When Love Breaks by Jack

It was around this time that life seemed to finally be going my way.

Mentioning Bryant Ferguson made me pause-a momentary lapse that felt like a lifetime had passed.

These days, it felt like the struggling, pain-ridden Jane of the past had been cleaved in two, leaving a new me in her place.

Gregory pinched my cheek, “Daydreaming?”

“No, not really.”

I shook my head, unable to pin down my feelings, and followed his lead, “Is this about Bryant?”

I knew Bryant’s influence had been creeping towards Vista Town again.

But his helping Gregory seemed both unexpected and somehow anticipated.

He wasn’t a bad person, not really.

You could even say he was good a great boss, a dutiful grandson, a loving adoptive son, a caring step-brother… just not a great husband.

The world where I was the only one hurt somehow felt justified.

a napkin, he said, “It’s a bit complicated, but in short, Bryant did me a favor

that means your

his father we were talking about, and corrected, “He won’t

way

suppressed me to maintain his grip on power.

powerful families, fights for control

was the sole heir to

taking

in the privileges of

for ho one, and he

needed a new

the only choice. His illegitimate siblings didn’t even qualify for the

mother, and with Gregory in power, Hanson couldn’t continue living as before. After

Confronted with fatherly affection,

could easily list

indiscretions. Hanson’s support

Palmer, an illegitimate son,

a compliant heir, a “filial son” who would do

If your father and Palmer make a move, don’t confront them head-on. Even without the Ford family’s power, we can