Warren Grant was unreasonable, but Julian Grant listened to reason.
Julian Grant was the Old Master's driver, so he hadn't left with the main group. Instead, he had gone directly to the parking lot to get the car.
When he drove up to the entrance, he wasn't met with the Old Master's appreciative smile. Instead, he found his own father and older brother in the middle of a public showdown.
He scrambled out of the car, but before he could even ask what was happening, he saw his own mother under a tree, waiting for a doctor.
The corner of Meredith Rowan's mouth was split, with symmetrical handprints stark on both cheeks. Her clothes were filthy from rolling in the dirt at the base of the tree. She was the very picture of misery.
Julian Grant burst into tears. In a rare display of anger, he choked out, "Who did this?!"
Shirley Thorne saw him instinctively reach for his mother and quickly stopped him. "Don't touch her. Wait for the doctor to arrive and examine her injuries."
