When Justin and Bella returned to their room, Justin recounted everything he knew about Zoe and Bethany.

He could have kept it to himself and dealt with it privately, but he was well aware that hiding things from his wife was a grave mistake. Angering Bella could result in her withholding affection for days or even weeks, a thought that was unbearable.

Bella listened quietly, but her beautiful eyes narrowed, emitting an intense, chilling light.

"Carrie has endured so much and suffered so greatly. Her own sister, Bethany, is largely to blame." Her voice was dripping with anger.

In the next moment, she grabbed a teacup and smashed it on the floor.

he quickly took her hand, checking it carefully and soothing her gently. "Bella, getting angry harms your health. It's not worth it to hurt yourself over someone like

all fingers are not the same length, Bethany is like an extra sixth finger, a genetic mutation." Bella's usually sweet and clear voice was now hoarse with anger. "How can two people from the same womb be so different? When Shannon was pregnant and forced her way into the family, didn't the old man

“Grandpa did a paternity test back then. The results

be bribed. Shannon managed to hide the fact that she killed someone for twenty

He wasn't impatient or dismissive. He had the same suspicions but had been too

with the Hoffman family and the framing of Carrie," Justin said, his arm wrapping around her waist and his hand wandering

Shannon's protection, she will fall quickly." Bella leaned into

we need a way that will hurt her without harming us."

about the Salvador family.

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