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!"

my daughter, and now you've killed us all! I'll kill you! 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 and ran into a jinx that brought on our collective demise. Oh, Helen. I'm so sorry. Just

Gina throw her tantrum all over

hands still being bound. "Helen, there's only one thing to do now. If you want to protect the family and yourself, you just give into Chaz

Southstream Lanes' eyes lit up at Cindy words—why did they

crimes are unforgivable, 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 suggestion

lost! We'd even earn the favor of the Graves and the Lionhearts—that's just a fairytale

Helen. You're an adult—and a strong, independent woman! I mean, the CEO

Lanes would be ready to help. You won't

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