"Completely unrelated!" Anna Ainsworth replied very assuredly.
"Why?" Emma Osborne asked confusedly, looking at Anna, "You are Connor Osborne's wife, the hostess of the Osborne family; isn't it your responsibility to attend Old Madam's final journey?"
"Because—" Anna paused briefly, then looked at Emma Osborne and said word by word, "Connor and I had divorced over two months ago!"
"What?!" Emma Osborne exclaimed, followed by a loud 'bang' as Emma Osborne's car front hit a tree trunk beside them.
Anna looked at Emma Osborne, who was sitting in the vehicle, dumbfounded, shook her head, turned around gracefully, without giving Emma another glance!
After all, the news of her divorce from Connor was about to be announced, and she didn't care that Emma Osborne knew about it in advance!
...
Ethan Thompson received the news about Melody Duncan going to the hospital for an abortion surgery at noon, while Madam Sophia Wilson was discussing Beatrix Snyder's matter with him.
