"The way you shut her down was brilliant! That idiot won''t dare to mess with you again."


    "Do Cherry and Sandra know each other?" Hannah asked. The unprovoked attack felt suspicious. If the Woods and Temple families weren''t inpletely different social stratospheres, she might have suspected Sandra had paid Cherry to harass her.


    Samuel shook his head. "No, they don''t know each other. She definitely wasn''t defending Sandra. She''s just... oh, I get it now!"


    His eyes lit up with realization. "Her parents are out of the country on business, so they sent her to stay with our grandparents to keep her out of trouble. Then you showed up, and she probably felt like you were here to steal the spotlight."


    Hannah considered it. That made perfect sense.


    “Hannah, I told Grandpa and Grandma I''m moving back in for a while, too," Samuel added. "I was worried you''d feel out of ce on your own. Don''t worry, I''ll be here to protect you." He puffed out his chest proudly.


    Hannah smiled faintly. "That would be great. I still have to sort things out with Lionel, and I''m so busy right now, I really can''t deal with any other drama."


    "Leave it to me. I''ll handle everything."


    After their conversation, Samuel went to find Cherry. Hannah didn''t know what they talked about, nor did she ask. But the next morning, Cherry sat at the breakfast table with a sullen expression, dark circles under her eyes, and ate inplete silence.


    The courthouse was closed on Sunday, so Hannah had the day off. She had nned to rx at home, but a sense of unease gnawed at her. She had a strong feeling Lionel wouldn''t show up on Monday to file for divorce, but she refused to be the one to chase him down about it.


    After some thought, she decided to drive over to see Grandma-she''dpletely forgotten to tell her about finding her biological family.


    To her surprise, when she arrived, Lionel''s car was already there.


    "Well, look at you two! You lovebirds are more in sync than ever,"


    Grandma said seeing Hannan


    at the door She waved her over excitedly "Come,e!"


    Hannah''s brow furrowed slightly at the sight of Lionel, but she quickly smoothed


    her expression and walked over.


    "Grandma, how are you feeling today?" she asked.


    "Much better, dear," Grandma


    replied, her sharp eyes picking up on the tension between them. "Offhjust remembered something I need to I


    take care of. I''ll be right back and


    then we can all have lunch together."


    "Grandma!"


    Before Hannah could protest, Grandma was gone, deliberately leaving the two of them alone in the living room. They both knew exactly what she was doing.


    "Where were you yesterday?” Lionel asked. He had sent people to find


    her after she left, nning to go talk things out, but she hadn''t checked


    into any hotel. He then checked


    fen


    Tess, only to find she''d already gone


    home. It was as if Hannah had


    vanished into thin air.


    "Where I go is none of your business, Lionel. I''m only going to ask you this once:


    are you going to divorce me or not?"


    "What? You''re getting a divorce?"