Chapter 252 Hasn't Come Back

The Freys had never experienced such a quiet New Year. For the past ten years, Elaine had been there for every New Year's, and every single time, she was the one person no one seemed to notice, like she was invisible. But this year was different. She wasn't there. And it turned out, the person who had always seemed the most dispensable was the one whose absence made the whole place feel dead. Skylar hadn't returned to Frey Manor once. Grace, the daughter-in-law who used to suck up and put on a show, had been arrested and thrown in jail. Robert had been kicked out of the manor. And Joshua had taken a huge emotional hit and decided to stay somewhere else. The Middletons and Scotts had completely fallen out with the Freys. No one came by to even make small talk anymore. Harrison kept stewing in anger, insisting that Skylar come home. Seeing that he never showed up, Harrison refused to let any other random outsiders come to the house for New Year visits either. Even by Valentine's Da