YVONNE —After I was done checking Conan's health status and giving him some additional pills for a faster recovery, I left for my apartment. "See you then," Conan remarked, waving at me, and I faintly waved back at him. Upon reaching the exit gate, the security man greeted me wholeheartedly."Goodbye, ma'am," he remarked, waving at me as I was about to exit the compound. "Goodbye too, although I'll still visit tonight, so I'm still on," I responded, searching through my purse. "Use this for your lunch," I remarked, tipping him some bucks in his hand."God bless you so much, ma. I really appreciate this," he responded, jubilating as if he had just won a gamble.Fortunately, a cab pulled up before me as I was just coming out of the palace, and I quickly waved at it for the driver to halt."No. 5 Nicholas Street," I told the cab driver and entered, then he turned on the car engine, and we drove off.Inside the cab, I was fretting because it had been a long time since I left the house

YVONNE –"Come on, Yvonne, you know I'm not so good at guessing; please spill the facts and don't get me hanging," Amanda replied."He requested I join in their dinner party," I responded, and Amanda's gaze suddenly changed."Dinner party?" she asked, her face frowning."Yeah, he does," I replied, smiling slightly."And what was your response to the request?" she added, adjusting her position."Well, I hesitated at first, but he persisted, saying it was his mother's wish, so I accepted," I answered."Mother's wish? Was it not the same parents who made the pack a living hell for you, then? And you think it was a genuine wish?" Amanda was skeptical about that."Um, Amanda, she was not part of the problem. It was Adolph, her husband, my father-in-law, but he is gone now," I replied."I'm not pleased with this, but you should be cautious about the event if you insist on going. You can't tell what their motive is," she declared."Absolutely, I'm always on guard," I replied."Good, it's almo

YVONNE —"Well, this is more of a family conflict than a dinner party, as you said earlier, so I'm not involving myself in this," one of the elders said, standing up to leave. "Neither do I want to be part of it either," the other one followed.As soon as they exited the hall, a smile crept onto Conan's mother's lips, and she threw her hand into the air. "Great, it went all well as planned," she remarked, throwing Conan a frown before leaving, leaving me and Conan alone in the hall in utmost silence.I sighed in confusion and dropped my fork against the plate, as the incident that just happened made me lose my appetite for the food in front of me, even though I had not eaten before coming here.Conan was traumatized as well. He stared at me continuously with a pitiful gaze.After a few seconds of silence between us, he finally broke the cold silence that filled the room."I'm really sorry for this; it's really an embarrassment no one deserves to be in," he stated."I knew it; you pla

CONAN —I wish I could stop her from going so I could hit her with all the questions I wanted to ask her, but I could not."What a messed-up party," I mumbled, leaving the garden and walking to my mother's chamber so she could elaborate on her so-called reason for this party.Sophia was the libel that had caused the pack a lot of damage, and all mom could think of was to host her at the family party with Yvonne, even revealing Yvonne's progress to Sophia without putting into consideration the risk it would expose Yvonne to.Upon arriving at her chamber and standing at the entrance door, I knocked, and the door quickly opened as if she was waiting for me to knock."So how goes it?" she remarked, smiling."How goes what, Mom?" I responded with irritation."Are you trying to say you did not have a good interrogation with her? Which was even the reason I excused myself?" she added. I gulped down, clenching my teeth with fury. "Listen, Mom. I'm only here for you to explain to me why you d

YVONNE –Upon arriving home, the first thing I did was go to the kitchen after spending a little time with my children. I was really hungry; in fact, if there was another word to express how I was feeling at the moment, hungry would be an underrated word for it."Yvonne, this whole mess should stop, for real! How could they do that? Imagine the danger they exposed you to, to the extent of inviting their cause of problems into the party," Amanda remarked, staring at me as I was devouring the food."Well, he said he knew nothing about it, that it was his mother who did," I responded."And you bought the lie?" She asked, letting out a deadpan smile."You left here last night without eating just because you wanted to impress him, and at last you slept hungry," she added. "You should really be conscious of these people. That he is your baby daddy doesn't mean you should forget the reason we are here," she added."Amanda Of course I'm being cautious, but you should know that we are mortals;