Secret Admiration: Finding True Love After Prison

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Lydia quickly jumped to Malcolm's defense. "Mom, please calm down. Dad and Meryl were just fooling around. It wasn't serious. Meryl isn't hurt. Why should we make such a scene as a family?"

Bianca scoffed, "Sure, Meryl's not hurt now. But if she had been harmed even slightly, Malcolm wouldn't be standing here so casually."

Malcolm tried to smooth things over with Bianca, swallowing his pride. "Honey, our son's graduating and coming home soon. He'll be looking for a wife before we know it. Shouldn't we keep the peace in the family? Can't you let me off the hook just this once?" Bianca shot him a cold look before turning to Meryl. "Fine. Then apologize to Meryl."

Malcolm, being a man in his fifties, found it hard to swallow his pride and apologize to someone younger.

But under Bianca's pressure, he decided to pacify her first.

He approached Meryl, keeping his manner reasonably civil.

"Meryl, you know

know your dad has a terrible temper. I tend to lose my cool at the slightest thing. I was wrong today. I acted too rashly. Can you forgive your dad?"

As Meryl remained silent, Bianca pressed. "What exactly did you

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simple argument. I shouldn't have made her leave her home. It is her house! She can come back whenever she wants and stay as long as she likes." Malcolm's apology seemed genuinely sincere.

Several months ago, being thrown out of the house had left quite an impression on him.

With the weather getting colder, if he got kicked out again, he wouldn't even be able to enjoy Christmas properly.

"Meryl," Lydia pleaded, "Dad's already humbled himself so much. Can't you just let it go?"

Malcolm was touched by how Lydia seemed to feel about his

situation.

Indeed, his sweet daughter's affection hadn't been misplaced.

Meryl couldn't stand watching their performance anymore.

Without another word, she turned towards the stairs. "I'm tired. I'm going up to rest."

No one dared stop her.

m

Malcolm turned hopefully to Bianca. "Honey, does this mean Meryl's forgiven me? Can I keep sleeping on your room's floor?" Bianca just snorted, saying nothing.

silence as agreement and hurried outside to collect his

following behind

a tear, putting on a show of

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here. How can Mom treat you

was all too aware of how

let out a

the household to now being under Bianca's thumb-Malcolm

anymore. As long as the company was doing well, he could live with being humbled at home. At

and whispered, "Mom says she loves you deeply, and she'll wait

went to see your mom in

forced Lydia to cut ties with Sandra,

she possibly ignore her

at home. She asked me to tell

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the knots in your

silent for

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her because she

now, Malcolm didn't dare fool around with Sandra

got

career for a woman just wasn't worth

now, he wouldn't entertain any other

dismissively. "Tell your mom to find someone else

clothes and headed back

room.

at Malcolm's retreating

a man and get

most of her life with Malcolm, and now that she was past her prime, where would she find

to their interests, they wouldn't hesitate to

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in these bitter thoughts, Lydia didn't leave but instead went upstairs

""What is it?"

school reunion, are

aback. A

class vice president, Lydia had the

was about to decline when

reunion in a few days? I'm buying a fur coat. Once I put on my battle gear, I'm going to steal the

She'd planned to skip it, but knowing Anne would insist on her coming along,

then. The exact location will be

gave Meryl a sly smile. "You look exhausted. Haven't you been sleeping these past

Uncle Chandler's heart is colder than I imagined. Weren't you two

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