Semua Bab Divorce and Regret, His Ex-wife is a Billionaire: Bab 281 - Bab 284

Jordyn’s POV Bam.It felt like a bomb has just exploded as Larry’s words hung heavy in the air.Stanley’s words, actually. His final words to my father.We all sat, stunned, grappling to process what we’d just heard.My mother snapped her head up, her eyes liquid with vileness and hatred. She opened her mouth to retort, but Larry shot her a warning look. She snapped her mouth shut, but we could all feel her fury coming off of her in waves.I didn’t quite know that to make of my grandfather’s letter to my father. I was shocked. It had never occurred to me that he’d known, all along, that my mother was a cruel and abusive wife to my father.But of course he’d known. How could he not? My grandfather was no fool, and I guess he’d chosen the time right before his death to let us all know that.Stanley had admitted to wanting Howard to stay, and that’s why he’d never intervened. Even if he had though, I doubt my father would have left. My father’s loyalty was to me. He couldn’t

Jordyn’s POV Larry finished and the room fell silent, so silent, that we could all hear the clock ticking. I struggling to process the gravity of the letter I’d just heard. I didn’t know what to think, or what to feel. My grandfather had just laid out all my flaws for everyone to hear. But he’d also pinpointed all my attributes. I’d spent my entire life believing that I had to hide my emotions. I’d gone through great lengths to do it. I’d never really shown Cassandra the sort of affection I’d actually felt for her early on in our marriage. I’d always been stoic when it came to anything intimate or emotional because I carried such a deeply rooted embarrassment over my wild and extreme feelings. I remembered the day I killed the butterfly. I was surprised that my grandfather did too. I’d just been walking in the garden, like any other day, with some of my friends on our way to the pool, when a butterfly had flitted down from a petal