Chapter 319



Ernest's eyes suddenly narrowed, and I instinctively tightened my grip on him. "Really?"

"Why would you think that?" he countered.

I was about to tell him it was something Jacqueline mentioned when, from a distance, Susie's voice called out to me, "Hey Licia, your phone's been ringing off the hook."

She was hurrying over, even though she shouldn't be running with her weak heart.

"Got it, I'm on it," I said, sliding off Ernest's lap and rushing over to Susie.

The caller was Jacqueline, and she'd tried several times. It seemed she had something urgent to discuss.

"Jacqueline," I answered the phone.

"Felicia, why haven't you been answering? Is everything okay?" Jacqueline asked, her voice laced with anxiety.

"No, I just didn't have my phone on me."

She let out a sigh of relief. "I got so worried, imagining all sorts of things."

next time," I promised, then

furious," came Jacqueline's

"Who's got you riled

me, I'd have his head," Jacqueline's fierce side was showing.

was still the Wagner family. As long as I had ties with the Wagners, Conrad's name would inevitably

do this time?" I asked, playing

of that woman, and now he's just vanished,"

I had heard from Dustin it was Herschel

the situation without needing to pry further. "Jacqueline, he's

Al, he's done with the Wagner family for

he

take care of us,

can't fulfill his duties as a son anymore, even left the company in his hands,

writing a will. It's clear, he wants nothing to do with us

a loss

their

I had with Ernest on the plane, I ventured,. "Jacqueline, maybe he just spoke in anger,

reasons."

sharply, "What reasons could he

was speechless at

trying

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