A Widow's Poison, A Wife's Rebellion novel Chapter 149

After Fairfax and Starla left, the hospital was a war zone of frayed nerves. Darleen felt a suffocating tightness in her chest, and Xenia couldn't stop complaining.

“I just don't get what Fairfax is thinking. I thought he liked obedient women,” she grumbled.

Of course, the old Starla hadn't been particularly docile either, convincing Fairfax to move out and taking over the beautiful Petal Villa.

Darleen’s head was pounding. Xenia’s constant chatter was making it worse.

“That’s enough! Stop talking about her!”

“I’m just so angry! Brinley is so much better for him,” Xenia pressed on.

Brinley, meanwhile, had gone to see Harriet. The thought that Starla had also managed to put Harriet in the hospital only intensified Darleen’s frustration.

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In Harriet’s room, the mood was just as bleak. When Clyde returned without Starla, Harriet’s already bruised face contorted with anger.

“What happened? I told you to invite her here!”

She had stressed the word ‘invite.’ Harriet rarely used that word for anyone who wasn't a top business partner. This time, she had no choice. She had instructed Clyde to be polite, to be deferential, and he had still failed.

“She refused to see you,” Clyde reported. “Her attitude was… hostile.”

“I don’t care about her attitude! You should have dragged her here if you had to!”

“She wouldn’t come, no matter what I said,” Clyde explained, feeling helpless.

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