"Haven’t you done this to enough? Threatening to end our marriage when you want to do as you want. It has to stop. I am tired of it," said lanie.
"I am tired of all the fights we have within our family. It is either about money or you not being a mother. Do you know that lody worries that you could walk away from us, and I cannot confidently tell her that you wouldn’t?"
lanie stepped away from Lewis. "I cannot believe you would say this to , or she would think of such a thing."
Lewis’s brows were knitted as he couldn’t believe lanie thought it was strange. "You cannot believe our daughter would worry about her mother, who spoke nothing of her first family for years, would leave her? You question why I cannot say you wouldn’t do it?"
"If not for the people who ca looking for you, I would have never known you had a daughter, let alone that you had married a baron. I wouldn’t have known that it wasn’t you who had trouble with your family, but you simply decided to abandon your family," Lewis argued.
Lewis took a deep breath. "I tried to be understanding because of all that you told . I couldn’t change what you feel when it ca to how Alessandra was brought into this world. However, you made promises to and to our children."
"Enough of this!" lanie turned away from Lewis. "We’ve both decided we don’t want to be mother and daughter."
"It’s not about that!" Lewis yelled, his last bit of restraint vanishing. "I’ve accepted that you two wouldn’t be close. The issue is that I cannot trust you. There’s always a feeling that there’s sothing you’re hiding, and as of late, there is always sothing I am last to know."
"You didn’t think it would be respectful to speak to about Luke’s plans to go to the court. You didn’t think to tell you would replace Luke and be the one to fight because you think it gives you a better chance of winning. What am I to you?" Lewis asked.
"You sound upset that I love your son and want the best for him. You have no idea how little won would accept other children," said lanie.
lanie loved Luke like she was the one to give birth to him.
"I should be happy that you loved him so much. It was always a concern that he would miss out on what it feels like to have a mother. Yet, I cannot stop thinking of how your daughter feels to know you could raise soone else and not give her a chance. She looks so much like you-"
"Enough!" lanie covered her ears.
"Deny it all you want, but you take one look at the duchess, and she is every bit of you. Not her father. I think that is rather fortunate for her. I won’t threaten you with this anymore. I will simply leave," Lewis announced.
"Our marriage being on the line should have never been the reason you chose to stay near your daughter. That was a mistake on my part. I love you, and I always will, but I cannot stay like this. I don’t like what has beco of us," said Lewis.
"Lewis," lanie whispered. "You shouldn’t joke like this. I am not in the mood for this kind of humour. You won’t get like this."
Lewis smiled, apologetic that it would end like this. "I am serious this ti, lanie. It is not a threat. I am going ho, but before that, I am going to try talking sense into my children. They are grown, so if they don’t listen to , there’s nothing I can do."
"Lockwood never was a town that suited , but I moved my life here because you had a life here. Still, we didn’t get close to the people who missed you. Since Alessandra lost her father, I thought I could fill that void, but I was a coward," Lewis agreed with Edgar.
"I have two children yearning for what wasn’t handed to them and a daughter who will not co ho. This family is too focused on money to realise how we have grown away from each other. I have to do sothing now before it is too late," Lewis decided.
Lewis walked away from lanie.
Soone in this family had to fix the ss, and it had to be Lewis all along, but he never stepped up.
"You are going to leave ? You’re going to end the many years of marriage we have for this? I can get Luke to stop asking about the mines, but there is much you don’t know. He survives on what he receives. What will he do without it?" lanie asked, worried about Luke.
"Work just like I have done. A man must provide for his family, not sit around waiting for soone to help him. He’s had an easy life since coming here, and now, it is ti for him to get to work. I am going to see Luke and Claire now," Lewis said, searching for his coat as he spoke.
"Lewis! Our marriage will not end like this. I told you that I can have Luke stop going to the court. I can fix all of this if you would let ," lanie pleaded.
Lewis ignored lanie and continued to search for his coat. "It should never co to you wanting to save our marriage to decide to do what was right. You go on and on about how n with titles are dangerous, but you wish to pick fights with the duke. Do you not realise who he sat with?"
Lewis found his coat behind the bedroom door and started to put it on. "Not for our marriage, but for our children’s sake, you should join to talk sense into them before they die. Our grandchildren shouldn’t grow up without parents, all because of money."
"If I help you now, what becos of our marriage? Is it still over even if the fight with the duke ends?" lanie asked, leaning on the door as she watched Lewis get dressed.
"The re fact that you have to ask before you get dressed and join tells that I am making the right choice. It is just as you said. You should be happy to have a husband who accepts your past. All I asked was for this family to stand together. Excuse ," Lewis said, placing his hat on his head. "I have to go."
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