, and the guilt bubbling just beneath the surface… she understood it all.

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the wooden cane he leaned on

held on, his voice firm. “Whatever you need to say,

stepped forward to grab her, but Harold pushed him

front of Harold, afraid

felt an unfamiliar irritation. “I’m not going to argue with a cripple!” he said

moved closer to Ellie, raising his wooden cane as though he was going to strike him. Ellie and

enraged, shouted, “Is this never going to end?! Back in the day, you were the ones who gave Ellie

grateful on the surface, but the moment you got her back, you expect her to be your little

expressions on her parents‘ faces. She

seized Ellie’s wrist in response, his voice sharp. “Ellie, have you ever

your parents spent on me

parents used for you came from me! You keep saying you’ll repay it, but what do you have

speechless by his

her over to us to raise, and now that she’s grown, you want to sell her back to us so she can inherit our family’s wealth? Is the Thompson family

finger pointed at the door.

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