Chapter 34

Severin smiled and clinked glasses with them before drinking his glass of red wine.

The Shanahans had just returned home by then. As soon as they got out of the car, Catherine asked Felicia, “Just how much do you know about Severin? How could he rub shoulders with someone like Henry? Henry was being so respectful to him too, and judging from that attitude, he probably holds Severin in very high regard!”

Felicia suddenly smiled awkwardly. “We have no idea either. Diane refused to tell anyone who Selene’s father was, and we didn’t even know that he was the same person who offended Easton five

years ago. It was only today that we found out that Selene’s father is an ex-convict!”

The old lady frowned, looked at Felicia and William. “You’re well aware that the rules are always used against those who are powerless. Since Severin was imprisoned back then, we can be sure that he used to be an ordinary person with neither money nor power. However, having Henry’s protection right now means that there is more to Severin than it appears on the surface. There must be something special about him!”

mother was trying to imply something, so he asked, “What do

years since then. I think you should let Diane and her family move back here. What are three extra mouths to feed? We can still afford to expenses to take

to hear that and immediately sought to confirm what Catherine just said.” Do I understand you correctly, Mom? Are we letting bygones be bygones?

old lady’s face sank. “Have I not

Won’t it be a slap in our faces if we just let them

to face all that shame, the fact is that we already have. What am I supposed to do? Shove the child back into the mother’s womb? Severin might be more capable than we think. We’ll let them move back with us, and then bit by bit we’ll try to get him to open up about his relationship

to go against his mother’s decision to drive Diane out. That, coupled with Felicia’s temper, deterred him from visiting Diane and Selene. Even so, he did visit them secretly a few times in private

happy to hear that his mother was planning to welcome

a wise choice, Mom! Diane suffered a lot in the past few years, and I’m sure she knows

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