Beyond the Divorce

The people in the hall suddenly fell silent as we waited for Arthur's speech.

Like us, everyone here was speculating about the purpose of the Morgan family's invitation.

Arthur cheerfully said, "Everyone here at this Morgan family gathering today are my dear friends and relatives. Perhaps you're curious about why I invited you all here today?"

We all looked at each other, and someone loudly said, "Yes! Stop keeping us in suspense, Mr. Arthur! We've been trying to guess what this is all about!"

Arthur laughed heartily. He was clearly very happy.

Then he loudly declared, "I have some good news to announce! This is the engagement banquet of my daughter Mia Morgan and the son of the President of the Monora Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Leonard's son, Ernest Tomlinson!" There was instantly an uproar, with people complaining, "This isn't right, Mr. Arthur! You should have told us this was such a big event. Look, we..."

"That's right, Mr. Arthur, you were wrong to do this!"

have brought gifts! This is a

"Thank you all! This is the first happy event for the

I can't throw a big party for my daughter's engagement, but I wanted everyone to share in my joy, so I held this little banquet for my friends and relatives to witness and share the Morgan family's happiness!" "Those who are here are my trusted confidants and family members. We won't accept any

nodded in admiration, praising Arthur's

said, "So that's why we haven't

shouted again, "Now, let's welcome the

over such an occasion. At this moment, he was a kind and respectable patriarch, and a good father figure. Arthur was clearly satisfied

his integrity by planning a small, low-key engagement

he

peered up at the staircase with great anticipation,

"Not just anyone can