Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 275

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In the dead of night, Ellie sat on a stool, leaning against Harold’s bedside. She cradled the new leather jacket she had bought for her dad.

She put the jacket on him, but Harold insisted on saving it for the Christmas. She had promised that once she and Aaron earned enough to buy a house, they would bring their parents to live in the city.

She also had said she would buy a wheelchair so Harold and Joanna could spend evenings at the square watching people dance or go to the park to play chess.

She had kept nagging that when she and Aaron weren’t home, Harold would have to take care of himself, as they didn’t want Joanna to worry.

grandchildren and that he needed to witness her and Aaron getting married

days had passed. And Harold

promised me!” Ellie clutched her dad’s jacket, her sobs breaking like fragile glass.

in the leather, her voice muffled and heavy, she cried. “Dad, weren’t you always the one who listened to Aaron? He told you he

be able to take care of you; why couldn’t you just hold on a little longer? Now that you’re gone,

on Ellie in the room; his chest felt like it was gripped tightly by an unseen hand, making it

came over and forcibly pulled

feared that Alex might lose control and go to see Ellie, disrupting the funeral.

into the Thompson residence. You know

what Haley had told Ellie’s parents. That night, Harold braved the storm to go to the station–his

the result of his actions. Putting aside Alex’s past interactions with Ellie, this alone was reason enough for Ellie to

refuses to forgive you for the rest of

for the few piglets below, smoking continuously. His complexion was pale, his red eyes showing

busily preparing for Harold’s burial. Though the rain was light, the overcast sky hinted at another storm ahead,

joined by some dear colleagues and

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