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!"

jinx! You bastard! You had to seduce 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

with rage even as she watched Gina throw her tantrum all over the floor—what on

her 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 Graves and beg when he arrives, then promise to properly marry him. You can blame everything on Frank—everyone will be fine after that,

lit up at Cindy words—why did

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 losing anything, and

Helen! Your uncle's suggestion makes

will be lost! We'd even earn the favor of the Graves and the

speaking up. "Surely you know how to weigh matters according to their importance, Helen. You're an adult—and a strong, independent woman! I mean, the

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

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