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What do you want?

Author: Rever
last update Last Updated: 2022-08-15 08:49:55

Even though the atmosphere of the Hayes mansion was calm, their expressions as the family sat around the table were anything but peaceful.

Slowly, Madam Jewel set her glass down, then looked up from her plate at everyone else sitting with her.

“Iris, honey… It's been a while since you have stopped by the mansion… I hope your father is not still mad at Josh.” Madam Jewel said calmly.

"Well," Iris mumbled, holding back her words.

“If he is, we can try to explain it to him and make amends. But in all honesty, Josh really didn't know that Elijah was in a gang and had so many men to his name, you know? It wasn't like Josh knew what he did for a living… He didn't know he was a thug."

"The thing is,"

A nervous look crossed Iris's face as she darted glances around the table and back to her grandmother-in-law, letting out, “My dad is still upset... I tried talking to him, but he wouldn't listen to anything that has Josh's name in it..."

There was a brief pause as Iris remembered how distur
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