She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 397:

Ethel blinked, stunned. Her eyes widened with disbelief.

She stammered, “You—you…”

“Hmm?” Freya remained gentle.

“You just said… Dad?” Ethel stammered. Ever since their fallout two years ago, Freya had refused to utter that word once in reference to Hugh.

Yet now, she had.

It felt almost unreal.

Freya’s world had fallen apart, and somehow, through the wreckage, she had come to see things more clearly.

She had grown—shed the need to draw strength from old ideas of family.

still-damp

so upset with him before?” Ethel asked cautiously. “Now that things

then,” Freya said. “Now I

desire to untangle the past any longer, nor

soon after her mother’s passing had felt like a betrayal—like he’d traded love for convenience. But now, she saw another side. Two people denied their first loves, cornered by tradition. Surely, regret weighed heavily on them

scratched her head, visibly

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marry Ms. Newman if he wants to? Does

accepted her,” Freya clarified, her usual calm returning.

two decades ago, Hugh had no control over his own marriage. Now, even if Cheryl wasn’t someone Freya liked, she

behind my back.” Ethel pouted and stepped into the room uninvited. “To protest this betrayal, I’ve decided—I’m sleeping on your bed

Freya sighed.

What a child!

like a small whirlwind of joy, “and I shall jokingly compete with

pillow to the sofa before sliding under