Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Remington Dashiell stepped forward, bending down to pick up the vase that had fallen.

Faintly, he heard the distant murmur of conversation from the room next door, mingled with the voices of two young men.

One was Jerome Madden, and the other sounded like Hogan White.

Quite the gathering, it seemed.

Remington's lips tightened slightly as he held the vase, turning back to the adjacent room.

Ray couldn't help but show a trace of sentiment as he saw Remington enter with the vase in hand.

"The flowers the boss went through so much trouble to get, and it's been less than an hour since they sneaked into the lady's room before being discovered," Ray remarked with a slight shake of his head.

He hurried forward to take the vase. "The missus didn't destroy the flowers; they came out looking pretty good. Guess she's not that mad at you after all."

Ray tried to comfort Remington.

Remington gave him a glance and scoffed, "You think because she didn't smash the vase over my head, it's an improvement, huh?"

Ray indeed thought so. After all, the lady might very well have done just that under other circumstances.

smash it over Mr. Remington Dashiell's head,

gaze, Ray immediately shook his

could the missus ever bring

to when Lizetta Gardenia had returned, eventually helping him

Nelson Madden's recent attitude toward him. Sitting on the hospital

the list of mothers from that

unsure why Remington was suddenly bringing

haven't had the chance to

been digging into Lizetta's background, given she wasn't originally from the Gardenia

investigation had been put on hold,

me," demanded Remington, his voice

fetching his iPad and quickly pulling up

scrolled through the document, they

Elsa Madden!

at Rainbow Hospital, to a baby girl, Andrea

noticing the change in Remington's demeanor, glanced at the screen and

give birth in a small hospital

trailed off, realizing the

Bernice Madden mistaking the missus, could it