Don't Cry Alone by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781788632980
Publisher: Canelo
Published: 2018-12-11T00:00:00+00:00

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It was three o’clock the following morning when Tilly Mulliver was woken from a shallow sleep. Voices resounded through the house, voices raised in anger. At first she did not recognise the man’s.

‘You’re a slut! God almighty… all these years, and I’ve been blind to what’s been going on right under my nose.’ There was a pause, then a loud bang as though someone had thumped their fist on a table or sent an object flying against the wall. ‘I want you out of this house! You and that useless son of yours.’

‘He’s your son too, Richard Ward, and don’t you forget it. What’s more, if anybody leaves this house, it won’t be me and it won’t be Ben. If anybody leaves, it will have to be you, I’m afraid. You see, this house is mine now. Together with certain other assets… all legally signed over. You yourself signed the papers. You gave me power of attorney. While you were wasting in your sick-bed, it was me who had to make all the decisions. It didn’t bother you then, and now there is nothing you can do, unless you want to broadcast to the world how your own judgement was sadly impaired. Of course, everyone knows you gave up your place at the helm a long time ago. Be careful, Richard! If I thought you were a real threat, you know I would stop at nothing to discredit you.’

Tilly Mulliver had been shocked by the revelations, but she was also delighted that Richard was incensed enough to raise his voice in such anger. At last, at long last, he had seen his scheming wife for what she really was. Now, though, his voice was strangely quiet. ‘I hope you appreciate the seriousness of what you’re saying?’

‘No! It’s you who needs to know the seriousness of what I’m saying, Richard. This house and certain parcels of land acquired by me while you were indisposed… they’re all in my name.’ She paused, allowing him to digest the information. ‘No doubt if you had made a speedier recovery, I might not have enjoyed such a free hand; but then, your illness was prolonged by your feverish attack of conscience with regard to your precious daughter! In spite of the fact that you turned her away, I was afraid that your love and devotion to her might make you forget how she had shamed you. I don’t forget how often you have threatened to throw Ben on to the streets; knowing full well that if he went, I would go with him. When I saw the opportunity to strengthen my own position and lay claim to that which rightfully belonged to me, I brought you the papers, and, being the trusting fellow you are, you made no bones about signing them. Of course, you never did read the small print. Believe me, Richard, there is no court in the land that would believe you did not know what you were signing. After

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