"I disagree, there's no need to test me."

Staring at the disconnected call, Quincy was somewhat baffled.

Yet, at the same time, she felt her suspicions were increasingly justified! The more Everett sulked and scowled, the more Quincy was convinced that something real was going wrong between him and Dorothy, not just a show put on for her benefit.

For now, all she had to do was sit back and watch.

If Dorothy became a lost cause, she'd need to make plans accordingly.

After Jonathan hung up the call with Ronin, he turned to look at his son, feeling more puzzled by the day.

"You... don't plan to marry Dorothy, you want to marry Quincy now?"

That call was made at Everett's behest, intended for his father to relay messages he couldn't say directly, playing the part perfectly.

"No, Dorothy is the only one I'll marry."

"Then why did you-" Jonathan frowned, "I said I don't care about your dealings with Dorothy. If you want to marry her, go ahead. But then you make me call, insisting on bringing Quincy into our family!" "I have my reasons."

his point had been made, got up to

been hard on me. With all this guessing, I feel like I'm about to

threaten you, and you want to break

after all, understood his son and the Caldwell family's way of handling

"Yeah."

Everett nodded in acknowledgment.

of doing things, I won't say anymore, Jonathan patted his son's shoulder. "If you need me,

make

have no right to hold a grudge. The one wronged isn't

Dorothy forgives or not, Everett never wanted to

left the house and as soon as he

don't you think you should consider another plan? I feel like... your plan might end up losing on

the car engine, furrowing his brows,

you get

again, but then because of some misunderstanding,

"I'm betting Dorothy won't."

around, maybe. But Karen said if you mess with her sister, she'd set Dorothy up with new guy, let Abigail

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