Archie Lockwood left her with those harsh words and stormed out of the room.
Eleanor Bishop pushed herself up into a sitting position and stared blankly at the door.
***
After leaving the room and reaching the top of the stairs, Archie Lockwood sensed something was amiss.
He thought he heard a woman laughing.
'If I'm not mistaken,' he thought, 'that woman has to be the one who gives me the biggest headache: Shannon Vance!'
Shannon Vance, the cousin of the Vance Group's executive CEO.
With her excellent family background, upstanding character, striking looks, and a Ph.D., she was undoubtedly the best candidate he could choose as a stepmother for Rory.
But ever since he'd run into Eleanor Bishop again, Shannon Vance had become nothing but a headache.
He used to be able to humor her with a few perfunctory words. Now, even that felt exhausting and irritating...
