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
kind to her, treating her like her own daughter, and she would not stand for anyone
Mara and Huxley Boyd
could track down Abigail, finding her exact whereabouts was another challenge, given her
to deal with the Abernathy and Perez families
had made the
Fine by her!
like they were
silence, Percival sternly told Cecilia, "Vivienne
the phone without another
was usually a fifteen-minute drive turned into a
up at the grand entrance
rows of neatly dressed servants waiting by the
been crying upstairs, threatening to divorce the sir!"
was in the west-side
eyes red and voice hoarse from crying, "Nathan, how could you do this to me? After all the years, the children we've raised together, and now Isolde, taking
can't face
room just in time to hear Cecilia's
grievances poured out like a flood, "Percival, Vivienne, thank
know what happened. I woke up and found her next to me! I can't remember anything else!" Despite his protests, Cecilia refused to listen, her
out, I'll never forgive you,
room, his gaze landing on Mara, who was
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