“What’s wrong with Ralph’s granddaughter? Why are you so

dead set against her?”

At this, Raymond struck Ellsworth several more times with his

cane. “If you didn’t want to live well with her, you shouldn’t have

agreed to this marriage in the first ce. You shouldn’t have

hurt that girl.”

“She married you for years and got nothing out of it, and now all

she gets is thebel of divorce. Is this what the Townsend

family taught you?”

“Did you overdose on the Graham family’s love potion? One

daughter gone, and now you’re after another? Have you lost

your mind?”

After Raymond’s barrage of scolding and several hard strikes,

Ellsworth sucked in a breath, grabbed Raymond’s cane, and

threw it to the floor. “Two hits are enough to make your point.

Any more and it hurts, you know? Besides, aren’t you aware of

your own age? So impulsive.”

Ellsworth’s nonchnt attitude made Raymond’s face flush red

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with anger, his neck bulging, almost exploding with rage.

His trembling finger pointed at Ellsworth.

Finally, he shouted at the top of his lungs, “Patsy, bring me my

whip!”

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Ellsworth.

In the kitchen, Patsy wiped her hands on her apron and hurried

out, asking, “Dad, what do you need the whip for?”

Then, ncing at the cane on the floor, Patsy more or less

understood what was going on.

Grandfather and grandson were at odds again.

She quickly walked over to Raymond and asked with concern,

“Dad, did Ells make you angry again? What happened?”

Raymond didn’t answer, just ordered, “Bring me my whip.”

Startled by his shout, Patsy quickly tried to calm him down:

“Alright, alright, I’ll get it, I’ll get it.”

Agreeing, Patsy soon brought the whip over, then looked at

Ellsworth: “Ells, what did you do to upset Grandpa this time?”

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Ellsworth patted his arm where he’d just been hit and said

nonchntly, “It’s nothing.”

After Ellsworth spoke, Raymond pointed the whip at him and

asked, “Was it you who brought up the divorce, or was it Hara?”

With that question, Patsy instantly understood.

Ellsworth had brought this on himself.

With both hands back in his pockets, Ellsworth replied

indifferently, “I brought it up.”

As soon as Ellsworth finished, Raymond raised the whip and

There was a sharp crack.

The whipnded hard on Ellsworth’s arm and face.

After years without a whipping, Ellsworth sucked in a cold breath, then took his right hand out of his pocket to wipe the

side of his face where he’d been struck.

It hurt–damn, it really hurt.

He figured his face was probably ruined.

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After Ellsworth took a whipping, Patsy winced in sympathy and

quickly tried to persuade him: “Ells, hurry up and apologize to

Grandpa. Tell him you won’t get divorced.”

She added, “Hara isn’t here right now. Before this gets out of hand, go and make up with her. Live well together, and fulfill

what you promised Grandpa and Grandma.”

Listening to Patsy’s advice, Ellsworth replied calmly and unhurriedly, “Mom, Harriet and I aren’t right for each other. I

won’t torment her anymore.”

If Ellsworth had kept quiet, it would have been better, but as soon as he spoke, Raymond grew even angrier andshed him

twice more.

“Not right for each other? You’ve known her for years, watched her grow up, and only now you realize you’re not right? Only after Kelsey came back? Are you deliberately trying to hurt her?”

“I think you’re out of your mind, Ellsworth. Let me tell you, in the Townsend family, there’s no such thing as divorce. If I beat you to death today, all the problems will be solved, and I’ll have an

answer for Ralph.”

After Raymond finished, he showed no mercy with the whip.

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Crack, crack, crack–the whip fell on Ellsworth like raindrops.

Ellsworth looked at Raymond, not dodging at all. Even as his

clothes were torn, he endured it, gritting his teeth. “Fine. If I can

still walk out of the Townsend’s mansion today, whether I get

divorced or not will be up to me from now on.”

Ellsworth’s stubborn defiance only made Raymond angrier. He

raised the whip and struck even harder: “Fine! I won’t let you

walk out of the Townsend’s mansion today!”

Seeing the two of them locked in a standoff, and watching Raymond’s whip fall again and again, Patsy’s heart was in her

throat.

Ellsworth was stubborn, and so was Raymond. The whole Ells family was full of stubborn people.

Seeing that Raymond was showing no mercy and Ellsworth wasn’t backing down at all, Patsy swallowed hard, her breath

nearly stopping.

At this point, the household staff had gathered around, trying to persuade Raymond to stop, but he was so angry that even the peacemakers got a fewshes and quickly retreated.