"Sure. It was just a coincidence that Hudson would disappear without a trace. She must have brainwashed him into eloping with her, and we might not be able to find them," Leah uttered.
Clarissa sighed wearily at her mother's words. "Mother, you shouldn't say that about Selina. Maybe Father's phone died, or he has some other appointment that no one knows about."
"I'm not defending Selina. I don't believe she'd be capable of manipulating him. Father is not a child, and he would never abandon his family and responsibilities," Clarissa insisted.
Leah twisted her face in disbelief at Clarissa's words, making her heart ache. She pushed those thoughts aside and turned her back on her daughter.
"I won't spare Selina if I find out she has ill intentions toward our family," Leah declared.
Feeling her mother's anxiety growing worse, Clarissa moved across the glass table to approach her. She didn't want to argue and escalate the situation with her grandfather and mother.
