Book Two Branch Two Hundred and Twenty Two

Leslie watched her daughter walk away, she could not believe that she was having second thoughts. Was this the way she would throw away all her years of hard work? Leslie had been working so tirelessly to make sure that she matched her daughter and Joshua.

She was going to do the same for Andrew but he had refused every opportunity she presented so she knew he was a lost cause, there was nothing she could do with him. She could not believe that Jessica would dare to betray her after saying it would be nice to have her as an in-law.

When Jessica made this statement both children were still in diapers learning to walk but Leslie took it as a promise of marriage. She had zeroed her mind that her daughter was getting married to her son.

"How dare she try to betray me and then walk in here like nothing happened?" Leslie murmured as she paced the floor.

"Should I have scattered the marriage while it was still so young? Is it because I let her have Xavier? I could have easily had him if I w