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.

Wiping his mouth with a napkin, he said, “It’s a

means your

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

one way

to maintain his grip on power. He doesn’t want a son; he wants a

it wasn’t surprising. In these powerful families, fights for control often left little

the sole heir to

taking

the

power. But time waits for ho one,

a new

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

in power, Hanson couldn’t continue living as

Confronted with fatherly affection,

easily list

indiscretions. Hanson’s support

Palmer, an illegitimate son,

from a desire for a compliant heir, a “filial

you to be safe. If your father and Palmer make a move, don’t confront them