Dorothy’s body tensed up, her reaction nearly answering the question for him.

She desperately wanted to ask Everett when he’d started suspecting her. She thought she had hidden it so well.

Seeing her silence, Everett pressed on, “It was Heather, wasn’t it? I’ll call her over and you can deal with her as you see fit.”

“Don’t!” Dorothy finally spoke up, “I don’t need you to intervene. I can handle this myself.”

“Don’t worry about my mom. I’ll talk to her.”

By hook or by crook, he would get what he wanted.

Amanda surely wouldn’t turn against her son over Heather. And Heather had definitely tarnished her standing in Amanda’s eyes after the recent accident in which she hurt Everett.

“I really don’t need it, Everett. Please, stay out of this.”

Dorothy tried to walk away, but Everett pulled her back.

“There’s really nothing between Heather and me.”

“I know that!”

she still doubted anything between Everett and Heather now,

“Dorothy…”

a weary smile, clearly wanting to drop the subject, “Everett, I don’t want to incriminate anyone without evidence. If we just use your family clout to pin this on Heather,

a fair and just

Heather out, he would do it

wanted that, she could’ve just confronted Heather and Amanda back in the day, making sure

you find

I need to do this on my

might not be willing to

Jeffrey’s place without

thought Jeffrey, who clearly had no respect for anyone, would force her hand

all he did was lock the door and take her

you playing at? I need

it’s late and your parents are asleep. They have

eyes at him, “Ever heard of being

a glass of iced water, and only then noticed that his knuckles were bleeding and bruised from

tell Dorothy first

laugh. He downed his iced water and then licked his mouth, “He’s all cuddled up with his wife and sleeping soundly. Why would he

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