Chapter 56
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Stanley had just crushed a wineglass in his hand
Forthepastfewdays,hehadbeencompletely captivatedbyWendy’sbeauty,tothepointwherehenolongerrecognizedhimself.
He figured he would let her do whatever she wanted with Nathan She was nothing but a
temptress.
At the Crone family villa Jessica was sitting on the living rooms of a throwing a tantrum Dad Mom Stanley doesn tc are about me anymore
Harry lookedsurprised.”Jessica,howcouldStanleynotcareaboutyou?Hashegottenadivorce?Whenishegoingtomarryyou?”
Jessica stomped her feet in frustration Stanley hasn t even divorced Wendy yet It s all Wendy s fault She doesn t want to divorce him
Harry,withadispleasedexpression,glancedatLilian.”What’sgoingonhere?Isn’tWendyyourdaughter?Whydidn’tyoutellhertoknowherplace?Whydoesshealways getinJessica’sway?”
Lilianimmediatelysaidinagentletone,”Don’tworry,darling.I’llfigure outawaytogetthemdivorcedassoonaspossible.”
What are you going to do Harry asked clearly skeptical
Mom s 80 th birthday is coming up I have a perfect plan for the celebration I ll make sure it all plays out there Lilian said with as lys mile clearly confident in her idea
Harry patted Jessica s shoulder reassuringly Jessica just hold on for a few more days
Jessicastoodup. “I’mgoingupstairs.”
As Jessica went up Harry also got up intending to leave
Lilian stopped him Honey it s so late You don t need togo out tonight
EversinceLilian’sfailedattempttodrugWendy,HarryhadbeendistantwithLilian,spendingseveralnightsawayfromhome.Lilianhad beenleftaloneintheiremptybed.
Lilian cuddled up to Harry her fingers with bright red nails caressing his well toned chest seductively I ve missed you honey
Harry pushed her away I ll comeback home when Stanley finally divorces Wendy You know
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whattodo.”
With that Harry stormed out
Lilian’sexpressiondarkened.Sheknewthatoverthepastfewdays,Harryhadbeentangledupwithhis secretary.
She wasn t about to share her husband with any other woman
Now she just had to wait for the 80 th birthday party She had her plans to make sure Stanley and Wendy got divorced
Soon the 80 th birthday party for Edith was in full swing with the Crone family inviting all the high society families of Hove n dale Their estate was adorned with lights and festive decorations creating a lively atmosphere
Wendyhadalsoarrived.ShesawEdithsittinginachair,whilethesecondbranchoftheCronefamily–Harry,Lilian,andJessica–alongwiththe thirdbranch–Archer,NatalieDittman,andTrish–werestandingbesideher,payingtheirrespects.
Edith beamed with joy as she held Trish shand I heard that Trish is now Dr C eyl an s
assistant Is that true
ArcherandNatalielookedproud.”Ofcourseit’strue,Mom.Dr.Ceylanisarenownedmiracleworker,andshepersonallyselectedTrishto beherassistant.”
Wendy overhearing that could only smile tightly
“That’swonderful!Trishhasreallybroughthonor totheCronefamily,”Edithkeptrepeating.
Harry immediately chimed in Mom Jessica snow the lead dancer for the ballet company
Althoughthesecondandthird branchesoftheCronefamilyappearedfriendlyonthesurface,theyhadalwayscompetedbehindthescenes.HarryandLilianwouldneverletthethirdbranchstealthespotlightinfrontofEdith.
Sure enough Edith quickly grabbed Jessica shand And Jessica s amazing too Trish and Jessica are both making the Crone family proud
Edith proudly held one hand of Trish and one hand of Jessica beaming with pride
Lilian in a surprisingly good mood suddenly spotted Wendy standing by the door
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