Unknown Divorce Revelation Beyond Time (Charlene and Thorne) novel Chapter 379

Before Dalton could even finish his sentence, Abelard cut him off, "Are you trying to say that Stewart sided with Charlene again and gave Ms. Hawkins a hard time?"

Dalton was genuinely taken aback by Abelard's spot-on guess. "How did you know, old man? Do you already know what went down?"

Abelard chuckled, "I didn't know. Just a lucky guess."

The thing was, if Charlene and Stewart had initially agreed to work with his somewhat clueless son because of him, they wouldn't deliberately make things difficult for him at work without reason. His son wasn't the type to stir up trouble either, which meant that any conflict probably wasn't directly between Dalton and them.

It seemed more likely that someone Dalton cared about had run into issues with Charlene and Stewart. And that someone was probably Vesta.

Earlier that year, when he met up with Geoffrey, Charlene, and the gang for dinner, they happened to bump into Ms. Hawkins at the restaurant entrance. Abelard had noticed how attentive Dalton was to her, and given her poise and charm, he had approved.

That was until Hickey Watson informed him that Ms. Hawkins was actually Thorne Henderson's girlfriend. Abelard wasn't privy to the intricacies of Charlene and Thorne's relationship, but he did notice the odd expressions Charlene and Stewart had when they saw Vesta and her father. Clearly, there was no love lost there.

Charlene didn't seem like the type to pick fights easily, so if there was tension with his son, it likely had something to do with Vesta.

With that hunch, Abelard had called Dalton to confirm. And sure enough, it was all because of Vesta that there was any discord.

Dalton believed that Charlene was intimidated by Vesta's talent, fearing Stewart might develop feelings for her, so she deliberately targeted Vesta. Stewart, according to Dalton, was just blindly supporting Charlene, which nearly made Abelard laugh out of disbelief.

"So, what’s your plan?" Abelard questioned with a bemused grin. "You want me to call Kenton and fill him in so he can rein Stewart in?"

"Exactly," Dalton replied. "Stewart's behavior this time is just too out of line. If this keeps up—"

Abelard interrupted him. He had no intention of revealing the truth. "I can't do that for you. If you want to help Ms. Hawkins, you'll have to get in touch with Kenton yourself."