The Davenport Wives' Reckoning

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her Davenport women, s

mer tech CEO, sharp and modern, and sh

the family, head of their powerful law and pri

amily, good money, but not

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g, full of love, and he worked with his fat

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thin and shaky, not h

come to the ma

ing, a knot formi

Davenport estate felt cold,

m usually full of light and energy, but

, her usually perf

arely a whisper, "he's moved an

re the power couple, the ones who showed everyone else ho

irm, needing a quiet place to work. A

filled with a pain I

breaking, my own

out, "he's been so distant, Chloe. Wor

e, her own shock mo

little, "he says she's a new business associate, someone i

iness, very hush-hush, bu

t felt like it was fadi

walked to the wind

d, her voice flat. "

ife, the one I cherished, c

mother-in-law's strong marriage,

n of my world