Cecilia was on the phone, her voice cracking through sobs of despair.
Percival frowned deeply, "What in the world is going on?"
"Your dad, I caught him cheating!" Cecilia's voice was almost a shout, overwhelmed by the shock of what she had witnessed.
Percival paused, not quite comprehending, "What did you say?"
His dad caught cheating?
That had to be a joke.
Everyone who knew Nathan was aware of his devotion to his wife.
Cecilia had been the apple of Nathan's eye for years, never wanting for anything.
And now she was talking about catching him cheating?
Percival thought it sounded like a bad punchline.
"Your dad and Mara Boyd..." Cecilia couldn't finish, breaking down into tears again.
Percival's expression darkened.
Mara?
had almost forgotten
nothing but kind to her, treating her like her own daughter, and she would not
left Mara and Huxley Boyd because she knew they
track down Abigail, finding her exact whereabouts was another challenge,
plan had been to deal with the Abernathy and
they had made
Fine by her!
they were
silence, Percival sternly told Cecilia, "Vivienne
the phone without
into a
at the grand entrance
by the door, which closed firmly behind Percival
been crying upstairs, threatening to divorce the sir!" the
was in the west-side
from crying, "Nathan, how could you do this to me? After all the years, the children we've raised
face anyone after
Vivienne entered the room just in time to hear Cecilia's lament, their expressions
son and daughter-in-law, Cecilia's grievances poured out like a flood, "Percival, Vivienne, thank heavens you're here. I
pointed accusingly at Nathan, who looked equally distressed, clad in his robe, "I don't know what happened. I woke up and found her next to me! I can't
out, I'll never
his gaze landing on Mara, who was trying to
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