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!"

ignored her

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Lana was hiding something-something Lancelot knew and probably blackmailed her 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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was still denying the allegations, so the full story

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on her bump. She couldn't bring herself to

the bed. Everything was already set. By the weekend, she'd

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never been so nervous to see Kage

the wine counter, where he took some

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

strap of her bag as she

at her before taking

concerning what had happened. He thought it was a good reason to have

is the work of Sylvie. She doesn't want you two to get married and decided

mind. He snapped at his mother, warning her

too small to influence the decision of the whole family-especially those who were so determined to prove a point

T

nothing, simply refilling

Kage said

about this whole ruckus. But I need you to know my mother would never hurt anyone, let alone

it filled her with a

Your

looked at her. "There's no reason you know of that

"My mother and Lancelot have

"Okay." He shrugged.

last of his

Where are you going?" Lana

room. I need to

lips moved to speak, but no words were formed.

It was Saturday.

the mirror, her heart beating faster

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dress. This was supposed to be the best day of her life,