Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 479

Chapter 479

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Whitney said, “These orchids are incredibly rare and valuable. If someone who doesn’t know how to care for them gets them, they’ll only be ruined. Since that jerk gave them to you, you might as well keep them.”

Ellie nodded, not dwelling on it too much.

Whitney said, “Come on, let’s go inside and help your mom prepare dinner. You still have to work the night shift later.”

In the evening, Aaron had just come home from work, and the family gathered for dinner. “Did you guys catch the news? Haley’s father committed suicide by jumping off a building and it was all over the news!”

Ellie was visibly shocked. Haley’s father had gone through his son’s imprisonment, the bankruptcy of the Owens family, and his daughter’s death, yet he never committed suicide. Why would he suddenly do it now?

Aaron nodded calmly. “The body was discovered this morning. The police have confirmed it was a suicide. He jumped off the rooftop of an unfinished building in the suburbs.”

take Ellie to the hospital for

it, Mom. I’ll take Ellie to the hospital

Jason, Whitney, I’m fine now. I can drive myself to and from work. Aaron doesn’t need to keep picking me up and

Ellie to and from work, no matter how late it was. Even on weekends, Joanna wouldn’t feel at ease unless Aaron was the one picking her up and dropping her off.

her well–being and concerned about her. But she was an independent adult. She couldn’t keep taking up

work. By a little

car and video calling Aaron. As she chatted with him, she

Ellie from the emergency lane near the building while carrying a late–night snack. Ellie hung up the phone and noticed the sudden change in

Diana tossed something over her

Ellie spun around. Not too far away, a

every hair on her body standing on end. She

Ellie grabbed Diana’s arm, her palm slick with

and a fishing hat, he seemed pretty

of my way to get you your favorite late–night snack. Now it’s all ruined,”

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