She was lost in thought when a noise from upstairs caught her attention.
Everyone glanced toward the staircase. Tatiana was coming down, holding Anne’s hand, with Yvonne and Andrea right behind them.
Tatiana really didn’t want Anne to stick with Felicia today, but Anne wouldn’t have it. The older she got, the more independent she became, and the more time she spent with Felicia, the more attached she seemed.
“Evelynn!”
Anne broke into a grin and rushed to Felicia as soon as she reached the bottom step.
Felicia met her halfway, smiling.
Tatiana gave Felicia a chilly look, then bent down to say something quietly to Anne.
“Bye, Grandma. Bye, Grandma Yvonne.”
Anne waved at them, cheerful as ever.
Yvonne shot Felicia a strange look before leaving with Andrea and Tatiana. Felicia watched them go, uneasy. Maybe she was overthinking it, but there was something off about the way Yvonne looked at her. It didn’t feel like the same woman who’d sent her to the police station before. It was like she’d completely changed.
“Felicia, let’s go,” Heather called, snapping her out of it.
Felicia shook off her thoughts and followed the others outside.
Once they were out the door, Yvonne turned to Tatiana. “If this Evelynn is Anne’s mom, why hasn’t she told Anne?”
Tatiana’s eyes narrowed, her voice icy. “She abandoned her kid and disappeared. Of course she’s too ashamed to admit it. At least she knows better than to try.”
Yvonne frowned. “Even so, Anne really seems to like her.”
As evening rolled in, there was still no word from Greg or Luke. Felicia couldn’t help but worry.
She, Heather, and Savannah took the kids out to The Willow Bistro for dinner. By coincidence, they ran into Colt from the financial magazine and his friends.
Felicia stopped to chat with them for a bit while Savannah and Heather took the kids upstairs to a private room. She didn’t linger long.
On her way up, her phone buzzed. It was Luke. She picked up and slipped out onto a quiet balcony.
She leaned against the balcony rail, letting the night air clear her head. She stayed there for a while, lost in her thoughts, until Savannah called her back.
Felicia took a deep breath and went inside. As she rounded a corner, she heard a familiar voice. She stepped forward and looked up.
It was Max, phone in hand.
Andrea was with him. She froze for a second when she saw Felicia, then her face hardened.
Felicia didn’t bother to hide her irritation. Why did she keep running into them everywhere?
She looked away, pretending not to notice.
Max glanced at her, said a few last words into his phone, then hung up.
As Felicia started to walk past, Max called out, “Where’s Anne?”
Felicia stopped and turned to him, her voice icy. “You can show off your girlfriend anywhere you want, but don’t bring her near Anne again.”

Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: The Ugly Wife’s Stunning Comeback (Felicia and Max)
Is this coming to an end...
Oh nooo!! Don’t tell me Max will get washed ashore on a remote island then loses all his memory, then falls inlove with the local girl who saves him. Then when he meets Felicia again he won’t recognize her and breaks her heart again. Additional plot twist is that Felicia is pregnant with their 2nd child. Please pleaseee don’t give us this scenario.. LOL!!!...
If Max can be forgiven Darrin can be forgiven. And I do not like this marriage business but if it has to happen I hope after he gets stranded on some remote island alone while Felicia and his family fight over custody she wins and also gets half his estate. Then by time he comes back she's found having and remarried. Lol...
The writer is good. They're making me interested in Max. I won't say like yet....
It seems the only one who hasn't suffered is Max. Even his family fakes anger and disappointment all their own doing so they suffer a little. Everyone else has suffered. Luke and Jeremy unrequited. Felicia has suffered the most from family to unrequited to romance to long suffering Mother. Even baby Anne never had a mother til Felicia suffered then came back only to suffer some more. lol...
Oh no what did Colton do?... I have a bone to pick. When Olisha had to go the hospital why beg for Felicia? When she so loved Max? Seemed like she was in on the setup for Felicia to see a suicide for the 2nd time orchestrated by holden and his brother again. I might drop this series it's becoming endless with no real satisfaction for me. I don't need it to end because it's like a soap opera but if things don't end up making sense, tying up loose storylines it's gonna get old fast for me. Good luck author....
Anne, I think your baby brother is on the way. Thank goodness it doesn't say that Felicia is crying just like the last time but still, there's no willingness on her part. Max! You need to try harder. Make her fall in love with you again....
The writer did a big one with Jeremy's speech to Max. He said almost everything that needed to be said. I have wanted Felicia or someone who knows the past to just tell that whole stinking family what they did and how disgusting they are and what they're doing now how unfair it all is to Felicia. A pity it was only Max but he really needed to hear this (plus more)....
I love the chase of this novel, how you’ve build each of the characters. They almost seem like real. I feel like I know them irl. But however I would like to know what’s max’s pov and what’s going on in his head. I truly believe max’s just a grey character. And also please please please update more!!!...
I was really hoping that Max and Felicia would end up together, but why did Max do that to Felicia? 😭 Is that his way of making Felicia overcome the trauma Holden caused her? I don't think that's helping at all. I just hope Max's character has some redeeming qualities in the coming chapters....