The Cost of Pride

That morning at the Vance manor, Elias had deliberately asked Dominic what he planned to do about all this. Dominic just played along and suggested Cleo should go to the Mercer residence, beg, and apologize.

That left Elias speechless. Dominic and Martha were obviously playing good cop, bad cop. He wasn't buying it.

Dominic stepped out onto the balcony, an amused look in his eyes. "Grandma, with y