— “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.

reported that

had a private

Mom can’t escape this.

assistant, loyal only to

else can command

really not know if Mom has a gun?”

“I really don’t know.

never discusses

she talked to me about was the marriages of our

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

his past mistakes, he genuinely wanted to build a good life with Clarissa when they

always so strict with him,

she never trusted him, even though they had been married for

just a means to have

had allowed women to have babies through IVF without marriage, Clarissa probably wouldn’t

but didn’t have the courage

emotional support elsewhere, though

too much in the marriage

planned to stay until Kathryn became the matriarch, hoping his

Kathryn was

as much as he

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