Chapter 189Mia felt sick. "That's why they hate each other? Over some woman from decades ago?""It wasn't just the woman," Elizabeth said. "It was everything that came after. Jeremiah didn't just marry Annabelle - he took the business they'd built together. He used information Samuel had shared with him in confidence to secure contracts and investments. He basically stole everything and left Samuel with nothing."Elena's eyes narrowed. "So Samuel wasn't the one that started it?"Sianna spoke up, her voice quieter than usual, her eyes on her mother. “So my dad started it, but Samuel became worse, didn’t he? He killed people, tried to kill Mia, how do you explain that?”Elizabeth’s gaze dropped, her fingers tracing the edge of her knitting. “Samuel changed after the betrayal, became harder, colder, but he wasn’t always a monster,” she said, her voice soft, almost pleading.Elizabeth's hands unfolded slowly in her lap, fingers trembling just enough that Mia noticed. "Who were affected
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