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 and the empty pant leg

stubbornly held on, his voice firm. “Whatever you need to say, say it here!”

wouldn’t let Ellie go, Alex stepped forward to

positioned herself in front of Harold, afraid Alex might retaliate.

not going to argue with a cripple!” he

Ellie, raising his wooden cane as though he was going to strike him. Ellie and Joanna quickly stepped in to block

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

took care of her, and you’re all grateful on the surface, but the moment you got her back, you expect her to be your little worker! Now that

angry expressions on her parents‘ faces. She stepped

sharp. “Ellie, have you ever thought about how much my parents spent

your parents spent on me has nothing to

mine! Every penny my parents used for you came from me! You keep saying you’ll repay it, but

speechless by

raise, and now that she’s grown, you want to sell

pale, his trembling finger pointed at the

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