Robert opened his mouth, but could only state her age.
He remembered Richard loved steak, recalled that the boy had horseback‑riding lessons every Wednesday, and had even skipped Grace's school open house to accompany Richard at the family sports day.
But he didn't remember that Grace was allergic to peanuts.
Robert, enraged and humiliated, snapped, "When your shop goes under, don't come begging me."
At noon that day, a flood of posts appeared online accusing The Lopez's of using The Martinez's commercial recipe.
Isabella cried until her eyes were red on her livestream.
"Emily is Robert's wife; I've always respected her. I don't want to pursue the matter of her taking the company recipe to start her own business. I only ask that she not use marital conflict to destroy the livelihoods
