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When security dragged Andrea away, she screamed hysterically, completely unhinged.
Wayne watched from the second floor, stunned to see the usually gentle woman unravel like
this.
Seaside Villa.
Jacob sat bored in his room.
He knew Mom and his brother had left Karaville, but Sean still refused to release him.
Fine. If this man enjoyed pretending to be his father so much, Jacob would let him experience what it’s like to be
one.
Bang!
A deafening crash echoed from upstairs.
Downstairs, Sean and Larry paused their conversation, exchanging puzzled glances.
Before they could react-Bang! Bang! Bang!
More explosions followed.
Larry narrowed his eyes, a smirk playing on his lips. “Having kids sure changes things.”
Sean set down his glass.
“Since Geoffrey isn’t coming, I'll leave you to it.”
Tto discipline a certain little troublemaker.
Upstairs, Jacob was having a great tsmashing a volleyball around-though every window in his room now lay
shattered.
The porcelain decorations at hdidn’t survive either.
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“What are you doing?”
The next second, the ball smacked right into his handsface.
Jacob pretended to just notice him: “Sorry.”
Before Sean could erupt, the boy calmly stated: “You might not realize kids this naturally restless.”
Sean picked up the volleyball and hurled it out the window.
“I certainly don’t. But know this-if it happens again, | won't go easy on you.”
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Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtRubbing his stinging cheek, Sean thought, Thank God he’s only four or five. An older kid might've left me
disfigured.
Sean had assumed a little boy’s mischief couldn't get worse than this.
Then cdinner time.
Jacob stirred his spaghetti, sending tomato sauce splattering across Sean's clothes.
“I swear I'll-"
Before Sean could finish, Jacob met his gaze steadily: “I know you want to hit me.”
“Go ahead. After all, you claim to be my dad, even though we just met.”
The housekeeper watching nearby wore undisguised pity in her eyes.
Sean could only retreat upstairs to change.
Entering the walk-in closet, he froze-dumbfounded. Snow filled every garment, now mostly melted into icy
water.
Jacob stood at the door: “I put the snowman here. Did you see it?”
“A surprise for you.”
Before Sean could rush over, Jacob immediately went back to his room and shut the door,
He sat on the bed, picked up a book, and calmly flipped through it.
An hour later.
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“Uncle Sean?”
“What is it?”
“I can’t sleep.”
“Then don’t sleep.”
Another hour later.
“Uncle Sean!”
“What now?”
“Are you asleep?”
Sean got up and went to sleep in another room. He was completely at this kid's mercy.
“Another fulfilling day.”
Jacob listened to the noise next door, a smirk curling his lips.
He knew what he did was wrong, but he also knew people like Sean didn’t deserve his guilt.
Elsewhere.
Andrea’s scandal becpublic knowledge, dragging Geoffrey down with it, though he had no tto handle it.
“Keep close watch on Katherine's movements these days.”
He said.
“Yes.”
She was now the only person still connected to Maureen.
If Geoffrey asked directly, she'd never talk.
Alone at hthat night, staring at the house sinking back into silence, Geoffrey couldn't nthe feeling in his
chest.
Just then, his phone rang. He snatched it up.
It was Heather. On the phone, she fumed, “I never expected Andrea to be so disgraceful.
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She’s not even as good as Maureen-at least in her three years with our family, Maureen never caused any
trouble.”
For three years, Maureen had either cared for the Sutton family or stayed halone, barely knowing any men.
Geoffrey listened to his mother’s complaints in silence. After a long pause, he finally spoke.
“Mom.
| just uncovered that Andrea wasn’t the one who saved you back then.”
Heather froze.
“Then who was?”
“Maureen.”
Geoffrey shared every detail he'd uncovered through his investigation.
Inside the old house, Heather's expression turned conflicted.
“Why did Maureen never mention something this significant?”
“Perhaps she considered it trivial. Or maybe she didn’t realize Andrea had taken credit for it initially.”
Heather fell silent.
Her gaze drifted to a photo of socialites on the table. Memories of how she'd treated Maureen resurfaced, stirring
guilt within her.
“Bring her hfor dinner tomorrow.”
“She’s gone.”
Just three words, yet they drained every ounce of his strength.
“Gone?
Where to?” Heather asked, bewildered.
“Don’t know.
Nothing else to discuss. I'm hanging up.”
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Geoffrey had no desire to revisit Maureen's departure.
After hanging up, he rubbed his aching temples and gazed out the window at the ceaselessly falling snow
Heather had wanted to tell him about his brother Alex, but now it seemed she’d have to hold
off
He hadn't slept all night
Early next morning, Geoffrey didn’t go to the office, instead searching relentlessly for Maureen, but still found no
trace.
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