At the mention of it, Jasper couldn't help but grimace.

He knew it was coming!

Yorick was on a warpath!

And Arthur, always stirring the pot!

Rising to his feet, Jasper cast a cold glance at Arthur. "Aren't you going to deal with this?"

Arthur, ever so calmly, picked up his fork. "Dad, I'm now Arthur South. Your son. And a son's problems? That's for a father to solve."

Bold as brass, he was!

Jasper was speechless.

Outside, Yorick had waited for quite some time without seeing Arthur emerge and decided to storm in.

Seeing Arthur still calmly eating his meal infuriated Yorick to the brink of explosion!

"You ungrateful wretch! How dare you still eat? Who gave you the right to change your surname? Is 'Linklater' too shabby for you?" Before Arthur could respond, Yorick turned to Jasper, fuming, "And changing it to 'South'? Jasper Perez, playing smart, are you? With all your sons, and now you're poaching mine? Think I'm too old to fight back?"

rage, he simply sat down and responded indifferently, "Your son insisted on changing his surname. What's that

trample all over us?" "Rubbish!" Yorick bellowed. "He's been on the battlefield; when

shock. "The person you've been searching for... It's not Karen, is

woman named Winnie after returning home. Twenty years ago, Arthur had a girlfriend named Winnie, but they had separated due

prompting Yorick to leverage his resources to

their forties and none married, the Linklater lineage was in jeopardy. If Winnie could be found and marry Arthur, perhaps it would set a precedent for

that Arthur had changed his surname to 'South' and moved to the Perez residence with the intention of staying there permanently, Yorick was livid. He couldn't

"She even bore me

gestured towards Vivienne, "A remarkable

Arthur's past prejudices against Vivienne seemed a

blurted

high hopes for her; I wanted to introduce her

my granddaughter! This is news I'll be

attend due to her condition, but worry not. We'll make it up

Vivienne remained silent.

joy seemed boundless, Arthur calmly interjected, "My father-in-law disapproves of my marriage to Karen. So, I changed my surname. Dad, you

dare object to

a change of surname? Ridiculous! I barely have a grandchild to speak of, and now you

surname! And Vivienne must take on the Linklater name! Over my dead body will

on the table, "Enough with your yelling! He got my daughter pregnant and disappeared for over twenty years. You think you have the right to demand?

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