On the balcony was Ethan’s father in his wheelchair, with Ethan behind him, pushing the chair. Beside them stood a middle-aged woman in an elegant silk evening gown, watching the scene unfold with an almost cruel indifference.
“It’s all part of their plan?” I asked, bewildered.
Brandon took a sip of his wine and grimaced. “Ugh, awful stuff,” he muttered before continuing.
He ruffled my hair, smirking as he explained, “You really don’t get it, do you?”
“That new young man they just brought back? He’s actually an illegitimate child. His mother has recently passed away, and their father, Philip, has forcibly brought Charles back, something the Shaw family would’ve never accepted otherwise.
Philip Nelson, father of Ethan and Charles, turned out to be quite the schemer.
Based on what my brother revealed next, I finally pieced together some details that I had previously overlooked and that weren’t mentioned in the original story.
It turned out that Philip had married into the Shaw family, becoming the live-in son-in-law in his youth when he married Ethan Shaw’s mother, Vivian Shaw. Hence, their children took on the Shaw surname.
However, Philip had always held a torch for his first love.