ace. However, his expression quickly turned cold. "Bethany

spilled out onto the ground. "My daughter is still ali

lders. "Come on. We have no reason to w

innocent expression. "But

ys making a scene, so let her carry on with

them entered the hous

hing. She slowly reached for the ashes that had been scattered

-white ashes back inside the damaged urn. Her eyes grew firm as determinati

, Charlotte was laid

he wealthiest man in Leacrest made sure Charlo

to the Harding family ca

arried the name Olivia Palmer

her death that she no longer con

r the cemetery as th

ntaining her daughter's incomplete ashes inside before taki

ith a document. "I brought the divorce agreement you asked for.

rs in her hands. "Olivia wanted this befo

uren let out a quiet sigh and moved closer to Bethany so she could help her friend

aring about me and our daughter." Bethany kept her eyes on the path ahead. "There

uld not bring herself to throw away everything she had bu

e could not bear the thought of her daughter growi

t we stay for a few more days and enjoy ourselves?"

ice, her eyebrows drew together,

Lexie stood beside their car while the

ath them were bright, fashionable clothes that

d as he glanced down at his phone, and

desperate lie she had written three days earli

o him at all. Never before had she gone this long

ce stirred a strange sens

him and slipped her arm through his. "I heard that you were the only person f

ce. "You heard correctly. Our company may have been established only five years ago, but ever

" Lauren whispered angrily through her clenched teeth. "He traveled all

Bethany gave Lauren a weary smile and

he had no intention of starting a conf

years, so she understood what she meant

Lexie a sharp look and then took Be

s when Lexie's startled voice c

er, Lexie hurried around th

e, Lexie asked with a frown,

even more unreasonable. You left Charlotte behind in Slenale, and then you followed me all the way here because you were jealous. This is how you behave while calling yourself a mother? The preschool ev

r anger. "Brian, did you seriously

rian bother looking at a picture of some illegitimate daugh

n as her hands began to tremble, and she s

reached the black-and-white photograph printed on the final page. Then she thrust it in f