Everett couldn't bring himself to meet her gaze any longer, his eyes darting away. He had to keep his emotions under wraps. After all, the plan had Quincy hooked, and they were just a heartbeat away from securing the antidote for Dorothy...

"We... we broke up, but Abigail and Langston are my kids. I can't let them go abroad with you."

Dorothy's eyes widened in shock, staring at him in disbelief. "What do you mean? You want to keep the kids here?"

Karen, overhearing this, immediately got worked up. "The kids are Dorothy's. What right do you have? It's you who wanted the breakup, so what grounds do you have to make demands?"

Dorothy couldn't believe these words were coming from Everett. How could he change like this?

"The kids have to stay here, no matter what. I can't let you take them."

to leave Abigail and Langston

your family didn't approve, even causing Dorothy's mother's death. Did she ever blame you? She never thought of revenge, even went ahead to

mother caused the death of Dorothy's only kin. Have you ever thought about how Dorothy is supposed to live her life now? Oh, now your mother is

didn't want Karen to get more involved in this mess, especially since there was Jeffrey in the middle, making things awkward. But it was because

us handle this,

Karen's hand. But she shook it off, visibly upset, standing up for her

forget, it was you who begged Dorothy to be with you! If not for you,

headache from her accusations. He didn't like confronting women. Especially since Karen had a temper, and if a real

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