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.

he said, “It’s a bit complicated, but in short, Bryant did me a favor and put a halt to Hanson Ford’s plans to push Palmer into a position of

that means your

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

one way

his eyes, “That man married my mother for her wealth, and suppressed me to maintain his grip on power. He doesn’t

In these powerful families, fights for control often left little

the sole heir

naturally taking

the

But time waits for ho one, and he

needed a new

His illegitimate siblings didn’t even qualify for the family tree, let alone

strained since he betrayed Gregory’s mother, and with Gregory in power, Hanson couldn’t continue living

Confronted with fatherly affection,

could easily list

indiscretions. Hanson’s support

Palmer, an illegitimate son,

from a desire for a compliant heir, a

If your father and Palmer make a move, don’t confront them