Shane just got to close his eyes for at most 20 minutes before he got wide awake. The same thought was going on in his mind. "Did I make this girl helpless? Where could she be now?" He couldn't help but get angry at Lahaina. For this girl, he had to do this. Otherwise, he would never get Lilian here to make her go through all this. He was angry with Karen too. What would have happened if she let Lilian stay here! He couldn't just understand. Did he just make her homeless to get his future remain planned according to him! Did he become selfish! Though it came from him only, the right instant, he was enraged. Selfish was a word, he hated with a passion. He couldn't digest it to get himself described with the word.He wasn't selfish. He never was and that's why he was here, handling business. Otherwise, he loved his dream of having a career as an artist. He wasn't sure he would have been world-famous but he made himself familiar with his paintings in his earlier days of college. And

Lahaina is also going to be at my place.Shane's voice echoed in Lilian's mind.What would she do? What if Lahaina recognized her? Though it had been a long time, Aiden recognized her. So, she wasn't sure about Lahaina.Lilian was considering if she should tell everything to Shane especially the truth about her identity. Would he believe and help her?Believing wasn't the problem though. The actual problem was Lahaina."Come." Shane said and walked to his car only to stop after a few steps as he didn't feel any presence beside him. He turned and found Lilian still in her place and she seemed to be in deep thought. "What happened?"His voice got Lilian out of her thoughts."Shane, I have some work to do now. I will be at your place in an hour."Before Shane could ask what work she had gotten to do in an unknown place, his phone rang off.He took out the phone and seeing the caller ID, he couldn't get to ignore it."Wait a moment." saying this to Lilian, Shane answered the call, "If it’s

"Watch your words, young lady. She is my friend come sister_in_law." Willow uttered in a stern voice to the salesgirl. "I am sorry, Ma'am. I didn't know." Willow dismissed her apology statement shrugging and turned to Lilian, "Lilian, it's my boutique. And no way, I am taking money from you." Lilian tried to say something but Willow spoke up remembering her earlier behavior, "Don't tell me you.." Lilian got totally silent and Willow turned to the salesgirl again, "Pack the dresses, I chose earlier." Before Lilian could say something, the girl was already on her way to do as she was told. "Willow, please. It's not necessary. I have enough dresses. I don't need all these." Willow turned to her and making a serious face, she spoke up, "It's a 'thank you' gift for you." Lilian was bewildered. What did I possibly do for her to thank me! Lilian asked hesitantly, "Thank you! For what?" "Well, you will get to know but not now." Willow shrugged. Leaving that thought aside, for now, Li

Lilian entered the room while saying, "You are not very hospitable, Ms. Frances." Lahaina thought and tried to fake ignorance, "Who are you talking to? Who is Frances? I am Lahaina Marshall." though she was getting cold frets already. "Of course. I also thought so. But.." Lilian didn't complete her sentence but Lahaina knew it all from the expression on her face. "Who the hell told you all this crap?" Shocked would be an understatement for Lahaina. How come she got to know about her? Her eyes got widened when she found Lilian knowing even more about her. "I just meet a friend of yours at the party, you know. He was saying all this. About your Mom seducing someone to.." What if she said this to Shane and Karen? If they believed Lilian, then she would be cut loose within a moment. Lahaina straight got to the point, "What do you want from me?" Lilian smiled sarcastically, "This is true? I thought.." Lahaina was dumbfounded. She should have denied it till the end just. She thought

Shane shifted his gaze from Lahaina to Karen. Her unmoving stare at Lilian let him have a rough idea, Karen was reading too much between the lines. He tried to resolve her mind, "Granny, it's not as Lahaina is saying. Lilian can't do wrong to you. She knows very well how much you mean to me." But it turned out to be a futile attempt as Karen's expression didn't change. Nor did it get away from Lilian's face. Leaving that matter to resolve later, Clarke sat beside Karen, "Mom, if anyone has intentionally done this no matter whoever the person is, can't get away with it. But we will talk about this later. Mom, you please don't take stress now." "Right." Shane said after him, "You have to get better first. Everything comes after that." None said otherwise as they were well aware that the matter wasn't tried to be ignored here but the priority was decided to go for. And it was going to be handled accordingly. "Everyone please go outside. Granny needs rest." Willow supported them imme