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.

if she did smash it over Mr. Remington Dashiell's head, he'd still have

gaze,

missus ever bring herself to do

Gardenia had returned, eventually helping him to the emergency exit, a hint of a smile appearing

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

where Liz was born, the list of

unsure why Remington was suddenly

but I haven't

Lizetta's background, given she wasn't originally from

that investigation had been put on hold,

Remington, his

his iPad and quickly

Remington's fingers swiftly scrolled through the document,

Elsa Madden!

also given birth at Rainbow Hospital, to

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

Bernice Madden's only daughter2 Why would Ms. Madden give birth in a small hospital in Zion City, and Andrea shares the same

trailed off, realizing the

Madden mistaking the missus, could it not