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!"

her

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

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Rebecca was still denying the allegations, so

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her bump. She couldn't bring herself to care.

was already set. By the weekend, she'd

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house, she found him at the wine counter,

She was happy their relationship had gotten better. Turned out it couldn't

She fiddled Iwith the strap of her bag as she

glanced at her before taking his

had happened. He thought it was a good reason to have the wedding postponed, but his

Sylvie. She doesn't want you

snapped at his mother, warning her never to lay such accusations against

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

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mother would never hurt anyone, let alone a member of this family. This is a setup, and I'm sure with time, the truth will

scoff, and it filled her

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no reason you know of that

Lancelot have

"Okay." He shrugged.

of his drink before standing

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room. I need

no words were

It was Saturday.

stood before the mirror, her heart beating faster

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perfect-her hair, her makeup, her dress. This was supposed to be the best day