The Yates family did blame Jessica for stealing her household register and getting married to Hank, but they did not want her to die. Therefore, after a discussion, they decided to hire a lawyer for their daughter. They hoped their daughter could be given a light sentence. Jessica’s brothers and sisters-in-law did not really want to help her, but their parents scolded them for some time. Hence, they had no choice but to promise their parents. Everyone chipped in some money to hire a lawyer for their sister. Chelsea and George were not mistaken. The old couple was indeed Jessica’s parents. They had come to the hospital to beg their son-in-law to be merciful and let their daughter off. Their daughter could get a lighter punishment if their son-in-law were willing to produce a letter of forgiveness. However, Mr. and Mrs. Yates would surely be met with Mr. and Mrs. Brown’s obstruction and scolding if they wanted to do so. On the other hand, Liberty was unaware of everything
Audrey held the remote control and kept switching channels. She told her husband, “TV series nowadays are terrible. They’re not as good as the ones in the past. All actors and actresses look almost the same to me. Are my aesthetics and tastes outdated?”Darrell smiled. “You never liked watching TV shows, nor did you have the time to watch them. When could you ever understand dramas?“Play some music instead.”His wife was a superwoman. Before she retired, she prioritized work and was busy with her business every day. How could she have had the time to watch television?The kids were young back then. After finishing work, his wife also had to pay attention to the three children’s homework. It would already be late at night by the time the kids went to bed. She neither had the mood nor time to watch the television as she still had to wake up the next day to work as usual.After their eldest son was capable enough to take over Stone Group, the couple retired and stayed home. They no
After Audrey spoke, Elisa and Remy rushed in. The butler had told them that Clive wanted them to return. Therefore, they rushed back, thinking something had happened.“Mom, Clive, what’s wrong?” asked Elisa as she walked over.She saw her parents and brother’s grim expressions. Her mom seemed to be holding some documents. She went to her mom’s side and sat down. Then, she took the papers from her mom’s hand and asked, “What are these, Mom?”Remy looked toward Audrey. He was concerned too. He sat down somewhere near Clive. Although Elisa’s side could still fit another, he regarded that Mrs. Stone had not accepted him yet. It was only her attitude toward him that had improved slightly. Therefore, he did not dare to be too close to Elisa when Mrs. Stone was around. “Everything’s fine. Your brother had investigated some people of the Fisher family from Jensburg and brought the findings to me. Weren’t you at Remy’s place? How’s the renovation going?”Audrey glanced at Remy bef
After a moment of silence, Elisa asked, “Are we really not able to find any evidence at all?”“That’s the case for now. Maybe it’s because of the short time. We might be able to find something if we take it slow, but there’s not much hope. After all, decades have passed. Even if there were some loopholes, they would’ve been eliminated and their traces wiped clean. Maybe everyone who knew something was dead.”Elisa kept quiet. Audrey told her daughter, “You don’t have to worry about this, Elisa. I have time. I’ll search for evidence slowly. It can surely be found one day as long as the current matriarch did commit the crime.”“Mrs. Stone, I can let my brother know about this and request help from my sister-in-law’s brothers to investigate this matter. We can ask for Mr. Zimmer’s help too.”Hudson Zimmer was the Houston family’s son-in-law. The Houston family had the same capabilities as the Buchams. “I’ll let you all know when I need your help.”There was strength in numbers.
Elisa knew Julian was not serious about her. Additionally, she came from a wealthy family. She never lacked any of the expensive items as her family was loaded. That was why she did not fall for him. Besides, Elisa would always throw every gift Julian sent over aside from the bouquets. As for some other stuff, she would pile them together and never touch them. She intended to return all the gifts to him when he was no longer out of his mind. Elisa gave it some thought. She would have to wait until she was engaged or married to Remy before she could return the gifts to Julian with Remy. If she were to return the presents to Julian right away, then his father would find out. The Stone family knew how crazy Mr. Bucham was. Mr. Bucham was bent on rescuing his eldest son. If he knew Julian was interested in Elisa, he would disregard Elisa’s willingness and propose a marriage between the two families. Julian’s actions were already causing her a headache. If Mr. Bucham was also in
It was apparent that Julian resented being urged by his father to get married. The psychic said to leave it up to fate. Once the right time came, the lady who could make him a normal man would automatically appear and approach him without him searching for her. However, Julian’s father was a hasty person. He said Julian was not young, and if he did not take the initiative and simply waited for the heavens’ arrangement, until when did he have to wait? What if the heavens were sleeping and had forgotten about him? Would Julian then have to be single forever?Julian was dissatisfied. How could he be considered old?He was just a few years past thirty. Even after rounding up his age, he was only forty years old. He would still be in the prime of his life and young at forty. The average lifespan of a human had increased. Based on his health condition, Julian thought living up to a hundred years old would not be a problem. Therefore, he was not panicked that he was a single man
Julian spotted the envelope. Audrey noticed his gaze but did not hide anything. She said, “Mr. Julian, I have a matter that requires your help.”If the Buchams were willing to help, she felt there would be hope in searching for the real reason behind her parents’ accidental death. Julian smiled and said, “You don’t have to be so polite, Mrs. Stone. Feel free to let me know if you need any help. I’ll definitely lend a hand if it’s within my capabilities. Actually, I feel bad for having disturbed Ms. Elisa often recently.“I’ll feel better if I can help you, Mrs. Stone.”Besides, Elisa was best friends with his sister-in-law. He would help Mrs. Stone out for the sake of his sister-in-law. Hence, Audrey told Julian about her identity and her suspicions about her parents and their family’s unnatural death.After he listened to her, he immediately got up to leave. Clive and Remy stood up and pulled him back simultaneously. They pushed him back to his seat. Julian said, “Sorry
Elisa thought of how she was her mother’s only daughter. If her mother reclaimed the position of the matriarch, Elisa would eventually have that seat too.She was not that capable.Before her mother did something big, Elisa gave Audrey a heads-up in advance. “Mom, if you really want to take back the position of the Fisher family head, don’t even think about making me your successor. You know very well what kind of daughter you have. I can’t afford to lead a family.“Go find Serenity instead. Give her a few years and she’ll be able to do it.”Elisa dragged her good friend out as a shield and thought, ‘Better her than me.’Audrey glared at her daughter and said, “Serenity is very busy and is under a lot of pressure now. She will be the lady in charge of the York family in the future. She has it hard enough. How can I hand her the burden of the Fisher family as well?”Elisa said, “I don’t care. Either way, I’m not capable of that. Those shoes are too big for me to fill. If Serenity
Liberty smiled. “Not yet. Maybe you can continue sleeping in the car until the sun rises.“We’re home. Let’s get out of the car. Even if you’re sleepy, you should still take a bath first. The year is ending in a few days. The weather isn’t that cold now. I checked the weather forecast. It says it’ll rain a little on New Year’s Day, so the temperature might drop slightly.”Duncan sat up and touched his forehead. Indeed, there was some sweat. “It really isn’t cold. I’m even sweating.”Liberty did not turn on the car’s air conditioning. In that weather, it would be cold if the air conditioning was turned on and hot if it was turned off. Thanks to the wind, it was still cooling when the car was moving. However, once the car stopped, it became stuffy inside. Liberty got out of the car and went to the passenger seat to help Duncan. Duncan declined her help and insisted on doing it himself. Then, he held her hand and walked into the house slowly. After heading upstairs, he belatedl
Liberty did have a fatty liver back then. However, that was resolved after she lost weight. Indeed, having an unhealthy weight could bring about health issues. Purchasing plus-sized clothes was also a problem. Once she started maintaining a healthy weight, she looked fantastic in whatever she wore and often received compliments for having a great figure when shopping for clothes. Most people marveled at her healthy and youthful complexion. She did not look like she was already in her thirties with a four-year-old son. “Do you want to take a nap? There’s heavy traffic ahead.”Liberty saw a stretch of road highlighted in red on the navigation app, signaling slow traffic. “Aren’t most people on holiday and traveling? Why is the traffic still congested?”Duncan muttered, “Maybe there was a car accident.“I don’t need a nap. I’m energetic now. I won’t be able to fall asleep.”He was extremely excited. “If you think I’m too talkative, you can play some music. We can liste
Since Audrey would take care of Sonny, Liberty and Duncan were in a good mood as they exited the Stones’ residence. Duncan’s bodyguards were to return home instead of following him around. He had Liberty anyway. Besides, it was his and Liberty’s wedding night. They even left Sonny with the Stones, so there was no way he would be letting his bodyguards follow him home. Liberty was the one who drove as Duncan’s legs were still recovering. She would glance at him from time to time. She said, “You’ve been staring at me the entire night. Haven’t you seen enough?“It’s not our first time meeting each other. What’s there to look at?”“You’re beautiful. You’re the most gorgeous woman I’ve ever seen.”Duncan was particularly generous with sweet words that night. To him, his wife was the most beautiful woman in the world. “I can’t get enough of watching you. I controlled myself in Aunt Audrey’s house because I didn’t want her to laugh at me. Now that there’s only the two of us,
Sonny asked Liberty, “Mom, is it okay? I want to stay at Grandaunt’s house for one night. Tomorrow, you can come pick me up and take me to Dad’s house.”After receiving a call from her former mother-in-law, Liberty had already asked Sonny after he woke up that morning if he wanted to stay with the Brown family for a couple of days, to spend time with his grandparents. Tomorrow, she would take him to the Browns.Liberty smiled, “You can stay the night if you want. Tomorrow, I’ll come pick you up and take you to your dad’s house for lunch.”She planned to call Hank soon and let him know that she was not taking Sonny there early in the morning, so the Browns would not have to get up early to wait.Sonny jumped up happily and said to Audrey, “Grandaunt Audrey, my mom agreed! I’m going to stay here tonight and play with Elias."With that, he rushed upstairs. Elias was getting cuter. When he talked to him, the baby would respond with cooing sounds, which was really fun.“Aunt Audrey, I
After a long while, Jessica finally asked, “You have swollen eyes because Liberty is getting remarried? You’ve lost your chance to remarry her.”“Jessica, I’ve never thought about remarrying Liberty. That’s impossible. I’ll wait for you to be released. No matter how many years it takes, I will wait for you,” Hank quickly explained. “It’s true that I’m upset that Liberty is remarried, but it’s mainly because of my son.“In the future, Sonny will call someone else ‘Dad’, and I’m not around him often. I’m afraid that one day, he’ll only end up closer to his other dad and not me, his biological father.”Jessica quietly looked at him for a moment before coldly replied, “If you have time, you should spend more time with Sonny. Even a biological father and son need to nurture their relationship.”“Who did Liberty marry?” Jessica asked. “Is it Duncan Lewis?”“Who else could it be? It’s Duncan. He kept Liberty close, never letting anyone else near her. Whenever any other man got close to L
Why was he crying? He knew the reason deep down but could not bring himself to say it out loud. Instead, he simply slumped over the steering wheel and cried his heart out. After he was done crying, he finally started the car and left the city hall, heading to the prison to visit Jessica.When Jessica saw him, she noticed his eyes were red and swollen. Thinking something bad had happened in his family, she immediately grabbed the phone and asked, “Hank, why are you crying? Your eyes are all swollen. Did something happen to your parents?”She still harbored hatred toward Olivia and Chelsea, hoping something would happen to that mother-daughter pair. Ideally, she wanted the old woman to face judgment in hell.Back when she stabbed Hank and Chelsea came to the rescue, Jessica felt she should have made sure to stab Chelsea to death. It was because of Chelsea’s incitement that she and Hank ended up like this. The two women had torn apart Hank and Liberty’s marriage, and now that Liberty’s
Liberty did not need them to push her husband. She continued to push Duncan toward the car, and only then did the bodyguards help him into the vehicle. Soon, the luxurious car carrying the family of three drove away from the city hall and merged into the street traffic, gradually disappearing into the distance.It was not until the car was out of sight that the car parked not far from the city hall slowly began to move.The driver was Hank.He would not stop Liberty and Duncan from registering their marriage and neither did he have the right nor the standing to do so. He had intended to take customers but had not received any orders, and without any particular destination in mind, he ended up at the city hall by chance, arriving before Liberty and Duncan.However, his car was parked farther away, and many other cars were occupying spaces near the city hall. After the divorce, Liberty no longer paid much attention to him and did not notice that Hank’s car was already there, waiting.
Liberty was his wife now.Sonny was completely confused. He had come here with his mother and Dunc. Everyone here was so friendly and smiled at them as they congratulated Liberty and Duncan. Why, though, did they not congratulate him?“Mom, Dunc is smiling so brightly. What’s so special about that paper? Mom, can I see it?” Sonny asked, looking up at Liberty, curious about what was so interesting about the marriage license that made Dunc smile so widely.Liberty glanced at Duncan and teased him, “Duncan, the corners of your mouth are almost reaching your ears.”“I’m happy. Very happy,” Duncan responded with an even brighter smile.The weather today was cloudy, though occasionally, the sun took a peek while sometimes it became overcast. Still, the power of the sun today certainly could not compare to the beam of Duncan’s smile.Liberty handed the marriage license to Sonny to view.Sonny eagerly took it and started reading it. Some of the words he recognized, but overall, he did n
“That brat is already at that age and still doesn’t think about settling down. Every time we pressure him, he hides away.” When Audrey talked about Anthony, who did not want to get married, she could not help but feel a headache coming. Out of her three children, the one who worried her the most was Anthony.Serenity walked over to Audrey and affectionately linked arms with her, smiling, “Aunt Audrey, you don’t need to worry. Anthony’s a good man. When the right person comes along, he’ll get married.”“Let’s hope so—he’s not young anymore. Children are always a worry, aren’t they? There’s always something to be concerned about. What about Sonny? Why didn’t he come along?” Audrey asked. “Didn’t you come from your sister’s place?” “Sonny went with my sister and Duncan to the city hall. They said they wanted to go as a family of three,” Serenity replied.Audrey laughed, “Duncan doesn’t mind bringing along a little third wheel, huh? Well, that’s fine. They’re going to be a family, aft