Always There: Win My Ex-wife Back

Jolie and Paula 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 Paula 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 Paula 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 glanced at Paula 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 Paula neither had a job nor a lover by her
side.
After hearing what Jolie said, Paula 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 accomplished nothing over
the years?’ Paula thought bitterly.
When Gerard wanted to marry someone in the Greenwoods for mutual interests, Paula 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,"
Paula 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.
Paula 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.
Paula 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 Paula 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 Clay's first wife choose Lynn to oversee her estate?
"Remember when Clay first brought Lynn here? She was twelve years old then.I am very curious as to where she lived for the
past eleven years," Paula 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.
Meanwhile, Earl and Dawn were deep in conversation at the garden of the Greenwoods as well.
Compared to Jolie and Paula'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.