“No…not a fight.”Donna sank onto the bed.“Darren is divorcing her.”
“He isn’t.”Olivia shook his head.“I never saw that coming. I didn’t think he’d give up the woman who made his life easy, planned his parties, and charmed his business contacts.”
“It appears he’s found someone new.”
“The jerk. Aunt Evelyn is way too good for him anyway. But why is she moving out of her house?”
“Ah…that. A bit of legal trouble. Well, a lot actually. She was so young when she married Darren. She signed papers he told her to sign. And now…she has hardly anything to her name, and it looks like Darren doesn’t have to split anything with her.”
“That’s not right.”
“I know. She helped him get where he is today. And he never wanted her to work. He wanted her there whenever he wanted her to do anything.”
“She needs to talk to a lawyer.”Olivia sank onto the bed next to her.
“She has. Two, she said. It doesn’t look hopeful.”
“So that’s why she took the job as the baker at the cafe. She needs money.”
“And why she took the job planning the gala.”
“Poor Aunt Evelyn.”Olivia shook her head then paused.“Does Heather know?”
“I’m not sure. She hasn’t said anything to you?”
“Not a word. And I’m sure she would.”
“It’s not our place to tell Heather. That’s up to Evelyn.”
“That’s going to be almost impossible. Heather always knows if I’m hiding something.”
“You’ll have to be careful, then. It’s not ours to tell.”
Olivia sighed.“I know, but still, it will be hard. She’s going to be so mad. She’s going to be furious with her dad.”
“I’m sure she will be. They don’t get along very well in the best of times.”
“That’s because he’s a big jerk.”
“Olivia, don’t call your uncle names.”But Olivia was right. Darrenwasa jerk.
“Heather is going to explode when she finds out.”
“Maybe. But you need to let her work things out with her father. She still has the right to have some kind of relationship with her dad, even if her parents divorce.”
“I know you always encouraged me to have a relationship with Dad, but that never really worked out, did it?”
“I never stood between you and him.”
Olivia frowned.“No, you didn’t. He just wasn’t very interested in having a relationship with me.”
“And I’m sorry for that. He missed a lot with you.”Donna couldn’t understand why her ex-husband, Charlie, made so little effort to see Olivia or Emily. But that was his choice, not her interference.
“Well, I’m going to head home. And try to avoid Heather until she comes to me and rants about what Uncle Darren is doing to Aunt Evelyn.”
“Okay, good night, sweetie.”
Olivia got off the bed to leave.
