'They're in the attic?' Lilliana instinctively looked up at the ceiling. "Why did you let them in? Aren't you afraid your father will find out?"
Sherlyn dragged her mother up the stairs by the arm while saying, "That's why we have to get rid of them before Dad comes back. We have to make sure they'll never dare come here again! Hurry up, Mom!"
…
Sherlyn opened the attic door with the key.
Emily, Melinda, and Lilin were still in there. They had been trying to figure out how to escape from there; they kept pounding the door when it suddenly opened.
Sherlyn—with her arms crossed—walked in with Lilliana. She gestured with her chin and Emily and Melinda. "Mom, these are the women I told you about. I have no idea which one is his old flame, though."
Lilliana looked at the two women with full-blown hostility. She was threatened by their beauty. She had always thought she looked for her age, but when she saw the two women, her confidence in her looks immediately crumbled.
'I definitely can't let Marvin see them, or he'll forget all about me!' she thought.
"Who are you—"
"Excuse me, but my daughter needs to go to the bathroom. Can you please point me the way?" interjected Melinda while holding Lilin's hand.
"Yes, Mom," said Sherlyn. Then to Melinda, she said gruffly, "Follow me!"
After Melinda and Lilin went out with Sherlyn, Lilliana shifted all of her attention to Emily.
"You said you're here for my husband. May I know why you're looking for him?"
"Like you said, I'm looking for him, not you. He should be the one asking me that question."
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