When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 96

From a short distance away, a voice I recognized all too well drifted over to me,

My father-in-law, Albert, appeared with his rainbow-colored sunglasses and a Hawaiian shirt, looking like he’d just returned from another one of his escapades on some tropical

island.

Albert was a classic playboy who never grew out of his wild, youthful ways. And at the time, he was just an older version of that carefree spirit.

Upon seeing him, Margaret burst into tears. “Oh, Albert, I’m so glad you’re back. It’s been so hard for me these days.”

“Did Bryant mistreat you?” Albert slid his sunglasses up to rest on his head, fixing his gaze on Bryant. “I’ve told you a hundred times that you must take good care of Margaret. I leave for just two days, and she ends up in the hospital?”

I couldn’t help but feel a storm of annoyance brewing inside me, looking for a chance to escape the drama.

too.

suddenly noticed me and flashed a satisfied grin. “Jane? You’re here, I greeted him

how it should be. You should

standing up to him was another story-he was, after all, my

his voice cold. “Since you’re back, she’s

that, Bryant made to leave with

called out in anger and frustration, but Bryant ignored her, following me

more slowly than usual, and he matched

until we reached the elevator that I turned to face him. “Are

clean break was what we

Chapter 96

thought I was asking him out, his eyes

hall.” I

a month-long cooling-off period, when it was over, Timothy’s eightieth birthday celebration would have long passed. By then, we could cleanly get

the subject. “You just had a check-up the other day. Why are you back at the hospital? Dean Burton

medical report the other day, which was

all