Ronald couldn’t be bothered with Xander and just hung up the phone.
Xander heard the abrupt beep, signaling the call had ended. “Ugh, what a jerk!”
“All our misunderstandings are cleared up, but he never mentioned giving back the stuff he snatched from the Schultz family!”
Thinking back to three years ago…
When Stella went missing, Ronald found out Xander had something to do with it, and he certainly didn’t go easy on the Schultz family.
Xander had skipped town, fled overseas.
Ronald, furious, not only sent people after him, but took his anger out on the Schultz family too.
Back then, Ronald managed to swoop in and take over a bunch of the family’s projects—almost wiped the Schultz family out completely!
Yvonne rolled her eyes at Xander. “You’re unbelievable.”
Xander grumbled, “I’m just stating facts…”
Seriously, all that stuff Ronald took from the Schultz family, is he just gonna keep it?
The misunderstanding’s cleared up—shouldn’t he give it back?
How’s that fair…?
…
Meanwhile, Stella was on the phone with Susanna.
Susanna, curled up in Hull’s arms, went wide-eyed as she listened to Stella. She’d just overheard Yvonne and Ronald arguing—loudly—about the whole mess.
Yvonne was so worked up she was ready to whisk Stella away just to make a point.
Susanna shivered. Even without seeing Yvonne in person, she could feel how fiery her temper was.
Stella sighed, “She’s super anxious. I feel awful right now!”
Even if none of this was really Stella’s fault, knowing where Susanna was and keeping it to herself made her feel guilty.
Susanna heard the worry in Stella’s voice. “Should I just reach out to Yvonne?”
“Don’t! Right now, she thinks you’re with Ronald. At least that’s keeping her from totally losing it.”
If Yvonne was this mad just thinking Susanna was with Ronald, a call from Susanna herself would just add fuel to the fire.

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