Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

"Mama D, as mothers, you have to see what's happening here. Lizetta, she's not just ignoring me, her own mom, but she's letting one of the help push me around. Look at me, I'm all bruised up from it... Let go!"

Daisy struggled once more, her hand swiping across Zora's face in the process.

Hanna's face turned stormy as she barked at Zora, "Let her go!"

It wasn't that she felt sorry for Daisy; she just thought the whole scene was embarrassingly tacky. If Daisy wanted to leave, Hanna thought she should just disappear quietly. As the matriarch of the Dashiell household, Mrs. Hanna Dashiell had always carried an aura of authority.

Zora flinched, panic flashing across her face, ready to release Daisy.

Lizetta quickly interjected, "Don't let her go!"

Zora, acting on instinct, tightened her grip. With her strength from years of caregiving, Daisy had no chance of breaking free.

Daisy's eyes burned with desperation as she appealed to Hanna again.

my fault for not raising my daughter right. She mistreats me, her own mother, and doesn't

don't," Lizetta

Hanna, you must've heard about me and Remington filing for divorce. If you really can't bear to let me go and still want to act as my mother-in-law, I

threatening me?!" Hanna's face

just smiled lightly, "Just a

a cold laugh through gritted teeth and turned

assertion. Was being a lifesaver that easy? Although grateful

Hanna didn't give her a chance to argue and walked

Zora. "The

secretly record. This morning, as soon as she arrived, I hid the recorder under Mr. Gardenia's pillow. After Jolin left, I tried to retrieve it, but she came back, saw the recorder, and

Zora explained.

cold look and began to

her dropped wig and