Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 280

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Joanna arrived with her two children, showing no tears or tantrums. With the money she received for her husband’s death, she completely paid back the Warren family for their past kindness to her children.

She did not talk to anyone about the harsh words Haley threw at her, nor did she ask her daughter about her relationship with Alex. In front of the Warren family, she kept her silence.

She was determined to protect her children’s dignity. Ellie and Aaron also showed no signs of distress; they did everything their mother asked.

Carlos did not try to stop them. Nancy and Todd, feeling helpless, wanted to give the shares they had planned for Ellie as compensation, but Joanna stubbornly refused to accept them and told Ellie not to take them.

As a result, the connection between the two families, which had lasted more than a decade, was finally cut.

the edge of Ellie’s bed, his

stuffed cartoon doll at the foot of the bed, a leftover from when Ellie first came to the Warren family–a gift meant to

because Ellie pressed it as she slept. Struggling,

times before, he would trace Ellie’s features with his fingertip while she slept, playfully teasing her lashes that

tears of sadness On the dressing table, a full set of cosmetics sat neatly arranged items he had secretly placed there days earlier

chose her baby cream over the makeup he

replaced the flowers in her vase with red roses. When he first added them, they were just buds;

are for you, would

“Weed suits you.”

But he had left so suddenly, not seeing any

against the wall of Ellie’s room and struck the wall with his fists in a desperate attempt

moment, in the apartment Ellie had rented from Whitney, Joanna sat on the bed, while

mother, Ellie showed great strength, refusing to cry. “I’ll talk to Whitney tomorrow. You and Aaron should move

Wed, Feb 12

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