Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 16

“So you’re up to speed on Joseph’s condition, right? I know you overheard me talking with Wilma that night.”

Lizetta nodded, about to offer Hanna a few comforting words, when she continued, “You and Remington better get cracking on making a baby.”

Lizetta choked. Clearly, her mother–in–law had taken the reins and decided for her. Whether or not to have a kid was never really her call to make.

Thank goodness she’d had enough of this life!

“There’s no way Remington and I can have a child. I just asked the doctor, and he said with Joseph’s

condition…”

Joseph’s illness wasn’t at the point where a bone marrow transplant was necessary, and even if it was an emergency, there wouldn’t be time to pop out a kid. Plus, the odds of Lizetta’s baby being a match were slim.

With medicine advancing at lightning speed, leukemia wasn’t a death sentence anymore, especially for a well–connected family like the Dashiells.

Hanna was obviously freaking out, barking up the wrong tree. If having a baby was the only way to save Joseph, with the bond between Lizetta and Joseph, she’d be willing to make that sacrifice without Hanna pulling all the strings.

“Shut your trap! You have to have this child!” Hanna cut her off.

frown, she

in 10 million if you deliver, 30 million if it’s a

stirring her coffee, as if she

carrot.

ice–cold. In Hanna’s eyes, her child was just a bargaining chip,

dress, her mind replaying the moment Jolin had left the Dashiell family

Hanna’s contemptuous sneer.

Remington be outsmarted by such

upset. It’s just 2 thousand; think of it as tossing a

bitter memories made Lizetta stand up

in the middle of a divorce, so no more babies. You’re 52, not menopausal yet, right? If you really think you need a baby to

purse and left, leaving Hanna sitting there, dumbstruck, unable to

from another

Hanna Dashiell, what’s wrong? Did Mrs. Lizetta Dashiell get under your skin

wasted their time on her; even a dog knows to be loyal to its master! She’s making up crazy lies like divorce just to avoid having

to the hospital, pushed open the door

were both there.