Chapter 73

Delilah trembled from head to toe. She kept quiet, too scared to talk back. Jared waited for Francesca to finish scolding Delilah before stepping in to defuse the tension. "That's enough, Mom. Delilah's still recovering. It'll take time. Just go easy on her." Jared turned to Delilah. "Babe, just have Marcy pass the message to Curtis. It's one sentence. Nothing complicated. Her returning to work at Wolfe Group already says it all. He still cares about her." Sure, Jared had heard the whispers floating around Wolfe Group—Curtis was hung up on Jenna, and he hadn't set foot in his own house in years. Still, he was Marceline's husband on paper. He wouldn't shame her publicly, would he? Delilah bit her lip and stayed silent. Marceline's chest tightened as she listened. Back when Delilah was adopted, no one really knew what her new family was like. From that point on, their lives had taken completely different paths. They still met up for the occasional meal, but most of their conversa