Nine months too late: After divorce by Baby Charlene

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It was a big shock to the Harper family when the authorities showed up to arrest Rebecca. Despite their struggles and arrogance, Rebecca was taken into custody. She kept raining curses, insisting she didn't know anything about the allegations.

"What do you even think I am? My daughter's trying to marry into that family this weekend. Why in God's name would I want to kill him?" she yelled at the officers in the interrogation room. "We're as curious as you are, Mrs. Harper. Why do you want Lancelot dead?" the officer answered.

"I do not want him dead! I don't even know this Hailey nurse. How can you take her word over mine? Isn't it obvious someone's trying to plant discord here?"

The officer presented a paper to her. "This is Hailey's bank statement. It shows here that you made a payment into her account yesterday. What is it for? And how do you explain sending money to her when you claim you don't know her?" Rebecca glared hatefully at them. "Yesterday, I patronized a small business. That was the account detail that had been given to me. My God, it's obvious this is all a setup. I can't believe I fell for it."

Rebecca stood by her defenses even when her lawyer arrived. But in the end, she wasn't released, with Lancelot's family insisting on pushing the case forward.

Lana visited her. She cried uncontrollably in the room.

"What do we do, Mum? How can this even happen?" she whimpered. "The wedding might be canceled. If they believe you did it, it's over." She lowered her head and wept.

"You

I must stay strong, Lana!" Rebecca snapped. "I'll get out of this, okay? But for now, you must go out there and try to fix things."

"How?"

"Convince the Hawkins this is a setup. Remember, you're pregnant. The wedding must take place."

"You should've been more careful." Lana wiped her face, but the tears kept coming. "You should've been smart about this." "Well, how was I supposed to know the dimwit was going to get caught? And how would I know she'd rat me out?" "I don't care, Mum! But because of you, I might be losing the one thing that's most important to me."

Rebecca's face tightened. "You brat! Are you forgetting I am in this situation because of you? If you hadn't been so careless with opening your legs for just anyone, I wouldn't have a reason to want Lancelot dead."

Lana stood up. "It doesn't change the fact that you messed things up. You should've done a better job."

She picked up her bag and turned to leave. Rebecca's eyes darkened.

"How dare

you

walk out on me!? This is

your

fault!"

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probably blackmailed her with. That explained the argument and why he'd ended up with a gunshot the next day. Now he was almost killed

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that Rebecca was still denying the allegations, so the

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her hand on her bump. She couldn't bring herself to care. She was done with the whole drama and just

Everything was already set. By

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never been so nervous to see Kage

the wine counter, where

very cold towards her. She was happy their relationship had gotten better. Turned out

Iwith the strap of her bag as

before taking his

what had happened. He thought it was a good reason

"It's possible this is the work of Sylvie. She doesn't want you two to get married and decided to plant

lost his s mind. He snapped at his mother, warning her never to lay

wedding, but their unit and the power they held were too small to influence the decision of the whole family-especially those who were so determined to prove a point by making the wedding happen. Lana cleared her throat. "I was hoping I could

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simply refilling his

Kage said

whole ruckus. But I need you to know my mother would never hurt anyone, let alone a member of this family. This is a

scoff, and it filled her with a certain

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no reason you know of that

"My mother and Lancelot have never even

"Okay." He shrugged.

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going?" Lana asked when he began walking

room. I need

but no words were

It was Saturday.

the mirror, her heart beating faster than the

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looked perfect-her hair, her makeup, her dress. This was supposed to be the best day of her life, but with her mother still locked in jail, she