Titus and Boris did not notice the unhappy look on my husband's face. They rubbed their hands while standing in front of him with big, wide smiles. Their backs were bowed slightly as they introduced him to the Wagners."There are five people in our family. There's me and my wife, Patricia Lobe. My son and his wife, Raven Charleston, and the baby inside her."My husband looked even more upset when he heard that I was pregnant. His fists cracked as he clenched them tight.He kept looking at me, noting every bruise on my exposed skin.He then turned to look at the town's mayor. "Raven Charleston is their daughter-in-law?"It was an unexpected question, and the mayor had no idea how to answer it. He had no idea how I, my mother's daughter, had suddenly become the Wagners' daughter-in-law.My mother quickly stepped in to answer my husband with a groveling smile."Yes, sir. Raven is my daughter. I made the decision to marry her to my stepson. We're a family, after all. What's better t
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