Chapter 223

Being surrounded by all the admiration, Barbara Smith was over the moon—it had been ages since she'd felt this proud and in the spotlight. Grace Collins, from the second branch, scowled at her husband with frustration. "Look at this! Your big brother and little brother's families stole all the thunder today. Each of them bagged themselves a big-shot son-in-law. And us? What do we even have to show? Ugh, don't even get me started on that smug look on Dorothy's mom!" Stephen Howard grumbled under his breath, clearly irritated too. "Yeah, yeah, I get it. You think I'm not upset? But what can we do? Some people just hit the jackpot." Their kids? What a joke. One son, one daughter, and neither had done a thing to make them proud. "By the way, where's Anna? Haven't seen her all night. At an event like this, she should be out there making connections. What's she even doing?" Right as Grace complained, Anna walked toward them, glancing at her phone and snapping a few selfies. "Anna, where have