The ladies present had different expressions.
It seemed to the outsiders that Gloria and Everett were close. Yet during these years, even when Everett's husband was still alive, Gloria did not take care of Everett like this in public.
On the contrary, Gloria doted on Chelsea a lot.
Of course, Russell lost his father when he was young, and Gloria favored him to begin with. Therefore, it made sense that Gloria favored Chelsea, Russell's wife, as well.
Seeing how much Gloria favored Chelsea, the women present were envious.
Their lives seemed glamorous, but their relationship with their in-laws was more or less fraught. Socially-matched marriages wouldn't make things between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law better.
However, though Chelsea came from an ordinary family background, she m
