Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

The next day.

Lizetta was busting some moves in the dance studio when her phone at the side started buzzing Unceasingly. She paused, wiped off the sweat, and grabbed the phone.

It was Hanna calling, but since Lizette had already Inked the divorce papers with Remington, Hanna was history to her not her mother–in–law anymore.

She didn’t feel like picking up, tossed the phone aside, and kept on dancing. But the calls kept coming, like the Grim Reaper was on the line.

With a frown, Lizette finally answered.

“Lizetta, get your butt over to Oakwood Manor now and take your mom home!”

Hanna’s angry volce blasted through, and without waiting for Lizetta to ask any details, she hung up. Oakwood Manor wasn’t the Dashiell family’s manor, it was Nathan and Hanna’s digs, right in the city center. When Lizetta rushed over there and walked in, she found Hanna on the couch with a face like thunder, and Evelina si beside her, sweet–talking her softly.

They looked more like a cozy pair than she and Hanna ever did. Lizetta approached, “What’s going…”

She didn’t even finish when Hanna suddenly stood up and flung the tea right in Lizetta’s face. The tea was slightly hot, splashing all over Lizetta, with a few leaves sticking to her face, leaving her looking like a hot NôvelDrama.Org owns all content.

mess.

“Tell me, does the Dashiell family owe you something? Ever since you jinx walked in, nothing but shame has been brought upon us!”

Lizetta’s eyes drooped; her lashes damp, she was barely able to open them.

The servants there were Hanna’s peeps, all standing back and enjoying the show, not a soul offering Lizetta a towel.

Evelina sat there, a smirk playing at the corner of her lips, “Here, Sis, wipe it off.”

But in front of Hanna, she still had to play the saint. She pulled out a tissue, stood up, and moved towards Lizetta.

Lizetta, though, snatched another teacup from the table and hurled it at Evelina, ‘Spare me your phony kindness!”

Hanna was livid, going straight for the jugular without any honor. Lizetta didn’t buy for a second that Evelina had no hand in this mess. And then there was Jolin causing a scene – probably Evelina’s doing too.

Hanna was her elder, so Lizetta had to take it on the chin, but she could sure as heck unload on Evelina, the one who couldn’t resist sticking her nose in.

“Ah!” Evelina got hit full in the face, Instantly as bedraggled as Lizetta.

She shrieked, clutching her belly and collapsed onto the couch.

“Lizetta!” When Hanna saw Evelina take a fall, she flew into a rage, stood up, and swung at Lizetta.

Some tea leaves and debris fell from Lizetta’s eyelashes, threatening to get in her eyes. She closed them, wanting to dab them.

She didn’t see Hanna’s move coming and was half a beat too slow to react, already’bracing for the blow.

But the pain never came. When Lizetta opened her eyes and looked up, she saw a familiar large hand gripping Hanna’s wrist, stopping the slap mid–air.

Remington had arrived. His shirt cuffs were crisp white, and the metallic sheen of his watch reflected a sharp light.

Lizetta felt the glare piercing her eyes, making them burn and tear up even more.

“Remington, what the hell are you doing!? Let go!” Hanna struggled furiously.

“What are you doing, Mom!”

Remington frowned, his gaze sweeping over Lizetta’s damp hair and cheeks. Seeing she was okay, he finally let go.

Hanna, stopped by her son, was even more enraged, pointing at Lizetta.

“Just look at what she’s done! I had Cecilia and Maria over for flower arranging, and she had to send her mom, that parasite, to make a scene right at our doorstep!

Crying and wailing that she can’t make ends meet because her daughter won’t help her! I have never been so humiliated in my life! If it wasn’t for Eve being here to calm me down and talk sense into me, I’d be in the ER with high blood pressure by now!”

Lizetta had already wiped her face, looking coolly at Hanna, “I didn’t send for her, and if you’re so embarrassed by such relatives, you could’ve just had security kick her out.”

Hanna didn’t do that, which gave Jolin the chance to show up at the doorstep. The real reason Hanna didn’t have security throw her out was all about saving face, worrying about gossip that she was heartless and wouldn’t acknowledge her poor in–laws.