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!”

his mother was trying to imply something, so he asked, “What do you mean?”

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

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

old lady’s face sank. “Have I not made myself clear

Won’t it be a slap in our faces if we just let them move back here? You said it yourself back then that she will forever

As much as I don’t want us 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

daughter dearly too, but he did not dare 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

mother was planning to welcome Diane’s family back.

in the past few

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