Valerie’s POV “Then Jules has been against our family because of you,” Vida said bitterly. “He went after John like a predator. Bought out companies tied to Dad’s business. Got the favor of the foreign exporters and also old scandals. He destroyed everything.” I had a feeling John hadn’t still changed a bit otherwise, he would have come alongside them to probably ask for forgiveness. Maybe then, I could think about talking to Jules about what was happening. But I still had to make them understand that I had nothing to do with what was going on. The best they could do now was to go to plead for Jules’s forgiveness. “Tell me, Valerie, why are you doing all of this?” Vida asked, her eyes fuming with anger. “That’s because your father hurt me,” I said calmly, my voice low. “And Jules,

