Chapter 47

Richard Johnson frowned, thinking, What’s going on now? Could it be that Patricia Collins found out about Amelia and Damien? “Patricia, take it easy, it’s probably a misunderstanding. Sit down, we can talk this out.” Richard forced a smile as he tried to smooth things over. Patricia snorted, “Amelia didn’t come home last night. She was messing around with some guy. Our Collins family is calling off the engagement!” “It’s not what you think. She stayed over at her cousin’s place last night. I gave her permission,” Richard explained. “You really just believed that because she said it? What if she was out sneaking around with some man, huh?” Patricia was dead set on blaming Amelia for wronging Ethan. Grace Williams chimed in, annoyed, “Richard, seriously, she’s a girl—it's not safe for her to be out overnight like that.” “Yeah, Dad,” added Sabrina Johnson in a tone that made her meaning totally clear, “even if Amelia’s close to her cousin, it doesn’t look great for a girl to be that carel