Chapter 17
Veronica raised her hand and slapped Linda twice across the face. David and Linda were both stunned. They didn’t see that coming at all. They couldn’t figure out why David had been the one to strike but Linda ended up being the one slapped.
Veronica chuckled, “You’re my father. I can’t lay hands on you. But I certainly have the right to teach the homewrecker who seduced my mother’s husband a lesson.”
“Veronica,” David and Linda both roared. They lunged at her together.
Veronica easily dodged and let them crash into each other. Without paying attention to the wailing mess behind her, she calmly headed upstairs.
At her bedroom door, she looked back. “Oh, and next time, don’t be so quick to raise a hand to me. Otherwise..
Her eyes swept across Linda, Chloe, and Grace, then she gave them a meaningful smile.
At night, Veronica slept like a baby, while no one else in the Weston family got a wink of sleep.
Linda cried and cursed in their room nonstop David tried to console her for hours with no success. Frustrated, he didn’t dare go confront Veronica, afraid she really might lay hands on Linda or their daughters.
David thought, “Now I get it. This daughter of mine who came from that poor village is unreasonable, rude, and stupid strong. Trying to fight her head–on won’t work. Maybe it’s time for a different tactic. Should I freeze her out?
While he was still scheming about how to deal with Veronica, Linda was already yelling about calling the police: David couldn’t calm her down, so he nodded and said they’d go to the police station in the morning.
Not lo
long after sunrise, Veronica yawned as she stepped over the wrecked front gate of Weston Villa and left,
By the time David rushed to the police station to file a report, Veronica was already on an international flight to Vellas. When the police followed David back to the villa, she was long gone.
They stared at the neatly disassembled front gate and Linda’s badly swollen face and didn’t know what to say.
Even Mason over at Weston Manor was alarmed by the situation.
Naturally, he blew up
when he found out. He was furious that David had dared to lock Veronica out of the house.
As for her tearing down the gate and hitting Linda, Mason believed Linda had it coming and didn’t think Veronica had gone too far at
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Right now, Mason’s only concern was that his precious granddaughter might have g
gotten hurt and gone into hiding. Her phone had been off the whole time, and he was deeply worried.
Veronica had no idea what was going on back home. After a flight that lasted dozens of hours, her plane touched down right on time.
“Hey, Ronie. Long time no see. A familiar female voice rang out.
Veronica smiled, “Bella”
Isabel Gorman linked arms with her, her tone warm. “The race isn’t until tomorrow. Wanna hit the hotel first or go have some fun!”
Veronica replied, “Either’s fine.”
“Then let’s go surfing Wanna celebrate our win in advance?” Isabel asked.
She had known Veronica for years, and their relationship was a unique blend of mentorship and friendship. Even though there was ant age gap between them, they got along like a house on fire because of their shared interests.
For tomorrow’s race, the two of them would be a team. Veronica had only come to Oakrella because Isabel had invited her.
Besides racing together, they had also parmered in several businesses and made a ton of money
Veronica said. “I’m confident, but let’s celebrate after we win
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Isabel replied. “Deal. I’ll plan something for tomorrow night.
“Okay.” Veronica nodded.
The two of them left the airport smiling and hopped into Isabel’s RV. Veronica skimmed through the documents she had on the rally race while listening to Isabel giving orders to someone on the other end of a business call.
