"Dad, why?" Marco asked.

Holden lowered his voice. "Your mother wants to invite people from Wiltspoon to dinner. Do you think that's a good idea? Even if she's trying to do something good, they won't accept it. They're set on getting revenge for the previous matriarch."

Noel added, "They can only suspect that Mom was involved in the previous matriarch's death, but they have no proof."

"They're people of status," Holden replied. "They wouldn't do anything without evidence. If they did, they'd risk jail. They have more to lose." Sage nodded in agreement.

hundred years old and still alive. He's back in Jensburg and knows a lot about what happened. This isn't simple. Plus, someone reported that Mr. Dunn had a private gun. Mom can't escape this. He's her assistant, loyal only to her. No one else can command him. Dad, do you really not know if Mom has

with him, always suspicious. No matter how much he did for her, she never

a means to have children. If medical technology back then had allowed

sought emotional support elsewhere, though he never thought of divorcing Clarissa. He had invested too much in the marriage to walk away. He planned to stay until Kathryn

replaced, his feelings shifted. He loved Shiloh as much as he loved Clarissa. He wanted to build a deep father-daughter bond with Shiloh, believing that

her twenties when she returned. It was too late to form

remained distant from

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