Wilma was so crestfallen and downcast that seeing her daughter set her off. Immediately, she vented her frustrations on Sheryn.

“The nerve of you to ask! If you hadn’t made me look up Tyler, would he have told me off?” she yelled.

Sheryn was in a daze when she saw her mother limping, and quickly held her steady.

“What happened? Weren’t you fine when you went to meet Tyler? Wasn’t he the one who asked you out for coffee?”

Wilma plopped down on the couch.

“Was that asking me out just for coffee? He called me out to slaughter me! He berated and reprimanded me like I was a kid, all for his damn dog and Rachel Lloyd!”

Wilma had never been treated like this her entire life and was practically defenseless before Tyler. She felt thoroughly humiliated.

Sheryn was shocked. “Huh? How could that be? Doesn’t Tyler hold you in the highest regard? You’re also his aunt. How could he bear to tell you off for that wicked woman?”

Wilma herself didn’t understand either, and said huffily, “I still can accept it if he did it for a person, but he reprimanded me for a dog. Can you believe that?”

“Impossible! Tyler respects you so much. How could he argue with you over a dog? That’s just impossible!” Sheryn cried.

“Would I lie to you about something like this?”

The thought of her being treated like a fool by Tyler made Wilma feel horrible. It would have been fine if it were over something major, but he told her off for something as trivial as a woman!

Sheryn’s phone dinged; she looked at her screen, her eyes almost popping out when she read the words on it.

“Mom, we’re doomed! What in the world did you tell Tyler?”

The frustration in Wilma’s chest grew when she heard that. “What are you yelling at me for? Why are you losing your cool like an emotionally unstable teenager? How’re you going to marry Tyler like this?”

Right after Wilma said that, her phone buzzed as well. She pulled it out and glanced at the screen before shrieking out loud shortly after.

“Ahhhhh!”

Sheryn rolled her eyes at her mother. “What did you just say a moment ago? Don’t lose your cool like an emotionally unstable teenager?”

Wilma stuttered, “How…how could your cousin act like this? It’s just a dog, and I barely even touched Rachel! How could he reduce our credit limit?”

Sheryn had pinned all her hopes on her mom to persuade Tyler to stop what he was doing with Rachel.

The result? He stopped helping them instead!

The fact that Tyler treated his aunt Wilma this way for Rachel, a divorcee and an illegitimate daughter, proved just how important she was to him.

Sheryn, meanwhile, had gone to such great lengths just to make Tyler glance her way. That alone was enough to make her content.

This was all Rachel’s fault!

Suddenly, Sheryn remembered that Thomas’ birthday was right around the corner. That would be a great opportunity for him to put his foot down on this matter.

“I’m not scared of going to Thomas for this,” Wilma said fearfully “but if your cousin finds out, he might just completely remove our credit limit.”

Sheryn’s face fell in an instant. “Seriously, Mom. What’s with you? Is my marriage or your pride more important? Think about it—do you really think it’s possible for him to keep helping us out financially in this current state?”

Wilma was stunned by Sheryn’s question.

She had never thought about that, since she knew that the money Tyler gave them was peanuts to him.

However, what happened today made her see things differently.

What if…what if Tyler decided to turn a blind eye to them? What would they do?

Left with no choice, Wilma had to do as Sheryn suggested.