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 beside it, a lump forming in her throat.

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

Ellie go, Alex stepped forward

Ellie positioned herself in front of Harold, afraid

sight of Ellie’s tear–filled eyes and felt an unfamiliar irritation. “I’m not going to argue with a cripple!”

watched as Alex moved closer to Ellie, raising his wooden cane as though he was going

“Is this never going to end?! Back in the day, you were the

the surface, but the moment you got her back, you expect her to be your little worker! Now that you’re broke, you want to sell your daughter

out, noticing the angry expressions on her parents‘ faces. She stepped

wrist in response, his voice sharp. “Ellie, have you ever thought about how much my parents spent

“Whatever your parents spent on me has nothing

“The entire Warren family is mine! Every penny my parents used for

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to us to raise, and now that she’s grown, you want to sell her back to us so

his trembling finger pointed at

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