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.”

and not dwell on such depressing topics. Aaron, after dinner, take Ellie to the hospital for her shift,” Joanna said, unable to stomach such grim details due

“Got it, Mom. I’ll take Ellie to the

expressions on everyone’s faces. She said, “Mom, Jason, Whitney, I’m fine now. I can

no matter how late it was. Even on weekends, Joanna wouldn’t feel at ease unless Aaron

looking out for her well–being and concerned about her. But she was an

her drive herself to work. By a little after 7:30 PM, Ellie had safely parked her car in the emergency parking lot

after stepping out of her car and video calling Aaron. As she chatted with him, she walked towards the hospital’s outpatient building, utterly unaware

building while carrying a late–night snack. Ellie hung up the phone and noticed

Diana tossed something over her

far away, a stranger

to the spot, every hair on her body standing on end.

her palm slick with

though he was wearing a mask and a fishing hat, he seemed pretty young. Probably thought you were

working the night shift tonight, and I went out of my way to get you your favorite late–night

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