Yvonne held the steering wheel with one hand and answered the phone with the other.
It was Jeffrey, his voice tinged with frustration.
"It's the holiday today, why didn't you come home to visit? Mom had the maids cook a whole table of your favorite dishes. She waited all night for you. In the end, she was so upset she went to her room without even eating."
"Yvonne, Mom carried you for ten months. You're her daughter. She's always thinking of you."
A cold smile touched Yvonne's lips. "Thinking of me? Jeffrey, do you even believe that yourself? Isn't Queena Teresa's daughter? After raising her for nearly twenty years, their bond is deep. The bond of raising a child will always be stronger than the bond of birth."
Jeffrey was speechless on the other end of the line. After a long silence, he spoke again, his tone now laced with a hint of pleading. "Do you have time tomorrow? Please come see Mom and Joseph."
"I have a shoot tomorrow morning. Maybe in the evening," Yvonne replied dismissively before ending the call.
She tossed the phone back into her purse and looked up to see Bennett watching her, his eyes narrowed.
"Are the Spencers giving you a hard time?" he asked, his voice low and edged with displeasure.
"Not really a hard time, just annoying. Teresa is Yvonne's biological mother, after all. Even the law doesn't support severing parental ties."
Yvonne shrugged, not letting it bother her.
Neither the Spencers nor the James family were worth her time or energy.
The roads were clear at night, and after a little over half an hour, they arrived at Cherry Apartments.
When Yvonne and Bennett walked in, Bullet's ears perked up at the sound, and he shot out like an arrow.

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