“Oh, darlin’, don’t you worry now. You know you’ll always be my number one. But I do have eyes.”
“I’m not following the irony part …” Royce mumbled, still missing the point.
“Oh, right. I forgot. That man is also the mistress’ ex-husband.” After Micky’s quintessential mic drop moment, the stillness that followed stifled the air and was palpable. No one dared to speak, and the phone call ended in a complete stalemate. Despite his irritation with Annika after she intentionally stirred up the hornet’s nest, Beau had to admit he found the irony somewhat comical, knowing the man his daughter had moved on with was the ex-husband of the mistress Jeffrey chose over her.
While the Silverton family busied themselves and attempted to figure out how to get in touch with her to demand answers for he
