Helen kept striding menacingly toward Gina, snapping, "What about Dad? You kept telling me he dumped you and is living like a king here!"

"Well..." Gina sighed exasperatedly, knowing that the cat was out of the bag. "It was an accident. I-I didn't mean to do harm."

"Fine, even if you didn't, what were you trying to do with his estate?!" Helen snarled, gritting her teeth so hard that they could break. "Why were you stopping me from reaching out to Uncle Gavin and the rest of the family but so keen on having us Northstream Lanes being taken back?!"

"I. Uh."

Gina's eyes were darting away—she had excuses for anything else but not this question because the persons involved were right there with them!

Having no choice, she started throwing a fit just to change the subject. "Oh, Helen! Don't you know that you've just killed us all? It's not just us Northstream Lanes, but even the Southstream Lanes too!"

Oh my god. can't you just see that no one loves me? And even when I had a daughter, she kept making life hard for me

shaking with rage even as she watched Gina throw her tantrum all over the floor—what on earth had she done to

to protect the family and yourself, you just give into Chaz Graves and

Cindy

but she's still your mother and we'd rather not hand her over to the Graves family. Why don't you talk to Chaz when he arrives and follow through with the wedding? No one's

uncle's

to Chaz, and nothing of value will be lost! We'd even earn the

matters according to their importance, Helen. You're an adult—and a strong, independent woman! I mean,

Southstream Lanes would be ready to help. You won't suffer

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