Chapter 59: The Greenwood''s House Is Full Of Secrets


    Jolie and Pa stared at Lynn in unison.Their heads didn''t move at all as their knowing eyes were


    more than enough to convey their displeasure.


    After a beat, they resumed eating in silence with their heads bent down.


    It was the first time Pa and Jolie didn''t say anything at the dinner table of the Greenwoods.


    Well, no matter how little or how much they acted, no one would care enough to pay attention to them


    in this kind of family.


    Once dinner was finished, Jolie dragged Pa to her room where she carefully looked around to make


    sure no one would overhear even a single word.


    Upon closing the door shut, Jolie didn''t waste a breath and started talking, "The venue of tonight''s


    dance party has been relocated to the Golden Spark Hotell!"


    She nced at Pa with her chin jutted proudly and her head held high.


    In Jolie''s mind, she had a great position at the Roberts Enterprise as a secretary, while Pa neither


    had a job nor a lover by her side.


    After hearing what Jolie said, Pa felt a great deal of frustration.


    Why couldn''t she be as lucky as her? When the Roberts Enterprise recruited a secretary, Jolie was


    able to secure the position without an issue.


    Whereas when she applied for it, the recruiter dismissed her by saying they already had enough


    secretaries in the roster.


    ‘Why did Jolie gain all the luck and favor while I was left with nothing but unlucky scraps? Why had I


    aplished nothing over the years?’ Pa thought bitterly.


    When Gerard wanted to marry someone in the Greenwoods for mutual interests, Pa thought for sure


    she would be chosen, but it was Michelle who got picked instead.She got angrier by the second the


    more she dwelled on the things that didn''t go her way.


    "So what? You are still a two-bit secretary,"


    Pa snorted in reply.


    "What''s the exact reason you took me here, Jolie?" she asked in return.


    "Aren''t you noticing something odd?"


    Jolie peeked out the window and pointed to the dining room downstairs.


    It was clear what she was talking about.


    Pa nodded and uttered, "Yes, I can see it.There''s something really strange going on.I just couldn''t


    put a finger on it."


    "What''s more, why did they change their attitudes so quickly? Do they have something on Lynn?" Jolie


    asked suspiciously.


    She was more than ready to know all the details so she could finally open a can of worms.


    Of course, the "them" that Jolie referred to were Earl and Dawn.


    Pa pondered for a minute then shook her head to disagree.


    "I don''t think so.My father and your mother were nothing but gracious to Lynn ever since she came


    here.If it weren''t for grandma''s will, I would have taught her a lesson already!"


    "All right! Keep it down!" Jolie shushed Pa when she raised her voice.


    "I know you hate her, but now even grandpa is on her side, so there''s nothing we can do about it.What I


    can''t figure out is why grandma''s will stated that her heritage would be left solely to Lynn," Jolie


    wondered out loud.


    This was a confusing notion even to the rest of the Greenwoods.Why did y''s first wife choose Lynn


    to oversee her estate?


    "Remember when y first brought Lynn here? She was twelve years old then.I am very curious as to


    where she lived for the past eleven years," Pa chimed in.


    Jolie tapped on her chin in retrospect as she replied, "I also want to know that, but Lynn has always


    been a topic that our family didn''t dare to bring up."


    The two women looked at each other and shrugged helplessly.


    This was the only time they talked and actually agreed on something.


    Instead of having clear answers, they only came up with more questions that left them clueless.


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    Meanwhile, Earl and Dawn were deep in conversation at the garden of the Greenwoods as well.


    Compared to Jolie and Pa''s hushed exchanges, Earl was more agitated.


    "Won''t you have anything to do but wait? You''ve been waiting for a decade now.Don''t tell me you''re


    willing to extend that?!"


    With his closed fist, Earl took out his anger and frustration on the bark of the pear tree in the yard.


    Dawn rushed to stop him as she looked around for any sign of people who could be lurking in the


    shadows.


    "Earl, be quiet! And for God''s sake, will you calm down? If anyone hears us, we''re totally doomed!"


    Dawn grabbed his arm and dragged him to the bushes to hide.


    "Earl, in this situation, we will get nothing from mother''s inheritance, not even an ounce,"


    she whispered through gritted teeth.