— “Dad, why?” Marco asked.

Holden lowered his voice.

““Your mother wants to invite people from Wiltspoon to dinner.

Do you think that’s a good idea? Even if she’s trying to do something good, they won’t accept It.

They’re set on getting revenge for the previous matriarch.” Noel added, “They can only suspect that Mom was involved in the previous matriarch’s death, but they have no proof.” ‘“They’re people of status,” Holden replied.

“They wouldn’t do anything without evidence.

If they did, they’d risk jail.

They have more to lose.” Sage nodded in agreement.

Marco said thoughtfully, “I heard the previous matriarch’s assistant has returned.

He’s almost a hundred years old and still alive.

He’s back in Jensburg and knows a lot about what happened.

This isn’t simple.

someone reported that

had a private

Mom can’t escape this.

loyal

else can command

if Mom has a

“I really don’t know.

mother never discusses

only thing she talked to me about was the marriages of our

doesn’t trust me enough to tell me anything else.” Holden’s

to build a

always so strict

much he did for her, she never trusted him, even though they had been married for decades and had four children

just a means to

have babies through IVF without marriage, Clarissa probably wouldn’t have

didn’t have the courage

elsewhere, though he never thought of divorcing

much in the marriage to walk

to stay until Kathryn became the matriarch, hoping his patience

when Kathryn was replaced, his feelings

much as

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